http://www.theconscientioushome.net/articles.phpcon_id=181
Ive been reading articles about some of the biggest corporations in the world (including Wal-Mart, Ford, General Electric and BP) have made efforts to go green. They are starting to take a cue from environmentalism in their marketing and core business operations. This article was about Google, in particular making the effort. The reasons for this are: manufacturing requires a lot of energy. Computing requires a lot of energy. Air conditioning for all of the computers requires a lot of energy. If you combines groups of these: you just plain need a lot of energy.
On September 26, Google announced their progress towards more environmentally friendy and efficent means. The fundamental idea is to first rebuild their network by using infrastructures that optimize use of multiple computers to process mas data. The second aspect is incorporating "chip multiprocessing" to make individual computers more efficient by using multiple simple processors rather than very large, fast processors.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
A Chemical Home
http://teenink.com/Environment/article.php?link=Past/2007/January/20862.xml
This article explains why chemicals are pretty much the worst things ever.
The average human body contains over 700 man-made chemicals which is just so crazy!
Chemical damage spans all over the world, from the sea to the land to you and I. There are hundreds and hundreds of man mande chemicals in the human body from living the way we do. The impact on the sea inlcludes everything from a change in water pressure to poisoned fish. Companies a l lot of the time have chemical byproducts and do not even bother to test or predict their impact on the environment. And as I mentioned, once one area is affected, it also effects other parts of the environment. When the ocean is affected, the land is too. Chemicals that are not dispossed of propderly are often dumped into the ocean and then travel into our food and the air we breathe. It is no wonder there are more and more health risks and problems are forming!
The good news is that almost all forms of pollution can be prevented. Scientists have discovered many ways to use substitute solutions, and are in the process of developing more. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Response and Restoration runs a program to assess risk to ecological resources and find solutions for these problems.
This article explains why chemicals are pretty much the worst things ever.
The average human body contains over 700 man-made chemicals which is just so crazy!
Chemical damage spans all over the world, from the sea to the land to you and I. There are hundreds and hundreds of man mande chemicals in the human body from living the way we do. The impact on the sea inlcludes everything from a change in water pressure to poisoned fish. Companies a l lot of the time have chemical byproducts and do not even bother to test or predict their impact on the environment. And as I mentioned, once one area is affected, it also effects other parts of the environment. When the ocean is affected, the land is too. Chemicals that are not dispossed of propderly are often dumped into the ocean and then travel into our food and the air we breathe. It is no wonder there are more and more health risks and problems are forming!
The good news is that almost all forms of pollution can be prevented. Scientists have discovered many ways to use substitute solutions, and are in the process of developing more. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Response and Restoration runs a program to assess risk to ecological resources and find solutions for these problems.
Global Warming
http://teenink.com/Environment/article.php?link=Past/2007/January/20863.xml
The truth is, global warming has become a serious very present problem. We have been hitting record breaking highs in temperates throughout this decade and it doesnt show signs of stopping.
Some scientists believe that by the end of this century, the earth’s climate will have increases by between three and ten degrees. I think its strange that politicians seem to argue the facts. They say it is a natural occurance and I'm thinking they are leaving a lot out. It may be a natural process but studies are proving that the release of greenhouse gases has spedup the process. But enough arguing, there is for certain a problem and we are who can change it. I feel like it is easy to ignore the way things are headed but we are the generation who is going to see the effects of this.
Here are some things the article reccomened. They are so easy and obvious, it just needs to be done.
Turn off lights.
Take shorter showers to save water.
Unplug applianceswhen not using them. Even when they’re not on, they use energywhen plugged into the wall.
Use compact fluorescent bulbs. (I already learned about this one from another article!!) They produce the same amount of light as regular ones but use lessenergy and last ten times longer.
Plant a tree.
Recycle.
Raise awareness
The truth is, global warming has become a serious very present problem. We have been hitting record breaking highs in temperates throughout this decade and it doesnt show signs of stopping.
Some scientists believe that by the end of this century, the earth’s climate will have increases by between three and ten degrees. I think its strange that politicians seem to argue the facts. They say it is a natural occurance and I'm thinking they are leaving a lot out. It may be a natural process but studies are proving that the release of greenhouse gases has spedup the process. But enough arguing, there is for certain a problem and we are who can change it. I feel like it is easy to ignore the way things are headed but we are the generation who is going to see the effects of this.
Here are some things the article reccomened. They are so easy and obvious, it just needs to be done.
Turn off lights.
Take shorter showers to save water.
Unplug applianceswhen not using them. Even when they’re not on, they use energywhen plugged into the wall.
Use compact fluorescent bulbs. (I already learned about this one from another article!!) They produce the same amount of light as regular ones but use lessenergy and last ten times longer.
Plant a tree.
Recycle.
Raise awareness
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