Environmental

The most common reason why mothers can't pursue their studies is money. If you want to finish a college degree, but you have children to attend to and you have a low paying job, enrolling at a college

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Environment Going solar is more than just slapping some panels on your roof and generating electricity. It is a complete different way of utilizing a variety of ideas to offset the amount of energy that a family will use. Most people think that if they put some solar panels on their roof then they can use as much electric as they want, not change to more efficient appliances or light bulbs and other wacky ideas. The reality of the situation is for many solar panels are an investment just as much as they are doing the right thing to reduce carbon emissions from burning coal or oil to produce elec... read more

Those fireplace gas logs looked so real. read more

Water is a near-infinite resource in our world. However, that’s not enough! Water may be everywhere, but are you sure it is clean? We should all do our part to make sure it is. How? Here are my tips. read more

Installing a central vacuum system is becoming a much more popular idea with homeowners today because of hte ease of use. read more

In the view of the Palm Oil Truth Foundation, the Western oil seed producers should concentrate on improving yield and productivity, instead of viewing palm oil as an economic threat and resorting to palm oil bashing to stem what is, to these oil seed competitors, an inexorable march of palm oil towards global acceptance by the world market, in view of its obvious superior productivity and innate healthful characteristics. read more

With oil supplies dwindling and prices rising, maybe it's time to take the alternates more seriously. Here are five alternatives people (and governments) can look into! read more

I consider myself a pretty average person as far as my personal habits are concerned. I get up for work just like everyone else. I hop in the shower, I shave, I have breakfast, I brush my teeth. Sounds pretty average to me right? Turns out, my "average" habits, mean I use 1,219.42 gallons of water per day! read more

As the myth around global warming begins to unravel and Operation Desperation sets in, it's important for the public to know why biofuels aren't the answer to solving global warming. Biofuels have achieved a great deal of popularity but that is mainly because the politicians have been pushing it hard along with the media. . The most prevalent variety of biofuel is Ethanol made from corn and combined with gasoline into something called E85, which means it's 15% gasoline and 85% ethanol. But the actual ratio is subject to change due to the outside temperatrue and it might be better named E70-85. During the Winter months you need more gasoline in the mixture to ensure the fuel works properly, so E85 is at least 70% ethanol. read more

As the myth around global warming begins to unravel and Operation Desperation sets in, it's important for the public to know why biofuels aren't the answer to solving global warming. Biofuels have achieved a great deal of popularity but that is mainly because the politicians have been pushing it hard along with the media. . The most common biofuel is a blend of gasoline called E85, and this is a mixture in a ratio of 15:85 gasoline:ethanol. However, the gasoline and ethanol content changes depending on the season. During the Winter months you need more gasoline in the mixture to ensure the fuel works properly, so E85 is at least 70% ethanol. read more