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Beware cows with chainsaws
Generally I try to avoid writing about politically-charged topics because the facts are difficult to navigate. Every potential source article may or may not have an agenda skewing its figures. My own goal for today is to do my part to help with some education about the food we shove in our collective faces, but [...]
FACT: the so-called global warming crisis is a lot of hot air
This post is part of “Blog Action Day“, wherein over 7000 blogs will be posting on the topic of climate change. The goal is to raise awareness of the issues and concerns of the global environment. I have a hunch that my post is not quite what they had in mind. I’ll come right out [...]
FACT: aluminium is infinitely recyclable
It’ may be a blasphemous thing to say, but I’m generally not gung-ho about recycling. Sure, all the cool kids were in the grade five “Earth Club”, but after that I started to feel like it was more hype than truth. Paper biodegrades and, with properly managed forests, is a renewable resource. Plastic doesn’t recycle [...]
FACT: electric cars were all the rage in america 100 years ago
The big automobile news today is an announcement about the new Nissan LEAF, a fully electric car that is ready to go mass market in an affordable way. Reporters are calling it the dawning of the electric vehicle era. The fact is, it dawned 100 years ago, then was promptly stuffed in a dark closet. [...]
What is the UV index? The science behind the number.