Chinese pollution is a health problem

The UN recently warned China that the pollution problem is a gigantic health risk. Ironically, as the UN representative spoke, deep smog rolled into the Beijing down town. Take a look at the image at the right to see how thick the smog can be in the city. Beijing is going to launch a "green economy" report.The document, which has taken three years to prepare, outlines how countries can maintain economic growth and improve the environment at the same time. It is now the world's biggest investor spending $49 billion last year on renewable energy, a figure that will grow over the next five years.

Solar Powered Light Bulbs!!

This was an interesting idea!When you think about it, you need a lightbulb when its dark outside. So why would you have a solar powered light bulb? You need some kind of light source to run the bulb.... In places in the world were they have no energy to every house, they need so kind of light source. They can use thing such as fire but they are very dangerous and cannot be used well indoor. So the solution to the light bulb problem, you need some kind of storage. The problem with standard batteries is that they do not hold their power well. These batteries in the device, have a 2 year life span. This is very well for a battery. Most importantly unlike candles and other fire sourced lighting, batteries are fairly cheap to replace. Especially if they have a two year life span. Also note, the shape of the device is that of a light bulb! I thought that was cool.
http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/16/nokero-solar-power-bulb

GM Announces All-Electric Chevy Spark EV, Plus New Concept Car Chevy EN-V

So this article is kinda old, but back in October chevy released a purely electric car! I always am interested in all electric cars. I love looking into the specs and seeing if it compares to normal gas powered cars. The spark, looks like a normal small chevy car, kinda like the aveo. Unfortunately, this car wont be released until 2013 and will only be available in small quantities.

During the same press released, they released a new concept car. I am sick and tired of car companies releasing "futuristic" designs for cars. I dont think people are "ready" for these design, and all the happens is that people laugh at the cars. Don't get me wrong, I would love to drive this car, but I just think the general population is not ready... It just creates a humouristic effect on electric cars.


I mean look at this car! Or is it a car?

Humpback whales are making quite a splash

Apparently humped back whales are very common in Santa Cruz, California. However five days ago, there was a huge family of whales not that far off the coast. Not only was a it a bunch of whales, but these whales were hungry and active. They kept splashing up. I was just thinking how great it would be to watch these whales. I have seen dolphins before in our gulf and that was a fantastic experience. But I think seeing a 800 000 pounds whale would be much better. But I have to keep in mind as the report says:

"Being that close to an 80,000-pound whale when it’s coming up and looking for food isn’t safe," she said. "When these surfers and kayakers are so close, it definitely poses a danger to the whale and those in the water."

 http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/09/8718770-whale-tales

Power plants releasing bad chemicals for pregnant mothers

We all use power these days. Its hard to find a house that doesn't have a full seemingly endless connection to an energy source. We all leave stuff on draining energy, because we feel like electricity is "free" and "unlimited". Its far from that.... This article talks about how power-plants have to release a great amount of mercury. Now usually the mercury will no affect humans, but if a pregnant mother drinks contaminated water, the mercury could easily get into the blood stream of the baby. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/08/mercury-poisoning-campaign_n_1080510.html?ref=green

My Footprint

I did my carbon footprint test on this site:http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/calculators/

This was my result:

Electric Car with Airbag as its body

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WO0QKXb8lq8

This car seems pretty awesome!! Not only is it an electric car, saving gas and providing a cleaner energy source, it also is a super super safe car! The car wears an airbag around the entire outside. This means you can bump into pretty much anything and not even get a scratch. If you pop the airbag then all you need to do is replace the airbag. Much cheaper then having to rebuffer plasic or repaint.

Although this seems like a great idea, I am sure it only works in Japan... I dont think Americans would find this practical for every day use. But perhaps in dense cities.