so this morning i was listening to npr on my way to work and they played a clip from a speech by president bush. he was talking about hydrogen fueled cars and how the only thing they emit is water "driblets." i couldn't stop laughing after he said driblets......ah bush, how you humor me!
listen for yourself: link you have to listen to the story for a minute or two before he says it, but it's priceless.
worst place fill up; turkey. best place to fill up; turkmenistan...
it is all abot turks...
seriously though, it is rediculous in turkey, where you have to pay equivalent to 8 dollars a gallon, 75 percent of it is tax.
okayyyy - my first time posting an image. i hope this works!
i apologize in advance if it doesn't. i tried to preview it and it didn't work... (it's a little silver insight!)
anyway, the reason why i am posting this is because i got a new car and this is the car! and i am really really excited about it! and i thought, hey, it's a little green. best gas mileage you can get for a car on the market, right?
Darn it laurilan, I want to see it! Where are you posting from? Is it Flickr? Because often with Flickr images I have to delete the last 3-4 digits of the URL to get the image to work....
they get about 55 city, 70 highway - about 600 mi a tank. my bf went to pick it up and drive it back here. he said he's been getting a lot of strange looks. honda made them from 2000-2006, but there's not a lot of them out there.
i just drove it and i love it love it love it! and it's got a decent amount of pick up for being such a small car. and it's pretty roomy for a 2 seater.
i'm thinking the name will come. i haven't ever named a car, but this one is so great... i'm not quite sure it can go unnamed!
That gas consuption chart is somewhat telling, but I think it would be more effective (or perhaps less sensionalist and therefore less effective?) if they put gas consumption per capita. The US has got a lot of people you know. Canada, for example, would be pretty equal to the US in gas consumption per capita, whereas on the chart it isn't that big.
I agree that it's important to reduce petrol consumption in the US, but it's also important to give more representational charts that don't skew reality.
Travis I thought about that too, and this is a very good point. If you are trying to educate people, you should do it in a forthright manner. I still think we would be the leaders, even on a per capita chart, though. If you just do the math....
So I just got a catalogue from Toto, a bath fixture company, we use only Kohler and American standard, so I had never heard of them. Well, turns out the have a faucet that uses the water running through it to power a generator of some kind to recharge the battery that it uses for the automatic sensor. And it only takes 5 uses a day to maintane a charge, and only 10 to reach full charge. I'm gonna see if we can start using here.
I'm not sure if any of you yanks are aware but esurance now lets people calculate their environmental impact with their Esurance Live Impact calculator that actually allows me in my tiny island to make a sensible calculation
ah, yeah, that was the one through Live Earth that I'd found. It's amazing how different calculators come up with completely different numbers. That one gives me an EPC score of 201 with a carbon output of 3.1 tons. Other calculators tend to place me between 9 and 12 tons.
On the traditional architecture front- this is something that boggles my mind. I think the real cost difference is in your personal heating and cooling habits. I would prefer to live in a home with large operable windows and a ceiling fan. This would let me have heat gain in the winter when I need it, and air movement in the summer.
I have now been using our backyard-planted umbrella style clothesline for two weeks, and I love it.
I am also desperately clinging to any little thing that will help me feel I'm taking some steps to get my life under control, and believe it or not the clothesline does it.
Good for you LB...I am happy to see that people use this as a means (that many have used for years and some still do) to dry their clothes). Hell we that live in dryer climates (or even desserts) like LA should be doing this more and more.
I know some of you never grew up this way, but hanging your clothes to dry.....well that's the way I grew up, so its normal for me.
Forgive me LB but it's rather comical when you talk about using your clothesline and you are actually excited about it. Not poking fun, just you made me smile!
We did that when I was little, and I wouldn't be opposed to doing so, but WHERE? My building's so restrictive, it's probably down in our lease that we won't string up clotheslines. I think I'm breaking the lease by using the balcony as bike storage already.
Heya squirrelly! Still plugging away at my submittals...
