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Well, I always thought those crazy Japanese
toilet seats with the heaters and water jets
were energy hogs, but no, Justin explains
otherwise.
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Bidets: Two years ago, I posted an
article about bidets, and it generated a lot
of healthy discussion. Since that time I've
gathered more information on this topic, and
I've been testing out a bidet for about three
months. I now consider bidets to be a key
green technology, because they eliminate the
use of toilet paper. They also provide
important health benefits. These include
increased cleanliness, and the therapeutic
effect of water on damaged skin (think rashes
or hemorrhoids). But let's look at some
figures on toilet paper usage:
We use 36.5 billions rolls of toilet paper in
the U.S. each year, this represents at least
15 million trees pulped. This also involves
473,587,500,000 gallons of water to produce
the paper and 253,000 tons of chlorine for
bleaching purposes. The manufacturing process
requires about 17.3 terawatts of electricity
annually. Also, there is the energy and
materials involved in packaging and
transporting the toilet paper to households
across the country.::More
Survey: Food miles are so last year,
we are into food feet at TreeHugger,
suggesting that it is time you got out into
the yard (front, back, balcony or allotment
plot) and started growing your own food. It's
good for your health, it's good exercise and
it's good for the environment. So what's
stopping you? Are you planting a garden?
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Fishin' Magician
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Is it real or is it photoshopped? That is the
argument in the comments after we showed an
"extraordinary image" of an orangutan
spear-fishing, demonstrating a sophisticated
use of tools.
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How much land?
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That big red square is the land required to
provide solar power for the entire world, the
middle square would power Europe. It seems
like a no-brainer. Of course, the transport
of all the electricity to where it would be
used is a serious challenge. ::More
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1963?
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The average car on Australian roads today
(and probably America's too) is only as fuel
efficient as its predecessor was back in
1963. Blame the "enhancements."
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Today's Tip on P***t
Green: Learn about Peak Corn
Blame
Earl Butz. Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Secretary of Agriculture brought in the Farm
Bill that dramatically increased the amount
of corn produced in America. He encouraged
farmers to "get big or get out," and to plant
crops like corn "from fence row to fence
row." Further billions in subsidies to
farmers encouraged production, and soon
America was awash in cheap grain, and with it
cheap meat. Food costs as a portion of the
American diet dropped to the lowest level in
history; we became corn.::More at P***t Green
Eat better with tips from P***t Green! Redesigned and reinvented, P***t Green is your user's guide to living mindfully on this big blue marble we all call home. Greenily,
Team TH
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