“Green Technology is the Growth Industry of the 21st Century.”
These words came from the mouth of Thomas L. Friedman - The New York Times Foreign Affiars Columnist, Author of the Bestseller “The World is Flat,” and 3 time winner of The Pulitzer Prize.
Discovery Channel featured Tom Friedman’s report as he explores the world’s current state of addiction to fossil fuel, the environmental and economical repercussions if we continue on our addiction, and finally the technologies (alternative fuel vehicles, renewable energy, sustainable building) that can rid us of our addiction to oil.
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What is Free Energy you might ask? Imagine never having to pay electricity to power appliances at home. Cellphones, laptops and gadgets never running out of power. Then apply the same technology to power cars and public transportation - including commercial planes, then we won’t ever have the need for fuel. Such breakthrough on energy could change the world forever. Science Fiction? Not according to Steorn.
Last year a trailblazing Irish company, Steorn, has claimed that they have discovered a technology to produce Free Energy. Steorn’s baffling free energy concept is breaking ingrained scientific laws of thermodynamics causing a huge stir in the science and technology community.
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In line with a previous post, Ocean Waves Could Power the Entire Planet, this discovery even confirms that the ocean is a massive storage of the sun’s thermal energy.
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Only 7 Days to go until “Live Earth Concerts for a Climate in Crisis.” The 24-hour, 7-continent concert taking place on 7.7.07 would be the most massive musical event ever to take place in the history of our planet.
UPDATE: Live Earth NY tickets are up for grabs until July 2. Here’s your chance to win.
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Has it ever occurred to us that we, the consumer, purchase 2.3 million pairs of shoes everyday? Yes, that’s about 4.6 million pieces (the left and the right) of shoes everyday. Those are the ones being bought and millions more remain in store shelves and stock rooms which are then again replenished continuously.
It’s almost unfathomable to think how much resources the shoe industry alone uses-up in order to keep up with that big of a demand. For “Shoes!” Think about the amount of raw materials and energy used for production and add to that the transport fuel required to distribute them.
One shoe company that cares, Simple®, operates with sustainable business practices through the use of renewable resources. Let’s count the ways on how they do it.
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