We published a post about solar thermal power last week and more on the subject has appeared in the New York Times. The newspaper published an article this week focusing mainly on a solar thermal plant in Boulder City, Nevada and the latest developments with this sort of technology. It’s a good read crammed with facts and figures.
We also published a couple of blogs about the environmental cost of meat. Awareness of the issue is growing by the day with more people making the fundamental link between the ethical treatment of animals and the environment. One example is being set by the humorous British website Do The Green Thing, a new community “that makes it easy and enjoyable to be a bit greener. Every month you’ll get a different Green Thing to do. All you have to do is do it.” And for March the thing to do is ‘”to go easy on the meat”. And why? Because as we also said here, meat production is responsible for 18% of global emissions, MORE THAN THE ENTIRE WORLD TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY.
So go easy on the meat here and have a great weekend.
