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NASA's lunar breathing system: When six astronauts share a 15 cubic meters spacecraft for weeks, how is it possible to avoid to be bothered by your fellows sweating and breathing? I've already written about staying clean in space, but NASA is going further this time. Its scientists are testing a lunar breathing system. The...; Tags: NASA, Carbon Dioxide, CAMRAS, Sorbent, Flows, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Discover this: "Discover" and its own carbon footprint: "Discover" Magazine profiled their own publication's carbon footprint. Here's the whole article, a brave move not likely to be popular among mag publishers. Here's some of what they found: "Two and one-tenth pounds of carbon dioxide. That is our best estimate of what is emitted...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ton, DISCOVER, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-30
Our big carbon footprints: Our big carbon footprintsCould not any one prove many nations so?include only industrialized people? Does it take into account people living in areas that need never be heated? Does it count those living in Haiti or other parts of the globe that are lately surviving on wood fire cooked mud...; Tags: Water Vapor, carbon dioxide, vapor; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Weeks before the Olympics, China collects its first gold medal, USA gets silver: Weeks before the Olympics, China collects its first gold medal, USA gets silverConsidering ...that mankinds total atmospheric CO2 contribution is 0.12%, what does this matter? And no, that's not a typo - that's why you always see CO2 expressed in tons are contribution per capita, etc.The globe is getting hotter,...; Tags: carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2008-04-26
Weeks before the Olympics, China collects its first gold medal, USA gets silver: Courtesy OECD and IEA. It's official, China is #1, world champ, leader of the pack. The US, long the leader, has relinquished its crown. A new study to be published in May says China now emits more man-made CO2 per year than the...; Tags: China, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-25

Earth Day – have a gas: Sample Vulcan map from Purdue & NASA. The folks at Purdue University have come up with a way for us to watch the CO2 emissions across the U.S. Just in time for Earth Day, 2008. It's called Vulcan, and it's going to...; Tags: Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-21
Germany uses n-word to describe American policies: Germany uses n-word to describe American policiesNeed a big SUV for personal transport because you ate too much?Yeah the psychology is just too much me-me-me. It'll take a generation or two to sort it out IF action is even taken. But then, who wants to take action if it doesn't...; Tags: N-word, American Policy; Discussion threads 2008-04-19
Germany uses n-word to describe American policies: Wow, when you get blasted by a German government minister, they get...well, anthropomorphic in their insults. The German official in question called American policies on global warming "Neanderthal." And Germans know their Neanderthals, that country was host of the first-known Neanderthal bones ever found. I...; Tags: Germany, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Government, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-19
Scientists in Europe: be afraid, but there may be hope from friendly phytoplankton: The European Geophysical Union is meeting. Not that you could tell from any American mainstream media coverage. Bet we couldn't find a single news reader at ABC or Fox who could even decipher EGU (European Geophysical Union). But the EGU does exist in that rarified world beyond...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Scientist, Ocean, European Geophysical Union, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-17
Carbon Footprint Calculator (exe): Calculate your carbon footprint with this easy to use calculator software. Enter in data to figure CO2 generated from activities including transportation, energy, trash or waste, recreation, purchasing habits, and food. Learn where you can go green by calculating your carbon footprint and then focusing on areas where you can...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Enviroduck Green, Carbon Footprint, Transportation; Software downloads 2008-04-11
What is a sustainable business anyway?: Once you penetrate some of the sustainability hype the key question at board level is this: whatÂ action are you actually prepared to take? For a problem like climate change, where there is no regulatory hurdle and action is voluntaryÂ though enlightened by self interest, what action is enough? ...; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, General Motors Corp., James Farrar; Blog posts 2008-04-10
China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions: China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissionsSo far, their predictions have been anything but reliable . . .[quote]If you believe global warming’s a crock, this blog’s worth another good belly laugh.[/quote]Let's see, a chemical vital to plant survival should be killing us, our ocean should be about a mile higher...; Tags: carbon dioxide; Discussion threads 2008-03-23
China becoming gold medalist in CO2 emissions: If you believe global warming's a crock, this blog's worth another good belly laugh. If you suspect that CO2 and other greenhouse gases could be altering the climate, then this there's more evidence that the U.S. and China are plunging us into a climatic sauna. A...; Tags: China, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-22
Making a fantasy team sport out of going green: Your vow today to go green can't really be a New Year's resolution. And since Lent will be over on Sunday, it can't really serve that obligation. So, since it's March, let me put this blog in terms that most of the basketball-hungry population will understand. CarbonRally does for inspiring...; Tags: Team, Carbon Dioxide, Team Management, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-19
HP Sez: Turn off the lights!: Actually, OK, so it's not REALLY Hewlett-Packard's shindig. BUT, the company HAS been chosen by the World Wildlife Fund as "the official U.S. technology partner" for Earth Hour. The event, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 8 p.m. local time in various participating cities encourage...; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Carbon Dioxide, Manufacturing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-03-12
From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green tech: From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green techWhy do you think it's a scam?The western US is certainly a warmer, dryer place than it was when I was a child (I know that from personal experience). You may be right that human activity has little or...; Tags: Snake Oil, green technology, tailing, carbon dioxide, mineral, CaCO3, calcium; Discussion threads 2008-03-04
From gas to solid, that's not just physics, that's green tech: Courtesy: Carbon Sciences Every inspirational speaker will tell an audience to take a negative and turn it into a positive. Politically CO2 emissions have become a negative in many parts of the world. CO2 is deemed to be one of the greenhouse gases...; Tags: Green Technology, Carbon Dioxide, CSA, CS, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-03-04
Image: A plankton bloom: Ocean iron fertilization company Climos is securing an initial $4 million in venture funding to pursue its plan to capture carbon dioxide by creating "plankton blooms." by CNET News.com; Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Ocean, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-02-22
Air pollution finds a home: Carbon Sciences says it has come up with a relatively efficient way to turn carbon dioxide from smokestacks into chalk, which can then be used to make drywall or other products. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos checks out the company's mobile prototype with CEO Derek McLeish.; Tags: news, michael kanellos, carbon dioxide, chalk, environment; Videos 2008-02-19
Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3F: Hydrogen-powered+cars+with+zero-carbon-emission%3Fanother load of balloneyCapturung CO2 and storing it is a myth.It would take more energy to convert the CO2 into some form of carbon liquid or solid than you would spend burning that fuel in the first place.If you are concern about CO2 the only solution lies with atomic energy...; Tags: carbon dioxide, hydrogen; Discussion threads 2008-02-14