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From the United Kingdom: The British Government is recommending eliminating foods like lamb, hothouse tomatoes booze, to reduce carbon output to impact climate change.
People will be encourage to eat less carbon heavy foods such as pork, chicken, potatoes and seasonal vegetables.
“Changing our lifestyles, including our diets, is going to be one of the crucial elements in cutting carbon emissions,” said David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change.
Kennedy, himself has given up on lamb kebabs.
A British government survey found in a study of greenhouse gases that for 2.2lbs of lamb produced 37lbs of carbon dioxide. While 2.2lbs of beef give off 35lbs of methane. 2.2lbs Hothouse tomatoes produces 20lbs of CO2’s. While 2.2lbs of potatoes makes 1lb of CO2’s making it one of the carbon friendliest on the planet.
The Carbon Trust funded by British tax payers is helping the food and beverage industry finding out in ways of which foods and drinks has a high carbon footprint.
The Times of London
Categories: Fuels · Nanny State · Nature · Silly /stupid stries · food · health care · science
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Iran has sent six warship into international waters including Strait of Hormuz to show the world how it will handle foreign threats.
Admiral Habibollah Sayyari of the Iranian Navy was quoted by ISNA News Agency”Iran has dispatched six … warships to international waters and the Gulf of Aden region in an historically unprecedented move by the Iranian Navy,” Sayyari told Iranian military leaders; this comes after Iran launched a 1200 mile surface to surface missile just days earlier.
The ships was also placed in addition the Straits of Hormuz, The Sea of Oman and the Gulf of Aden. Two weeks earlier Iran sent two naval vessels to protect it tanker for pirates.
The Iranian Naval leader say Iran was protect it territorial waters called for the “perseverance and firmness” of the navy. The action is indicative of the country’s high military capability in confronting any foreign threat on the country’s shores,” Sayyari said.
Reuters India
Categories: Fuels · International events · Military/Warfare · Nanny State · Politics · economy
So much for Kumbya: Spies have attacked the US Electrical Grid in 2008 and have set computer programs that can disrupt service and can send the nation into chaos. The federal government discovered the hacking when the government ask major electrical companies and agencies to review and audit their systems.
The incident started as Idaho National Laboratory produced a video showing a turbine spinning out of control if hackers got controlled the electrical grid. Spawned the investigation.
No one in the Federal government on how deep the hacking of the grid because the government does not have the blanket authority to review the entire grid.
A source who requested anonymously, says the government believe it has a high level of of sophistication but the source says that it could be state sponsored.
China and Russia have denied attacking the grid.
The AP has more.
Categories: Crime · Fuels · Nanny State · Politics · economy · finance · science · technology
According to the Pasadena Star-News thank a state of California environment law gas stations must buy emissions controlled gas pumps and replaced current pumps, which will cause potentially tens of thousands of gas stations to shut down and go out of business in a horrific economy where there a lot of job cuts.
Categories: Fuels · economy · science · weather
Last week my brother mowed my parents backyard and the lawn mower would sputter and quit 4 times little did I know that ethanol is contributing to poor quality and performance here an New York Times article that take up the issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/26/business/26ethanol.html?hp
After reading this, You gotta wonder about the debate of moving to biofuels from Gasoline is worth it.
Categories: Fuels
Tagged: biofuels, contibuting, Ethanol, gasoline, New York Times, perormance, poor quaity
