Ecology

Labor’s opportunity to hold those Voters

2008-07-24T03:28:03Z

Under Australia’s new Labor government we are seeing a new appreciation for tackling Climate Change. Something the Voters regarded as a very important change at the last election. The government benches in this country are either, lost by the inc...

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Gas Emissions

2008-07-15T06:09:38Z

Cow Farts This was a funny article I saw today regarding cow flatulance. It was surprising to note how many kilograms of gas a cow can produce in a day from all the grain it eats. Eight-hundred to one thousand litres (1kg = 1L of water. I don'...

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Tumbleweed houses

2008-07-13T16:56:58Z

Libertine posted about a little blond lady living in a cute little wooden house only 84 sq ft, and I just fell in love with the little house. It must be so easy to clean! Apart from being environmentally friendly and all that, which is of course s...

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a shower in the garden

2008-07-12T11:56:38Z

a shower in the garden, originally uploaded by thymeline.

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Riding bicycles is extremely dangerous in a car-driven society

2008-07-10T03:50:53Z

I almost got into a fight today over something incredibly stupid. Because i'm too lazy to type again, here is my words with my friend on MSN. Ðαvê - what are we doing to ourselves? says: Oh, I was very close to getting my ass kicked today by two ...

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Living under a yellow sky or how to detect a mad scientist

2008-07-07T08:53:33Z

As a fan of science fiction, I have been wondering how long it would be before someone started talking about terraforming planet Earth and it has finally come up for discussion with scientists talking about pumping sulfur high into the atmosphere...

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The solar panel subsidy

2008-07-04T03:21:38Z

I have just been reading a petition for the removal of the means test for a Solar Subsidy when you put Solar panels on the roof of your house. It makes interesting reading and some of the additional comments make a mockery of supposed environmen...

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First Three Steps

2008-06-26T01:44:17Z

Hi. I am new to Vox. My name is Roxanne, and I'm 19 years old. I go to West Virginia University as a full time student. Right now I have the summer off and I'm spending it at home in New Jersey with my family. Recently, I read the book Skinny Bit...

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A sense of the world

2008-06-25T05:21:04Z

Somebody asked today a very Miss USA type question: What would you do to change the world? Given the context of the conversation, the asker had a much deeper meaning associated to the question than a simple, "I wish for world peace and the end of ...

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Free Geek

2008-06-05T06:10:27Z

Here's a little story. Once upon a time I had a computer and it ran on windows 95 well into 2003. Then I moved and the computer was put in a storage shed for 3 years. When the computer was plugged back in (after said 3 years), it fired up but, al...

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