Yes, back in Phoenix growing up we almost never used a dryer - and in summer by the time you finished hanging the last of the load the first pieces hung were already dry!
The sad thing is how difficult it was to find a clothesline at any of several local hardware stores. Similarly, we had no luck finding a rain barrel - you would think such a sensible item would be available everywhere! - and ended up getting a plastic drum from a friend of a friend who bought a bunch of used Coke syrup barrels for $5 each. Let the DIY conversion begin!
does anyone remember an article a while back about a small house/pod type thing? it was a white box and was really compact (maybe 100 sq. ft?) and it rested on only 3(?) legs. the idea was they could be moved to anywhere in the world and wouldn't affect the surroundings.
i tried searching for the article, but i can't seem to find it again. anyone have any idea of what i'm talking about? it was really minimalist and clean.
i thought the research had been done somewhere in england and there was even a student who had lived in it for a semester, but i could be wrong.
my fav., the the loft cube. I love the idea of a new layer of housing being added to the urban topo of somewhere like NYC. Image a helicopter dropping of your new pad...
All prospective architects should be required to pass all aspects of LEED prior to taking any architectural exams. It only makes sense people. We are fighting for our lives and our mother planet here. This isn't something that should be taken in jest. A complete knowledge of all green technolgy and codes is what architecture is all about. By all means each building should be self sufficient: water, power, communucation...
I foresee a time when buildings will not touch the earth, energy and water will be taken directly from the aether. The food we eat will vaporize after we deficate. We will slowly evolve into beings of pure energy with no physical characteristics. Our race will look back on the formation of and complete implementation of the LEED doctrine as the turning point in the elevation of our magnificent species to godly beings.
I love those little houses. I think it would be really interesting to do a whole development of them- see how many could coexist on a normal single family lot, with a little walk street and garden between them. If nothing else, it would be a clear demonstration of how much space everybody else is taking up.
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In other news, Seattlites held their own Bike Naked day a little later than most, and got arrested for it.
What does LEED say about the increased heat generated per square meter when people live very close together like that. Will LEED begin to make standards on the kind and sustainability of the clothes we wear? We are part of the modifiable system are we not? Let's start modifying.
Green Thread Central
When fusing those bags, what kind of toxic fumes are you releasing?
yeah, I was thinking about how toxic it is....
trying to find something online...
and I found this brilliant image on fuel consumption via treehugger
is there an echo is here?
look up techno ;)
Oh shit!
Sorry guys, I should really wait for everything to download before posting...I'm mentally unsettled; its been one of those days.
BGFH could you delete that image - cheers
Oh, and I just want to say
WOOHOOOO!!! Look how AWESOME we are!!!! We're TOTALLY schooling those other countries on how to use fuel!
so this morning i was listening to npr on my way to work and they played a clip from a speech by president bush. he was talking about hydrogen fueled cars and how the only thing they emit is water "driblets." i couldn't stop laughing after he said driblets......ah bush, how you humor me!
listen for yourself: link you have to listen to the story for a minute or two before he says it, but it's priceless.
you guys probably haven't seen this since most of you aren't as green conscious as i am...
worst place fill up; turkey. best place to fill up; turkmenistan...
it is all abot turks...
seriously though, it is rediculous in turkey, where you have to pay equivalent to 8 dollars a gallon, 75 percent of it is tax.
no wonder US have to go to wars for gasoline.
weare the most consuming society ever existed on earth.
baaaaad karma no matter how you burn it or paint it green.
have you guys seen this? ;)
okayyyy - my first time posting an image. i hope this works!
i apologize in advance if it doesn't. i tried to preview it and it didn't work... (it's a little silver insight!)
anyway, the reason why i am posting this is because i got a new car and this is the car! and i am really really excited about it! and i thought, hey, it's a little green. best gas mileage you can get for a car on the market, right?
sigh... i tried... don't understand what i did wrong...
but anyway, it's super cute!
