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Solar technology is something that I've just begun to research, so look for more posts about this over the next few weeks.  I think solar will play a huge part in tomorrow's power generation, as the sun's power is renewable, clean, and best of all, FREE once the infrastructure is in place.  Solar...
11/05/2007
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I'm currently traveling, in Texas, and I've been trying to stay conscious of being "green" in my travels.  The Hotel where I'm staying has a Restaurant called Remingtons.  This restaurant is "GREEN" Certified, by an organization called Dine Green - http://www.dinegreen.com/  There are many criter...
11/03/2007
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As I was sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight to board, I noticed the amount of stuff that people throw away while traveling.  I watched as a constant and steady flow of people chucked everything from half-eaten airport meals, to coffee, to paper, to plastic bottles - much of which is re...
10/31/2007
What is going to be our long term solution to the billions of tons of carbon we are putting into the atmosphere every year? Obviously, we have to do something. Global warming is REAL - it's not just something that we don't need to think about, and a HUGE contributor to global warming is our drivi...
10/29/2007
In my continued search for "green" vehicles, I found this site on Yahoo Auto.  http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-top100/  It highlights the top 100 cars you can own to drive greener.  Each is given a score from 100 to 1, with 100 being the best.  The 2 highest scores were the Toyota Prius Hybri...
10/28/2007
How many miles per year do you drive? How many per month?  Per week?  Could you cut down at all?  Carpool?  Take Public transportation from time to time?  Some people, (myself included) have an SUV or big truck as their primary driving vehicle.  Couldn't we downsize a bit, or buy a small, fuel ef...
10/26/2007
This is somewhat of a continuation on my earlier blog about reducing your carbon footprint.  To recap, I attended a workshop yesterday where Brent Giles, Director of Operations for Park City Mountain Resort was one of the speakers.  This post will be about him, and what he has done to help Park C...
10/24/2007
Yesterday I attended a workshop put on by Recycle Utah.  It was largely about reducing your carbon footprint.  There were several speakers - my favorite was Brent Giles of Park City Mountain Resort.  He has taken HUGE steps toward reducing the carbon footprint of Park City Mountain Resort. I'll s...
10/24/2007
Why is diesel fuel more expensive than premium gasoline??  Diesel has been historically cheaper than regular gasoline.  It costs less to refine, and doesn't use any more crude than regular gasoline, so why are diesel prices now $0.30, $0.40, and even $0.50 more PER GALLON than regular unleaded ga...
10/21/2007
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This BLOG entry is a little rant!  Why do people have to complain about EVERYTHING, that EVERYONE ELSE does, when it doesn't even concern them?  No Matter what it is, someone is going to find a reason to b#%ch about it. Why can't people just live their own lives, and let others live theirs?  It s...
10/19/2007
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