I adore fish. My kids, however, do not eat fish unless it’s a tuna sandwich or fish fingers. I’m trying every trick in the book to lure them to eat fresh fish. I’m not succeeding so far, but this summer I’ll have an outdoor grill, so I’ll try again, I foresee lots of charred tuna [...]
Scouring the “internets” for water news I came across this dire warning: Water: the Incoming Apocalypse. Oil, of course, still dominates world economics and politics. But some day in the not so distant future, with peak oil, alternative fuels and other clean technologies, combined with the rising costs of extracting oil, will diminish petroleum’s influence [...]
A business has struck green gold, turning composted leaves into ‘logs’ of biofuel that can provide green energy. The Leaf Log, as the invention is known, is the brainchild of Peter Morrison, who as chief executive of BioFuels International has already developed several of his green ideas into moneyspinners. The Leaf Log is made [...]
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Well, we kinda knew that here at PolitiCook! Being a “locavore” and eating foods grown near where you live may not help the environment as much as you might think, according a new study. When it comes to global warming, focusing simply on where food comes from will make only a small difference, the study’s [...]
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The Norwegians have created a deep underground vault near the North Pole to house a backup copy of seeds for all known varieties of crops. The goal is to ensure food supplies and enable humanity to regenerate in the event of nuclear war, global warming or other catastrophes. It’s a brilliant idea.
Researchers at the University of California have identified the genes responsible for providing frost tolerance for wheat, giving plant breeders hope that damage resulting from wheat frost could soon become a thing of the past. That, in my book, is good news! The team of US and European scientists aimed to identify genetic factors associated [...]
A recent Gallup Poll showed that Americans perceived polluted drinking water as more of a threat than climate change, with 53% saying that they worried “a great deal” about it and 37% expressing the same level of concern over global warming. Gallup noted that pollution of drinking water has been a major concern since 1990. [...]
This ball, our ball! What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals—and yet, to me, what is this [...]
Yesterday, I finally roused myself from my miserable sickbed and rejoined The Community of (Hu)Man: I took my weekly trip to the feed store. I always pick up all kinds of necessities there, like brass sprayer tops or pumps for plastic bottles, red clover seed, the latest gossip — um, news, that is. The only [...]
When I’ve recovered from my Mosaic trial (which I’ve come to see this bout of illness as), and come to terms with more emotional issues (like happening on details in print of the death of our student who was victim of a hit and run), I want us to sit down and discuss the Poppers’ [...]