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Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site

by Myrna Posted on September 3, 2013

Analysts are questioning whether Japan’s government and the operator of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have the expertise and ability to manage the crisis. Continue reading: Errors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site ; ;Related ArticlesA Bet on the EnvironmentMajor Surge Is Unlikely for Prices of U.S. GasCity Room: A Quiet Beauty Flying By ;

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Retro Report: Lessons From the Yellowstone Fires of 1988

by Myrna Posted on September 2, 2013

This Retro Report video looks at the enormous wildfires that defied the formulas and changed firefighting policy in the West. See original: Retro Report: Lessons From the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 ; ;Related ArticlesA Bet on the EnvironmentDot Earth Blog: Exploring the New Food Focus at Scientific AmericanErrors Cast Doubt on Japan’s Cleanup of Nuclear Accident Site ;

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Your iPhone uses more electricity than your fridge

by 2KeaheySchoeffler461 Posted on August 16, 2013

Your iPhone uses more electricity than your fridge

By Claire Thompson

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So much power at our fingertips.

The global digital economy, also known as the ICT system (information-communications-technologies), sucks up as much electricity today as it took to illuminate the entire planet in 1985. The average iPhone requires more power per year than the average refrigerator. It’s like you’re walking around all day with a fridge’s worth of electricity in your pocket (but no hummus!).

This info comes from a report [PDF] by Mark Mills, CEO of the Digital Power Group, sponsored by the National Mining Association and the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. So part of the report’s point is that coal keeps the iPhones on. But instead of inspiring gratitude for coal and all the blessings it bestows on us, knowing the source of all that juice just makes the digital economy’s ginormous energy footprint of even greater concern.

As Bryan Walsh points out in Time, the ICT system’s power hunger only stands to keep growing as our devices become ever more powerful and ubiquitous. Walsh explains:

[T]he cloud uses energy differently than other sectors of the economy. Lighting, heating, cooling, transportation — these are all power uses that have rough limits. … you can only heat your home so much, or drive so far before you reach a period of clearly diminishing returns. Just because my Chevy Volt can get 100 miles per gallon doesn’t mean I’m going to drive back and forth to Washington each day. …

But the ICT system derives its value from the fact that it’s on all the time. From computer trading floors or massive data centers to your own iPhone, there is no break time, no off period. (I can’t be the only person who keeps his iPhone on at night for emergency calls because I no longer have a home phone.) That means a constant demand for reliable electricity. … As the cloud grows bigger and bigger, and we put more and more of our devices on wireless networks, we’ll need more and more electricity. How much? Mills calculates that it takes more electricity to stream a high-definition movie over a wireless network than it would have taken to manufacture and ship a DVD of that same movie.

No matter how energy conscious you may be in your habits — religiously unplugging your toaster, screwing in CFL bulbs, and keeping the AC at 80 — as long as you’re connected to the cloud, you’ll be a first-class energy vampire whether you like it or not. Ironically, as we and others have already noted, a growing movement toward more sustainable lifestyles goes hand-in-hand with an increase in wireless-technology dependence, even if the link doesn’t represent a conscious choice:

At a moment when young people are buying fewer cars and living in smaller spaces — reducing energy needs for transportation and heating/cooling — they’re buying more and more connected devices. Of course the electricity bill is going to go up.

Walsh argues that the hidden and artificially cheap cost of electricity (“Compare the feeling of paying your utility bill to the irritation of forking out $3.50 a gallon to fill up your car”) reduces the incentive for technology companies to push for energy efficiency in their devices. Having to charge your iPhone constantly is annoying, but we don’t think of it as expensive. We don’t think about the fact that 10 percent of the world’s total electricity generation today is devoted solely to the ICT system.

But as wireless technology only grows more and more accessible — according to predictions, 1 billion people could be using the cloud by next year — its share of the world’s power will keep ballooning. We’ll need to invest more research in making digital devices more efficient. More urgently, we’ll need to wean the cloud off coal.

Luckily, we have plenty of viable alternatives.

Claire Thompson is an editorial assistant at Grist.

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Skinnygirl Solutions – Bethenny Frankel

by Myrna Posted on August 14, 2013

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Skinnygirl Solutions

Your Straight-Up Guide to Home, Health, Family, Career, Style, and Sex

Bethenny Frankel

Genre: Health, Mind & Body

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Publish Date: August 6, 2013

Publisher: Touchstone

Seller: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc.

BETHENNY FRANKEL, FOUR-TIME NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, ON-THE-GO WORKING MOM, SELF-MADE BUSINESSWOMAN, AND DAYTIME’S NEWEST TALK SHOW HOST, SHARES HER SKINNYGIRL GUIDE TO LIFE: SIMPLE IDEAS, EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS. SKINNYGIRL SOLUTIONS is your guide to having it all without getting overwhelmed. Bethenny’s nononsense advice extends beyond the first adult steps and well into real relationships, established careers, and mommyhood, including: • Living Naturally Thin • Making fresh, healthy food for the table and on the go • Organizing your kitchen, your closet, and even your bathroom • Finding great fashion without breaking the bank • Beauty care essentials • Creating a home that’s a haven • Effortless entertaining • Career planning • Entrepreneur advice • And how to create work-life balance In SKINNYGIRL SOLUTIONS, Bethenny offers hard-won advice on how to maintain a wellbalanced life. In Skinnygirl Wellness, Bethenny updates her advice on how to be Naturally Thin with an all new Quick-Start Plan and tips for getting kids (and the whole family) to eat better without complaints! The Skinnygirl Solutions for Daily Life section reveals Bethenny’s keys to managing a hectic schedule, keeping a beautiful home, and finding time for love, family, and yourself. Lastly, in Skinnygirl on the Job, Bethenny addresses such issues as launching a career that fits with all the other important components of your life, knowing if you’re ready to have your own business, the pros and cons of working from home, the 101 on finance, and what to do when things go wrong. In SKINNYGIRL SOLUTIONS Bethenny gives her always honest take on how to make smart, everyday choices that will lead to a fabulous Skinnygirl life.

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Sunforce 60032 30 Amp Digital Charge Controller

by Myrna Posted on August 12, 2013

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SoftBank Forms a Fuel Cell Venture With a Silicon Valley Start-Up

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