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Blackle: Energy Saving Version of Google

An all white screen, uses around 74 watts to display, an all black screen uses only around 59 watts. Imagine how much energy would be saved if high traffic sites changed their color schemes. Case in point, Google.

Posted by Sean on 07/25

Plug-in Hybrids Show Potential For Even Greater Carbon Reductions

Advances are afoot on the hybrid front. With an average of 45 miles per gallon (mpg), these cars are only getting better. With plug-in technology, hybrids can average 100 mpg. Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles can be plugged into a standard 110 v wall outlet, allowing the car to use more electricity and less gas. Even better, plug-in hybrids can be powered by renewable energy from the electricity grid.

Posted by Sean on 07/24

Harry Potter’s Lasting Legacy

July 21, 2007, midnight – Many were in line awaiting the global release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, the last installment of the Harry Potter series. During the first 24 hours of the book’s release, it sold 8.3 million copies in the US alone. With 784 pages per book, that’s a lot of paper. An estimated 16,700 tons of paper have been used to print the 12 million copies of the book on shelves now.

Posted by Sean on 07/23

Climate Change Gaming

From “Stabilization Wedges“ to “Global Warning“, we’re seeing a rise of climate change- awareness games. Different from the “Stabilization Wedges“, “Global Warning” is a gaming software simulating everyday life situations, much similar to “The Sims“.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

Paris, on a Bike

Recently launching its Vélib’ (from “vélo” - bike, and “liberte’” - liberty) program, Paris introduced 10,600 bikes around the city last Sunday, with plans of adding another 10,000 by the end of this year.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

Meet the donors: Gregg Schultz

Meet Gregg Schultz, managing director for JANA Partners, a New York City based hedge fund.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

Game Time: Stabilization Wedge

Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow of Princeton University recently created “Stabilization Wedges”, a game stimulating climate change dilemma. The game makes use of two possible CO2 emissions scenarios. The first, if we continue emitting at the rate we are now, we will have emitted 175 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere by 2055 – that’s a whopping amount of 7 billion tons of C02 a year until 2055. This scenario, referred to as the emissions-doubling path, is predicted to lead to significant global warming effects by the end of this century.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

Breathing Earth Shows Relationship Between Humans & Climate Change

The human population explosion experienced in the 20th century is closely followed by two other significant trends: the rapid rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and average global temperatures – a phenomenon known as climate change. To visualize this complex relationship between population and climate change, click on Breathing Earth’s display of the real-time effects of births and deaths by country, on carbon dioxide emissions.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

CFLs are here today

Long gone are the days when compact fluorescent light bulbs were a nuisance. When these CFLs were first introduced into the market in the 1990s, they were bulky, expensive (up to $25 each), and threw an antiseptic glow. There were also concerns about CFLs’ mercury content. Enthusiastic CFL consumers slowly returned to purchasing incandescent bulbs.

Posted by Sean on 07/20

Carbonfree™ Partners Pioneer Private Jet Offsetting

Our biggest repeat-donor is the frequent flier. Hundreds of our members have made it standard practice to visit Carbonfund.org after every ticket purchase to offset their mileage. They have been true blue supporters.

Posted by Sean on 02/09

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