Category Archives: air
Solar-Powered Tacos! Mexican Street Vendors Go Green- And I Don’t Mean Guacamole
What can a Swiss inventor teach Mexican taco peddlers about cooking? Check it out!
Solar Panel Carports: What’s So Ugly About Saving the Planet?
Stories have been done recently about new carports made of solar panels. This NYT contribution spends a fair amount of space on the argument in California about the esthetics of PVs versus their environmental logic. It’s somewhat ironic given California’s … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: America Forgets Who Gave Us 9/11 and the TSA
When it comes to PR disasters, 9/11 has to be the biggest in American history. Yet few people still blame the president and Congress at the time even though there’s ample evidence they not only knew of the impending attacks … Continue reading
China Now World’s Biggest Energy Hog; Is America Losing- or Learning?
The U.S. is still by far the biggest energy consumer per capita, with the average American burning five times as much energy annually as the average Chinese citizen…” – Fatih Birol, chief economist, International Energy Agency There was a time … Continue reading
La Vie de Video Road Warrior: C’est pas si facile
The road trips are picking up and that’s good. But the life of a videographer who travels is not so easy (the French translation of the headline). I just finished a four-day blast through Quebec: flying from Salt Lake to … Continue reading
Why Air America Failed: Not Old, White, Male or Sad Enough
My reaction was similar to most when I saw the headline: “Air America Ceases Operations.” It was “are they still on the air?” The liberal voice to counter screaming-lunatics radio during the awful Bush years never really had a chance … Continue reading
Evaporative “Swamp” Coolers Work; Western Heat Wave Proves It Again
They typically use between three and 10 gallons of water per day. That’s equivalent to a few toilet flushes or, on the high end, a short shower. For similar sized units, the annual utility costs for an air conditioner are … Continue reading
Utah Clear the Air Challenge: More About Design Than Denial
We’ve joined the state’s Clear the Air Challenge which runs from June 1-10. It’s basically a race to not race. You tabulate the trips and miles you didn’t drive and the website shows you how much gas you saved, emissions, etc. It’s … Continue reading
Earth Day 2009: Schreiner Productions STILL the World’s Only Solar-Powered Video Company
The second anniversary of Schreiner Productions’ solar power system going on-line happened March 28. I was in the Dominican Republic at the time while it snowed heavily back here in Salt Lake City. Despite this cloudy, snowy spring, Solarius Precarious- … Continue reading
Get Out of the House, America! Climb That Mountain in Your Backyard
I live on what’s called the East Bench of the Wasatch Front. That’s a fancy name for the foothills. There are lots of benefits to our location but perhaps the biggest one is our access to semi-wild, undeveloped and beautiful … Continue reading
