Walking worse then Cars
This just in from NB, walking actually causes more global warming then driving.
So much for that “walk to work day” sponsored by EMC that was supposed to save the planet.
Archive for science
Answer to car exhaust polution
I am not a big fan of the panic surrounding greenhouse gas emissions, but I love the outdoors and want our air to be kept clean and fresh. So hence I present to you a solution to all of automobile exhaust polution: the Greenbox.
I think that this is truly genius, especially if it goes mainstream and a system is put in place so that the sludge can quickly and easily be removed from the box at any gas station. I can easily picture a setup where, while pumping your gas, you hook up your greenbox and quickly empty it into holding tanks at the gas stations. The gas stations give you a discount for the gas you just bought, and they then sell the sludge en mas back to the oil companies. The oil companies turn the sludge back into gas which is later sent back out to the gas stations.
Now if we can only hook these things up to cows behinds, since livestock in America actually emits more greenhouse gases then transport.
maybe socialism isnt so bad after all
“That strong, egocentric communication of Westerners was nonexistent when we looked at Chinese,” Keysar said. “The Chinese were very much able to put themselves in the shoes of another when they were communicating.”
Private rocket launch partially successful
Here is an awesome blog about the launch of a rocket from California, to 200 miles above the earth, by a private corporation called spaceX. Its pretty awesome and I see it as the future of space exploration. So far most of space exploration has been done by governments, and governments aren’t known for being the most efficient and cost effective about projects like this and aren’t known for being great at driving down costs. However competing businesses will make space exploration more and more attainable and less and less expensive.
On the video in the article you can see live footage of the entire launch and footage from a cameras on the rocket looking back down towards earth. Its absolutely amazing to watch it get 200 miles into space in just over 5 minutes and see the curve of the earth come into view in the upper left hand corner of the camera. The video ends when they lost contact with it and they believe that the second stage malfunctioned and the rocket lost its stability. However it is considered a great success because its first stage separated successfully, which is what most people were worried would fail. There is a second video on the blog from their first attempt, when the rocket flew for a few seconds and then crashed into the ocean.
Rorygate
http://www.slate.com/id/2157741/
Oh yeah for you girls disappointed that you cant try out to play for the LA Galaxy, here is your shot to get a piece of the MLS action: Try out to be on the dance team for the Carolina Railhawks
Happy 1st Birthday to TheBradlands!
It has been one whole year since my first post to thebradlands, December 15th, 2005. I would like to thank my mom and dad, for bringing me into this world. Also my producer/ providor/ spellchecker/ factchecker Warren Myers. Of course I’d like to thank Jillian who has stuck with me through thick and thin and has helped me with my Spanish. And lastly all my fans who have made it fun for me to write knowing that you care enough to check by and read. Blogging has been a great way to vent my excitement in lots of different areas. Hopefully reading has energized you, and thebradlands has been an instrument to get you excited about life.
