American Madness

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So, the Green Movement thing- Today, no rant, instead I pay kudos to NYC and specifically to Bloomberg.
Everyone’s favorite Straphanger Mayor has presented a plan to have all of NYC’s taxis be Hybrids by 2012. That means phasing out all traditional vehicles and introducing almost an entire new fleet of cabs to the city [...]

Oh, By The Way

So, with all my grumbling about Global Warming and through my rants about the Green movement I totally forgot to mention that I have taken the first step towards greening up my apartment.
Yes, we did it, we made the switch to Compact Fluorescent light bulbs. As I have said, I may not agree with the [...]

This Post 82% Certified Green

Apparently Penelope Cruz is jumping on the Green bandwagon as the lead story on Yahoo “What are some inexpensive tips to turn my house green?” This is just another of the bullshit Green articles I will not link to.
First off, why does Penelope Cruz need “inexpensive” tips? Did she gamble all of her money away [...]

How much Green is too much Green?

I am not going to link to the article in the NY times about Burning Man and their Greening for this years festival. In fact, I am not even going to fully read the article, I just wanted to note that besides the entire Special Business Section on being Green there is also an article [...]

Green Again

Back to being Green- related to the other post from today there was an ad on the front webpage of the NY Times Technology section for BP stating “BP invested $30 Billion in U.S. energy supplies over the last five years. It’s a start.” Despite being completely and totally vague about what this actually means, [...]

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