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 Stories About: energy AND energy efficiency AND health
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Refrigeration without electricity
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David Roberts |
24 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Here's Adam Grossner's brief TED talk, on his effort to create a refrigerator that doesn't use electricity: (thanks LL!) |
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| Topics: health, energy efficiency, energy, brilliance (all these topics) |
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Don't Go Toward the Light
Compact fluorescents can cause health problems, say groups |
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04 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 10:22 AM on 04 Jan 2008 As Australia, Britain, and the good ol' U.S. of A make plans to phase out traditional energy-sucking light bulbs, health concerns are being raised about compact fluorescents, the most popular alternative. The British Association of Dermatologists says CFLs can cause rashes on folks with photosensitive skin, the U.K. Migraine Action Association suggests that the bulbs can trigger ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy at home, energy efficiency, green living, health, news (all these topics) |
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The energy of crowds
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David Roberts |
15 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| My first reaction to this story was, well, if you suck energy out of people's movements, the people themselves will just need more energy, in the form of food, which is energy-intensive to make, so you're really not getting any net gain. Conservation of energy and all that. But then I remembered that Americans are, ahem, fat. That is to say, they consume way more embedded energy than they can use, and it ends up as cellulite. This is, in part, because we don't get any ... |
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| Topics: energy, energy efficiency, health (all these topics) |
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Frigi-Dare
On refrigerator downsizing |
Umbra Fisk |
23 Jul 2007 |
Ask Umbra |
| Dear Umbra, Two of our favorite Brit-coms are Keeping Up Appearances and As Time Goes By. It is hard for an American not to remark that in both households, which seem quite affluent, the refrigerator is short, and fits beneath the kitchen counter: nothing so grand as what passes for normal in American kitchens. Do most Brits and Europeans in fact have in their kitchens only counter-height refrigerators? And if so, are they therefore ... |
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| Topics: advice, Ask Umbra, energy, energy efficiency, food, green living, health, shopping (all these topics) |
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