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By: World of my dreams… » Blog Archive » Plastic road

World of my dreams… » Blog Archive » Plastic road — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:33:07 +0000

[...] in Western countries they use plastic roads or not.If not, they give a lot of importance to “Go Green” and is it because of their lack of knowledge in this technology or have they smelled [...]

By: Man

Man — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 22:30:31 +0000

Turning off your engine at traffic lights is extremely dangerous to the point of criminal negligence. Don’t do this for any reason.

By: Max

Max — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:19:19 +0000

Niyaz,
I don’t think eating fish has a negative impact on the environment as long as we don’t produce their food ourselves. Just make sure you don’t eat the that is needed to keep the ecosystem stable.
I personally don’t eat fish, but that’s mostly for ethical reasons.

By: Niyaz PK

Niyaz PK — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:08:01 +0000

Ramesh,
That is true… Thanks for that.
What about adding a hibernate option to servers?

By: Ramesh | The Geek Stuff

Ramesh | The Geek Stuff — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:18:32 +0000

Niyaz,

Excellent post on the Green Stuff. Being a geek, I would add the following to the list:

If you are a sysadmin, use virtualization as much as possible to use fewer servers, which will bring down the power consumption.

Ramesh
The Geek Stuff

By: Niyaz PK

Niyaz PK — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:34:10 +0000

Shoban, Silky,
Thanks for your encouragement.
Max,
I didn’t know that. Anyway I prefer fish to meat. Do you think processing of fish is also wastes this much energy? Anyway I will try to avoid meat in future. In this part of the world (Hyderabad, India), meat is a big part of the cuisine.

By: Max

Max — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:54:55 +0000

Hello. Great initiative, it’s nice to see that others is concerned with the effect we have on the environment.
However, it seems to me that you have missed a very important point, certainly more important than calculator batteries. A quick google on “meat industry pollution” gives http://www.memory.uci.edu/~sustain/global/sensem/MeatIndustry.html as first result. It makes a few good points about the meat industry. Even if you don’t give a shit about the animals (Which is the case with most people D: ), you have a good reason to not eat meat. Consider the following main points of the article:
“Forty pounds of soybeans are produced by the same amount of fossil fuels required to produce one pound of meat.”
Even if one pound of meat contains more energy than one pound of soybeans, eating meat is not justifiable from an energy standpoint.
“The meat industry consumes over half of all water used for all purposes in the United States. Most of this water is used to irrigate cattle feedlots. Water utilized to produce 1 pound of meat amounts to 2,500 gallons. In comparison, the water utilized to produce 1 pound of wheat amounts to 25 gallons.”
Suddenly turning of the tap while brushing your teeth because you want to save water seems Hypocritical if you are eating animals, does it not?
The article does however not mention the high carbon dioxide and methane emissions that comes from the meat industry. Here’s an article for ya : http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/jul/19/climatechange.climatechange
“Producing 1kg of beef results in more CO2 emissions than going for a three-hour drive while leaving all the lights on at home, scientists said today.” That quote sums it up quite well, IMO.

Also due to the low energy efficiency of meat production, it greatly contributes to the food crisis that is going on in third world countries.

So, Niyaz, show that you are really concerned about the environment and stop eating meat. Sorry for writing such a long-ish post about this, but even if only one person starts eating less meat or stops eating it altogether, I think it was worth it!

//Max