Getting Both Your Mind and Car Running: Coffee Is The New Biofuel

The first diesel engine, invented by Rudolph Diesel in Germany, ran on pure peanut oil. Eventually crude oil was used because it was cheaper to produce and easier to work with. However, the concern for the environment and the extreme fluctuations in crude oil prices have brought biodiesels back on the scene. [...]

April 3, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Science & Technology  3 Comments

A White House Garden, Part II: Cuba Shows US The Way?

Although it wouldn’t be an efficient way to feed the first family and guests, a White House garden would remain a potent symbolic gesture of progressive, green action.  It would demonstrate the seriousness of our new president’s perspective on greenhouse gases and global warming.   A modern White House garden would invoke an image of [...]

February 3, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Politics  One Comment

The Green New Deal? Cap-and-Trade Should Go Hand-in-Hand with Subsidies

Barack Obama held the first news conference for his transition team (featured live on CNN, 11/7/2008). His priorities are to be fixing the economy and creating jobs. During stump speeches and debates he emphasized creating new “green collar” jobs to help combat the failing economy and environmental crises simultaneously. The Economist echoes his proposals– Obama [...]

November 9, 2008  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Politics  No Comments

Your next Farmer-in-Chief—Barack Obama!

I had said that Michael Pollan asks for his audiences’ ears rather than their stomachs (Link). Well, it appears that his letter to the next “Farmer-in-Chief” got through to its intended recipient. Joe Klein at the Swampland blog had the pleasure of interviewing President-elect Barack Obama. He talked about the importance of [...]

November 8, 2008  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Politics  2 Comments