Posts by Silvaneus

One of the bus lines that used to be around me powered their buses with Bio-Diesel. A lot of people used it. In terms of tips, I suggest bringing an ipod or something to read. Enrich your knowledge with the extra time.

Envi home energy monitor, very nice design, only $129, monitors the whole house, let's you break down consumption by circuit or device, Google PowerMeter featured device, simple XML format is open source and it helps save energy and...

I plan on drinking about 48 gallons of fair trade coffee this year. I rarely drink tea, only if I am sick.   I used to work at a coffee shop in college, some of my regular customers easily consumed 170 gallons of coffee a year...

I do not think it is Greenwash. They have put together a pretty nice looking sustainability index, which they implement. What they have discovered is that cutting emissions also cuts energy use which also cuts costs. They are going...

I haven't looked into emissions with much detail, but I have looked into costs. The cost to drive an electric vehicle are far less than a standard combustion/gas powered vehicle. Of course with the added strain on electricity the rates...

That may be the case ;)

That's like the Jetsons meet the Flintstones. Since it is on a rail though I could see that causing some problems if someone gets tired and stops, imagine the backup. 

Hi Ed! I recognize you from another Forum I am on, TES. Are you following me? haha

if I bake anything I always try to leave the oven door open so that the heat and go into the apartment. Works well in the winter, wouldn't suggest it in the summer. haha

Thanks for the resources on this! I completely agree with you mountain. It definitely seems like the world has turned off to hydrogen lately, you haven't heard anything about it on the news or even in blogs. What happened to hydrogen?...