Category Archives: The Environment

Hygene. Yep. Isn’t it ironic that drinking and cooking is 5% of your water use, while flushing is 40%. When you throw in bathing at 30%, hygene in the United States clears a clean 70% of your water usage. Makes … Continue reading →

Mouths to feed ever day on Earth. That is one big feast. I cobbled together a little population counter with an accuracy of + or – 50 million. I guess that you could call that a rounding error or Sau … Continue reading →

Lost in transmission. Power plants are often far away from residential homes, and between 7.2% and 7.4% of power on average is lost during the journey. In other words, 1 out of 14 units of power is a cost of … Continue reading →

Imagine if everone in the modernized world cut their consumption of energy and production of waste by 10%. There are a lot of people on the planet… Current world population (estimated): . Here are some ideas to get started at … Continue reading →

From Coal. 86.2% of utility power produced in the United States comes from the dark and dirty fuel of coal. Coal just has a bad public image: the mine explosions, black lung, and bogs. Coal may need a new PR … Continue reading →