The rooftop Eco system

After realizing that the temperature was permanently going up, Chicago got a brilliant idea... put up infrastructures on skyscrapers. These won't be enough to stop it altogether, but it will help. If more cities could put more money int putting these kinds of things up, then the atmosphere would just be a wee bit cleaner. We could even make these on houses, apartments, and even service buildings. If we have them on apartments, it would make a great place for people to hang and encourage them to not be using the computer or whatever else they're doing.

More at http://www.popsci.com/environment/article/2011-05/preparing-climate-change-chicago-adapting-itself-warmer-weather

Bacteria gets A Promotion

Usually, we try to get rid of waste by keeping it in sunlight and letting bugs and bacteria eat away at it, but that takes a long time for us to be able to do anything with the nasty filth. Good thing though, there is a much quicker way to dispose of the stuff! It just costs 2 million dollars. Although, scientists are currently testing a new idea for getting rid of the waste quickly for a lower cost- two hundred thousand dollars. It only has been recently released, so there isn't much info on it... yet.








More at:http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-04/plastic-enclosures-provide-cheap-bacteria-based-sewage-solution

The Toyota Prius Has Met It's Match

Using the new Ecovative design for styrofoam, Ford has decided to make parts for cars out of *pause for dramatic effect* da dada daaaaaaaaaaaaa MUSHROOMS! It isn't made out of the caps of the mushrooms, but the roots. These will be installed in air bags, dashboards, door panels, and bumpers.

More promotion of electric cars

Since electric cars are becoming more popular, why not make them convienent? You could only use them for a few hours then charge them at home. Now that they are more popular, we are developing charging docks by buildings and beaches to charge almost anywhere. A cool thing is that they come in different colors. Pretty soon we'll be able to have them in our houses.

wind powered

We all have seen or heard of wind farms. Well, people have invented new and better ways to use wind farms that are better to animals. The problem with wind farms is that bats are attracted to them and fly into them and get killed. Why not have these in different places than fields? The highway is a wonderful spot. They put it over the highway because there is a lot of wind from the cars below. And why not on water? There are no bats on the water and there is a lot of wind.

NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDEN

We may have a HUGE problem on our hands right now. Nobody has talked about this on the blog, which surprises me because it's really big. We have a lot of nuclear waste that we need to deal with or be destroyed. This highly explosive and radioactive material has tripled in amount over the last 20 years. We are currently looking for a good spot to put it. We can't launch it into space for the fear of the shuttle falling back down and killing us all. Burying it is just as hazardous as launching it into space, because if an earthquake happened, the explosion would destroy for miles and raise suspicions about other countries. Throwing it in a volcano would just be plain dumb. So far, the only solution is to put in facilities-for now. This is only a temporary fix, because when the years increase, so does the amount of nuclear waste. When we can't store it anywhere else, what will we do?

This news just came out 4 days ago and could save paper and potenially slow down the cutting of trees by over 30%. In Japan, YankoDesign came out with a new pencil sharpener that also makes pencils. Feed it waste paper and lead to receive a new pencil that is eco friendly. When the pencil becomes dull, put it in and it will sharpen it. I have to admit, that's neat.











More on the P&P sharpener at: www.popsci.com/gadgets/article/2010-09/new-shredder-turns-discarded-office-memos-fresh-new-pencils