Comments IronRinger has made

  • Wow Bailo

    What do you have against the free market?

    Prius/Volt competition is a good thing for the consumer.On Looks like the plug-in might actually happen posted 2 years, 6 months ago 55 Responses

  • Volt vs Prius

    Bear in mind, for this comparison, that by the time the Volt is released, there will be a new rev of Prii on the road, with a Lithium ion battery, possibly plugin.  

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prius#2009_Prius

    I'm just glad that car companies are finally competing for better mileage.On Looks like the plug-in might actually happen posted 2 years, 6 months ago 55 Responses

  • Know what'd be cool?

    PV strip lining on wind turbine blades.On Don't fight it posted 2 years, 6 months ago 44 Responses

  • Singer and Avery

    It's interesting that until recently, Singer's position was that there was no global warming.  Now he says it's happening, but it's because of the sun.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Singer

    Avery?  Mister "pesticides are good for you"?

    http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Trashing_organ ...

    As to the "skeptic" vs "denier" debate above, the word "skeptic" is right out.  People taking money from ExxonMobil, the API, the CEI... are not skeptics.  They're shills.On New Monbiot piece posted 2 years, 7 months ago 31 Responses

  • Lawn options

    (newbie here - please be nice)

    Having just spent a day this weekend on my irrigation system (buried soaker hose for my veg garden, a couple of those fun little pinwheel sprinklers - couldn't resist, and a utility hose, all hooked into a switchable manifold so I can go between rain-barrels and tap-water), I'm all jazzed on this subject.  So my humble offerings to this forum:

    1. Push-powered lawnmowers combine a bit of a sweat with your lawn-care needs, plus that soothing whirring/clipping sound.

    2. Composting your veg scraps, coffee grounds, shredded bank statements, etc. makes for a decent fertilizer.  Of course it takes a year.

    3. Catching your shower warm-up water in a bucket for yard watering (top up the rain-barrel with said bucket) saves a gallon or two, and makes for a fun conversation piece with your neighbours when they spy you lugging a bucket of water out to your yard each day.

    :)On Umbra on watering the yard posted 2 years, 7 months ago 7 Responses