We know we have the technology to inject carbon dioxide into the ground. Oil and gas companies have been doing it for years, as a way to push the goods to the surface. But can we make it stay there, as a way to keep it out of the atmosphere?That’s the multi-million-dollar question. Carbon sequestration [...]
I once knew a man who had done very well in the garbage business. I don’t know the details, but I do know he operated our city’s trash-pickup services (and grabbed the contracts in outlying, multiple-county areas as well). I lost count of the number of fancy cars he drove. Once I asked him: Why [...]
For nearly four years, I haven’t owned a car. And now I want a car. But that wish is in direct conflict with my environmental values, especially today. This morning I ran the numbers again, and confirmed that I have enough money for a down payment. I’ve been dreaming of getting behind the wheel of a [...]
On the very day a deadly earthquake struck Italy, new research was unveiled that could help people survive such tragedies. Civil engineer Darcey Donovan, a graduate of the University of Nevada at Reno, has been building straw bale homes since 2006 in the foothills of the Himalayas — where 100,000 people died in a 2005 quake. [...]
Pretty newsy science day, for a Saturday! The space shuttle Discovery landed at Kennedy Space Center with much well-deserved fanfare; the astronauts completed a 13-day mission including three space walks and full buildout (all four wings) of the International Space Station. They also brought home Sandra Magnus, who has spent four months in microgravity aboard [...]