Darn it laurilan, I want to see it! Where are you posting from? Is it Flickr? Because often with Flickr images I have to delete the last 3-4 digits of the URL to get the image to work....
okay. it's on my blog. but here's the link to the images:
http://bp2.blogger.com/_YqC8Pi4RQoo/RoztHO4wldI/AAAAAAAAADE/W1RDpCSetrk/s1600-h/insight1.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_YqC8Pi4RQoo/RoztOu4wleI/AAAAAAAAADM/318eSaPDYg4/s1600-h/insight2.jpg
Yay! What is the gas milage on that thing? Funny I always saw those and thought they were early generation hybrids....
they get about 55 city, 70 highway - about 600 mi a tank. my bf went to pick it up and drive it back here. he said he's been getting a lot of strange looks. honda made them from 2000-2006, but there's not a lot of them out there.
laurilan- I LOVE IT!!!! they're quite zippy little things, huh?
CONGRATS! Are you naming it?
i just drove it and i love it love it love it! and it's got a decent amount of pick up for being such a small car. and it's pretty roomy for a 2 seater.
i'm thinking the name will come. i haven't ever named a car, but this one is so great... i'm not quite sure it can go unnamed!
sorry to hijack the thread a little bit - we don't have to talk about my cute car anymore!
That gas consuption chart is somewhat telling, but I think it would be more effective (or perhaps less sensionalist and therefore less effective?) if they put gas consumption per capita. The US has got a lot of people you know. Canada, for example, would be pretty equal to the US in gas consumption per capita, whereas on the chart it isn't that big.
I agree that it's important to reduce petrol consumption in the US, but it's also important to give more representational charts that don't skew reality.
Travis I thought about that too, and this is a very good point. If you are trying to educate people, you should do it in a forthright manner. I still think we would be the leaders, even on a per capita chart, though. If you just do the math....
So I just got a catalogue from Toto, a bath fixture company, we use only Kohler and American standard, so I had never heard of them. Well, turns out the have a faucet that uses the water running through it to power a generator of some kind to recharge the battery that it uses for the automatic sensor. And it only takes 5 uses a day to maintane a charge, and only 10 to reach full charge. I'm gonna see if we can start using here.
Some news sources are actually picking this up as an item:
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Science/2007/07/14/traditional_architecture_fuelefficient/9265/
apprently sustainable is becoming a direct function of energy use?
my dirty little secret is quality of life!
I'm not sure if any of you yanks are aware but esurance now lets people calculate their environmental impact with their Esurance Live Impact calculator that actually allows me in my tiny island to make a sensible calculation
my ECP score was 275 with a carbon output of 9 tons <- avg score in the US is 325 with a carbon output of 20 tons...so i'm not doing too badly
ah, yeah, that was the one through Live Earth that I'd found. It's amazing how different calculators come up with completely different numbers. That one gives me an EPC score of 201 with a carbon output of 3.1 tons. Other calculators tend to place me between 9 and 12 tons.
On the traditional architecture front- this is something that boggles my mind. I think the real cost difference is in your personal heating and cooling habits. I would prefer to live in a home with large operable windows and a ceiling fan. This would let me have heat gain in the winter when I need it, and air movement in the summer.
Not sure if this is news headline worthy, but there's a good article in the NY Times today about solar power...have a look.
Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money
i thought it was...
http://archinect.com/news/article.php?id=61091_0_24_0_C
HI everybody....DUBs....Rationalist, et al.
I've missed you guys.
Just wanted to say a quick Hello!
(gotta now go check the bike thread - hopefully you got your "lube" question answered Rationalist)
Whoops, missed it. Thanks Q. A little off my game today.....in full Existential Crisis mode.....
Hi squirrelly!
I have now been using our backyard-planted umbrella style clothesline for two weeks, and I love it.
I am also desperately clinging to any little thing that will help me feel I'm taking some steps to get my life under control, and believe it or not the clothesline does it.
