Posts in Home & Garden

The Cardboard Bicycle (From the Archives)

What better way to become green that to get the most popular and least polluting mode of personal transport and having it made out of what else, cardboard. Yep, cardboard, that stuff that is used for all types of packaging for mostly all the stuff we buy. From cellphones, TV’s and other consumer electronics, they [...]

Posted by Nick at 5:03 pm

Duct Tape – For repairs on Earth and Beyond….

Duct tape has been the all-around versatile tool that has been in toolboxes for many years, since they were invented in the 1920′s by who else but the adhesive pioneers at 3M a division of Johnson and Johnson. Duct tape if you don’t already know is again a product that was designed for military uses [...]

Posted by Nick at 4:25 am

Grass for the Planet’s Ethanol Needs

Ever since the promise of grain ethanol has been smashed and stepped on by making the problems with the environment worse, people have been on the lookout for more and better ways of producing ethanol (alcohol) to fuel our vehicles and for many other machines that needs oil products as fuel. Bio diesel, solar, wave, [...]

Posted by Nick at 8:50 pm

Harnessing the Sun’s Rays without Silicon Solar Panels

Scientists and almost anybody out there are on a mad rush to find the next form of alternative energy source that would provide us with the energy (electricity) we need to power our lives. With the price of oil still on the rise with no signs of stopping even with the world asking (well, more [...]

Posted by Nick at 11:04 am

Home-Based Hydrogen Fuel Production

Is it Viable? Yes and it has minimal if not zero emission of greenhouse gasses. This might become more of a necessity and scientists in Australia have come up with a prototype that can become a mainstay of homes in the near future. Hydrogen Fuel is one of the alternative fuels that is being looked [...]

Posted by Nick at 9:49 pm