http://greenobyl.com Tending the Environmental Wasteland Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:30:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Architecture 2030's plan for renewing the economy through renewable energy. Hopefully, someone is listening. http://greenobyl.com/380/an-economic-plan-we-can-all-believe-in By pumping iron into the ocean, algae forms, sinks to the bottom, and sequesters carbon. http://greenobyl.com/379/british-want-to-use-the-antartic-as-a-carbon-sink Organic booze is better for the environment, and as Ecoble points out, it might also be good on your aching head. http://greenobyl.com/378/green-benders CEO of Exxon promotes the idea of a carbon tax. Hell has frozen over. http://greenobyl.com/377/wtf A wind turbine is destroyed in Lincolnshire. Residents claim a octopus-like UFO took it down. They killed JFK; Will they kill renewable energy? (From EarthFirst) http://greenobyl.com/376/extraterrestials-hate-wind-power In Britain, where the red squirrel is pushed to extinction by the gray squirrel, squirrels are moving from a gastronomic curio to a ethically-minded delicacy. http://greenobyl.com/375/the-damned-gray-squirrel-faces-the-foodies ~300,000 coal jobs, ~400,000 renewable energy jobs. How will the figures balance if the renewable jobs take off and coal dies? http://greenobyl.com/374/how-many-jobs-will-green-tech-create In a move no doubt featuring in every future ad they will create, Exxon spends $170 million on carbon sequestration technologies. Compare this to their $11.7 BILLION quarterly profit to put things in perspective. http://greenobyl.com/373/exxon-invests-in-carbon-capture Protesting the government's sale of land to oil companies, a protester bids against the oil companies, and wins! Paying for it may be another matter. http://greenobyl.com/372/protester-protects-land-via-bidding Scenes of nature and pastoral serenity may improve cognitive function, a new study in Psychological Science reports. http://greenobyl.com/371/solution-to-adhd-go-look-at-a-damn-tree