Good for you LB...I am happy to see that people use this as a means (that many have used for years and some still do) to dry their clothes). Hell we that live in dryer climates (or even desserts) like LA should be doing this more and more.
I know some of you never grew up this way, but hanging your clothes to dry.....well that's the way I grew up, so its normal for me.
Forgive me LB but it's rather comical when you talk about using your clothesline and you are actually excited about it. Not poking fun, just you made me smile!
We did that when I was little, and I wouldn't be opposed to doing so, but WHERE? My building's so restrictive, it's probably down in our lease that we won't string up clotheslines. I think I'm breaking the lease by using the balcony as bike storage already.
Heya squirrelly! Still plugging away at my submittals...
Yes, back in Phoenix growing up we almost never used a dryer - and in summer by the time you finished hanging the last of the load the first pieces hung were already dry!
The sad thing is how difficult it was to find a clothesline at any of several local hardware stores. Similarly, we had no luck finding a rain barrel - you would think such a sensible item would be available everywhere! - and ended up getting a plastic drum from a friend of a friend who bought a bunch of used Coke syrup barrels for $5 each. Let the DIY conversion begin!
I've always found that using natural methods vs artificial ones (such as clothes drying) does indeed make such a difference.
Even the texture, feel, and smell of your clothes is altered. It's amazing. (that from my childhood years growing up in costa rica).
Watch the video underneath the image. I wish i could be content like that...
Maybe one day.
does anyone remember an article a while back about a small house/pod type thing? it was a white box and was really compact (maybe 100 sq. ft?) and it rested on only 3(?) legs. the idea was they could be moved to anywhere in the world and wouldn't affect the surroundings.
i tried searching for the article, but i can't seem to find it again. anyone have any idea of what i'm talking about? it was really minimalist and clean.
i thought the research had been done somewhere in england and there was even a student who had lived in it for a semester, but i could be wrong.
I envy that woman. Mainly for her carpentry skills. :o)
check for the pod on inhabitat.com or in archinect news. if you find it, please stick a pic on the images page for the rest of us.
studied a lot of prefab/ modular housing for my thesis. these are some of my favorite micro pads...
http://www.weehouses.com/
http://www.zenkaya.com/
http://microcompacthome.com/company/?con=ph
my fav., the the loft cube. I love the idea of a new layer of housing being added to the urban topo of somewhere like NYC. Image a helicopter dropping of your new pad...
aha! here's the link:
http://microcompacthome.com/company/
i'm sure some of you have seen it before, but i looove this idea. and they have one where you could add solar panels, etc. to consume less energy.
only now that i'm reading it a little more carefully, it does only have a 5 year warranty.
but it is a very interesting idea of putting it anywhere - kind of similar to the loft cube being dropped in by helicopter.
and i was wrong - it wasn't the uk - it was germany!
thanks treekiller - i found it right away on inhabitat
All prospective architects should be required to pass all aspects of LEED prior to taking any architectural exams. It only makes sense people. We are fighting for our lives and our mother planet here. This isn't something that should be taken in jest. A complete knowledge of all green technolgy and codes is what architecture is all about. By all means each building should be self sufficient: water, power, communucation...
I foresee a time when buildings will not touch the earth, energy and water will be taken directly from the aether. The food we eat will vaporize after we deficate. We will slowly evolve into beings of pure energy with no physical characteristics. Our race will look back on the formation of and complete implementation of the LEED doctrine as the turning point in the elevation of our magnificent species to godly beings.
I love those little houses. I think it would be really interesting to do a whole development of them- see how many could coexist on a normal single family lot, with a little walk street and garden between them. If nothing else, it would be a clear demonstration of how much space everybody else is taking up.
______________________________
In other news, Seattlites held their own Bike Naked day a little later than most, and got arrested for it.
rationalist:
What does LEED say about the increased heat generated per square meter when people live very close together like that. Will LEED begin to make standards on the kind and sustainability of the clothes we wear? We are part of the modifiable system are we not? Let's start modifying.
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