Nov 14 2008
The Green Seen
A roundup of green headlines that caught our eye this week:
- 61 is the magic number. This week NPR reported on an Evergreen State ecology professor who was able to approximate the ratio of trees to humans using NASA satellite images. Although it's ostensibly good news to know the world supports 61 trees per human, it remains to be determined how many trees a human consumes in a lifetime.
- Beantown's skyline just got a bit greener. Boston's first official skyscraper, the Marriott Custom House Tower, recently had an LED makeover. The fully-illuminated tower now consumes just one-third the energy of the previous incandescent fixtures. Is the CITGO sign next in line?
- A new report from the International Energy Agency indicates that renewable energy will overtake natural gas to become the second largest source of electricity behind coal by 2015. Get the full scoop from Reuters here.
- Treehugger reported this week on artificial islands that drill in the ocean for renewable energy. The man made islands rely on ocean thermal energy conversion to create up to 250 megawatts of clean power and also happen to yield 300,000 gallons of fresh water in the process.
- According to the New York Times' Green Inc. blog, drivers in the E.U. will soon know how efficient their tires are, thanks to a new regulation requiring manufacturers to provide labels that rate efficiency, grip and noise level. Regulators estimate CO2 emissions savings of 4 million tons with the new program, which would be akin to taking 1.3 million passenger vehicles off the road each year.
Posted by: Jennifer Zerwer
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This is being rather generous to Lutz.
1. The "Volt", in no small part, will be targeted as a product to people who care about energy and environmental issues. These people don't embrace Lutz' antideluvian concepts of rejecting science. How responsible is it for a GM executive to be rejecting the science?
2. As well, Lutz didn't exactly sound too enthusiastic about the Volt itself.
3. And, GM public communications has 'defended' Lutz in rather absurd ways.
-A Siegel
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This article is right on - small businesses have a huge role to play in sustainability. Not only do they add up in aggregate, but many small businesses operate in industries that can have a significant environmental impact depending on the exact practices, like dry cleaners, auto repair shops, etc. Green is also starting to affect the bottom line more and more, customers are increasingly voting with their feet for more sustainable businesses as can be seen from the growth of sites like http://www.ecovian.com. This is also a huge opportunity for small businesses to leapfrog their bigger brothers by being more agile in adopting these measures.
-Emily
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Great entry, Katie. Love the level of detail you managed to get in there! Probably won't be able to compete with coal and oil any time the next decade, but definitely a great technology to look into! Keep it up :)
-Rune (Norway)
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