Archive for July 2007

Responsible Seafood

I love seafood, but when selecting it either at the local fish counter or at a restaurant, I often experience a pang of guilt knowing that I may have either selected a species that is endangered, or one that is raised under unsavory (unsafe/inhumane) conditions. Fortunately for neurotic people like me, the Monterey Bay Aquarium [...]

The Dark Side of CFL’s

CFL’s, or Compact Flourescent Lights, promise to save many megawatts of electric energy. However, there is a dark side which I was heretofor unaware – more energy and materials are required to manufacture them than incandescents, they aren’t always as efficient as claimed, and they contain mercury. Rod Elliot’s Should There be a Ban on [...]