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Ear Pollution Timbre earphones--photos

The Ear Pollution Timbre earphones are a great option for people who want excellent audio quality for a low price, but iPod owners should be wary of the mic version. by CNET News.com

Tags: Pollution, Photograph, Digital Music, Personal Technology, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-18

Will there be a new energy and air pollution law?

NOIf we the People have anything to say about it this legislation will die a quick death."cap and trade" = the economic destruction of the US based on junk science.This is the largest fraud ever perpetrated against the people of the World.It's not about the environment. It's about power, money,...

Tags: Litigation, pollution

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Will there be a new energy and air pollution law?

Senate commitee battle over energy and emissions bill. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Pollution, Energy, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-02

Environmental Formulator for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Environmental Formulator for iPhone is the perfect tool for any environmental engineering Formulator or engineering student. Our environmental engineer app contains 50 important formulas needed by environmental engineers. Environmental Formulator for iPhone will grow to over 100 formulas in the next few months, as we add more formulas and charts...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Formula, Pollution

Software downloads 2009-10-20

Why on ZDnet?

I think most of the folks who read this section of ZDnet understand how digital tech and the future of energy, mineral and water and air resource use are so closely interconnected. But occasionally somebody who really doesn't want global warming written about, or hates the very idea that...

Tags: Pollution, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-04

The earth: it's always blowing hot and cold

One of the frequent comments I hear from informed folk who've gone to the trouble to look at what we know about past climate cycles on earth: the hot and then the ice age, they come and go. That's true. Here's what I replied to one such reasonable...

Tags: Earth, Pollution, Ozone, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Current EPA regime to revisit previous smog rulings

The Obama version of the EPA is examining smog-related rulings from the Bush version of the EPA. The Bush EPA held off on smog rlings for most of eight years, then issued them last spring. They set less stringent regs than the science staff at EPA recommended. The...

Tags: Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-16

Don't inhale...those emissions wafting in from China

They are apparently running out of landfill space in China. So now they plan to burn all the trash left over after they make stuff to sell to Americans. And then the fumes in the air just naturally drift around the globe. Among the stuff they're putting...

Tags: China, Landfill, Pollution, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-11

A pollution indicator on our car dashboard?

Great for people with respiratory problemsI think this is a great idea. Especially for driving around with asthmatics. They would know just where to steer away.RE: A pollution indicator on our car dashboard?It does have a great use for those people with respiratory problems. I suggest they make this one...

Tags: pollution indicator, car dashboard, car, pollution, dashboard

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

How clean is that beach?

NRDC has put together data from the EPA and tied it to specific locations, beaches near many of America's largest cities. Here's the full report. Both chemical and bacterial pollution along American beaches can be dealt with by various existing green technologies. It takes political will and...

Tags: Pollution, NRDC, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Having a bad air day?

Having a bad air day?Yet another study that doesn't live in the real worldThe fact is that 'pollution', unless you are talking about HEAVY METAL pollution, has no effect on the IQ scores of children in the slightest.They tried saying this in the 60's, and they did studies that found...

Tags: school performance

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Pollution 1.2 (Mobile)

By combining and crossing information extracted from numerous public databases, Pollution displays graphical information about polluting sources around a defined location. Air, water, soil, microwaves, Pollution lists details about each polluting source found as well as the consequences of each pollutant. Pollution includes measured information data available from public databases....

Tags: Mobile, Pollution

Software downloads 2009-07-20

Photos: Soaring ambition for solar aircraft

The Solar Impulse HB-SIA is designed to fly both day and night without the need for fuel and without producing any pollution. by CNET News.com

Tags: Pollution, Aircraft, Photograph, Solar Impulse HB-SIA, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-07-03

Carbon Wars in the U.S. Senate

Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateWhy is this on ZDNet?I mean, don't you guys have your own websites to post this BS?RE: Carbon Wars in the U.S. SenateThe Cap and SCAM system is the biggest load of horse manure I have ever witnessed. I can't even believe people were...

Tags: Construction, Personal finance, window, U.S. Senate, tax credit, tax

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Oil shortages are over, we're gonna squeeze it from diatoms

Oil shortages are over, we're gonna squeeze it from diatomsI won't gripe about the lawyer crack.You can even throw in used car salesmen an politicians.Interesting thing about diatoms. They live in water. The article you linked to neglected to mention whether or not the diatoms in question live in ocean...

Tags: carbon, carbon dioxide, pollution

Discussion threads 2009-06-23

Environmental groups dump on "global warming" bill

A gang of environmental groups are calling the current proposed energy and security act a sham, another government giveaway. The bill has just passed out of the House Committee where debate was held. Here's the crux of some environmnentalists' complaint: "As passed through the Energy and...

Tags: U.S., Permit, Carbon Dioxide, Pollution, Global Warming, Cap And Trade, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-22

How that mercury gets into your salmon

A study of mercury pollution finally shows how mercery from natural and human-controlled sources gets through the rain cycle and into the ocean and its inhabitants. The research shows mercury levels in the Pacific rose 30% in the fifteen years prior to 2006. Also, much of the mercury...

Tags: Coal, Pollution, Mercury, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-03

Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computing

Iceland could become a green hub for global cloud computingNot Sure!Not Sure if ICELAND can be a hub for global cloud computing.I am worried about the initiatives the Govt of Iceland will be willing to take in the given economical crisis. And moreover ICELAND is one of the worst hit...

Tags: Iceland, pollution, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-03-29

Comment on carbon problems

Here's a thoughtful response to my recent blog on the EPA's decision to rule that greenhouse gases are a threat to public health: "I would have hoped that your piece would have included a direct call for an high energy tax on energy generation of all kinds (equivilent...

Tags: Pollution, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Another view: SOA won't trump 'toxic human behavior'

Another view: SOA won't trump 'toxic human behavior'Well, yeah............You mean to say the politicians read Barney Frank and Chris Dodd [i]didn't[/i] know the consequences of their stupid policies? You mean to say they were just [i]ignorant[/i] of what was going on? All they needed was a little information?BLAH...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, SOA, Miko, externality, pollution

Discussion threads 2009-03-19