Tag Archives: environment

Why don’t bottle caps get recycled?

By Ryan | Published: July 22, 2011

Recycling is kind of the cool thing to do these days, which will have to do until we get better at the “reduce and reuse” parts. You may dutifully recycle your plastic beverage containers on a weekly basis, and if you’re following the local guidelines, you’re probably dutifully removing all the bottle caps before they [...]

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The Sun Takes A Break

By Ryan | Published: June 15, 2011

I’ve already made my case for being skeptical towards global warming and climate change hysteria. The single biggest influence on the earth’s climate is the sun. It’s a burning ball of gas that is bigger than a million earths, and counts for 99.8% of all matter in our solar system. It’s kind of a big [...]

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How Nuclear Power Plants Work (and they work very well!)

By Ryan | Published: March 21, 2011

Nuclear power has a bad reputation. Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and now Fukushima in Japan bring up the worst fears of tapping atomic energy. However, I feel optimistic about the future of nuclear power generators as a solution to our energy and pollution woes. So does France, apparently, which is generating 77% of its electricity [...]

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What is the UV index? The science behind the number.

By Ryan | Published: September 3, 2010

These days any weather report worth its salt will include the UV index number. I think we all understand the practicality of it. The higher the number, the higher risk of sunburn. But personally, that superficial understanding doesn’t satisfy my curiosity. I also get to brag a little, as the UV Index in a Canadian [...]

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Beware cows with chainsaws

By Ryan | Published: February 17, 2010

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 [...]

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FACT: the so-called global warming crisis is a lot of hot air

By Ryan | Published: October 15, 2009

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 [...]

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FACT: aluminium is infinitely recyclable

By Ryan | Published: September 13, 2009

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 [...]

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