Reality-Based Engineering

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Solar Really Is Cleaner Than Diesel...

Labels: energy policy, engineering, environment, global warming, green

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Science News

Two sci/tech items:

* This lead piece about the last, final upcoming repair of the Hubble to extend its capabilities to the year 2020.

* This article about the difficulty of disposing of the (finally!) new rage of UV bulbs that are direct replacements of incandescent bulbs, and gives a bit of future on the eventual banning of the incandescent bulb. Notes the owner of www.bulbs.com, which is situated in Worcester, Mass.

Labels: engineering, environment, global warming, space, USA

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Worcester City Council: Say NO to Unfunded Mandate from Feds

Labels: engineering, environment, Masachusetts, Spending, taxes, USA, Worcester

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Yahoo!s Top 100 Green Vehicles

Dominated by hybrids & foreign vehicles from Honda and Toyota

Labels: automobile, engineering, environment, green, Honda, Japan, mileage, press, Toyota

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Home Grown Green Philosophy: Simple Cleaners

Like your grandmother used to use - vinegar, water, baking soda, to go along with the newer formulated cleaners that use citrus (probably d-limonene) as their basis.

Labels: chemicals, climate change, economy, effluvia, engineering, environment, fluid properties, global warming, Masachusetts, media, RBE