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The Answers to the Annoying Arguements— Prius vs. the SUV

There's also those folks who talk about how commuting five miles in an SUV is better than commuting twenty miles in a Prius. But the important thing is that by creating two different distance there is no longer any point of comparison— driving those five miles using a Prius would be better than using an SUV. Read more [...]

Wanted Dead or Alive: CO2 Reward: $25 Million

Sir Richard Branson along with Vice President Al Gore and some other unnamed (because no one loves them) people have offered up a $25 million dollar reward. People need to keep making the environment and issue, because it seems insanely easy for people to forget about it. Read more [...]

The Heart of Oil

Imagine the farmer tried to get fair amount of money from that kid, and the kid responds that he has paid a lot already for the seeds, but you know that his parents have chipped and the amount that it cost him has been exaggerated a bit. Read more [...]

Sounds Like Bad News

The Puget Sound is dying. That is why people born in thirty years won't ever see a polar bear in the wild, and that is why the Puget Sound won't be healthy by 2020. Read more [...]

The Environment, Stupid

I think it is finally time that we hear a similar and equally important message from our current candidates, but this time regarding something that has a much more difficult time bouncing back, our environment. Read more [...]

Green, but Certainly Not Blue

I've been amazed at how beautiful it is here in Seattle, the colors in the sky, the greenery, the mountains, the water. You might have guessed that when I posted the sign that warns of sewage in the water during rain that maybe the water isn't so great. Read more [...]

Yum & Yuck

Below Agua Verde is a paddle club where you can rent kayaks, at $15 an hour it seems worth it to be able to explore what looks like a pretty amazing seascape. I mean, look at how pretty the water looks on the surface, and yet beneath this seemingly pristine facade lies a terrible reality. Read more [...]