Rain Barrel
This past Christmas I received a rain barrel. I finally set it up a few weeks ago and just last week it rained. After only one relatively short downpour our 55 gallon rain barrel was full to the brim!
Here are Libby and I gathering water for the plants on our front porch:
We'll probably buy another one for the other side of the house. I doubt they will pay for themselves anytime soon, but it feels so nice to have a giant barrel of "free" water.
Flogging the Scientists
A look at global climate change research and reporting; it is truly astonishing how scientific studies and interviews are twisted and manipulated to point in the polar opposite direction by the time they reach blogs and headlines:
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Bottled Water: The Facts
Think before you drink (bottled water):
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Climate Change: Those Hacked E-mails
A reasonable presentation of the leaked/hacked climate change e-mails. I'm sure you'll be shocked to hear that Limbaugh, Beck, and Fox distorted these completely normal - and in most cases already published - scientific discussions to inflame their ratings:
230 Miles Per Gallon
Looks like the Chevrolet Volt is going to be officially rated at 230 MPG!
The Chevrolet Volt, on other hand, runs on electricity that comes from two sources -- a battery as well as a gasoline engine. How much is generated by burning gasoline depends on how far the car is driven.
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So let's say the car is driven 50 miles in a day. For the first 40 miles, no gas is used and during the last 10 miles, 0.2 gallons are used. That's the equivalent of 250 miles per gallon. But, if the driver continues on to 80 miles, total fuel economy would drop to about 100 mpg. And if the driver goes 300 miles, the fuel economy would be a just 62.5 mpg.
Even the "worst" MPG rating is impressive.
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