RichC | February 24, 2010
I’m sad to hear when a killer whale attacks a human, be they trained for “edu-tainment” or dominating the ocean in the wild. I am bias in being pro-SeaWorld because of all the good they do to educate about the oceans and wildlife, but being part of the company in the early 1980’s, I also [...]
Category: Education, Entertainment, Environment |
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Tags: killer whale, orca, seaworld
RichC | February 9, 2010
I had to chuckle this morning when registering my vote on the Wall Street Journal poll for best and worst commercial during the Super Bowl – Audi was first in both (click for graphic of poll).
See ad video below
Category: Automotive, Biodiesel, Environment, Sports, Video-TV |
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Tags: ads, audi, clean, commercial, diesel, green, superbowl, tdi
RichC | February 8, 2010
The days of the “paper bags over the head” have given way to “destiny” and a dream come true for the 2010 Super Bowl winning New Orleans Saints and their many fans on Sunday. I thought the cool headed Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts would end up on top when pitting arm against arm, [...]
Category: Environment, Sports, Video-TV |
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Tags: colts, commercials, nfl, saints, superbowl
RichC | February 2, 2010
Testing the issuu.com publishing platform option for a couple clients using sample content. Posting the small embed version of Enviro-energies product spec sheets on my blog to see if it could be useful (think of it as a virtual color e-reader).
Category: Books, Business, Environment, Technology |
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Tags: enviro-energies, issuu.com, publishing
RichC | January 30, 2010
On Saturday, Clayton, Ohio hunter Brian Stephens will know “officially” if the buck he shot with a muzzleloader on November 30th 2009 is one for the record books. (photo above is Brian, the buck and a coyote)
Without question the “green” scored 232 5/8 non-typical whitetail deer taken in Highland County Ohio is one big Ohio [...]
Category: Environment, Local, Misc, Recreation |
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Tags: buck, deer, hunting, ohio, record
RichC | January 15, 2010
While monitoring what my friend Pete Bethune has been up to since he and his biodiesel powered boat Earthrace circumnavigated the world in 2008, it was with distress to see the unique boat destroyed (see previous posts). In 2009 the futuristic boat joined up with an anti-poaching marine wildlife conservation organization Sea Shepherd which [...]
Category: Environment, Sailing, Video |
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Tags: earthrace, ecology, sea shepherd
RichC | January 7, 2010
Playing the green energy tax credit game — the pitfalls of big government, powerful lobbyist and wealthy shrewd companies.
Walmart, others make money on Oregon’s energy tax credits
By Harry Esteve, The Oregonian
December 29, 2009, 7:00PM
When Oregon started handing out jumbo tax subsidies for renewable energy projects two years ago, one of the biggest beneficiaries was also [...]
Category: Environment, Financial, Politics |
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Tags: carbon, costco, credits, energy, green, oregon, walmart
RichC | December 13, 2009
A couple areas of interest to me merge one state over in Indiana. In an effort to help the endangered whooping cranes migrate safely from Wisconsin to their wintering grounds in Florida, Operation Migration had two disappointing moments this past week. In Vermillion County, Indiana, a staff member for the International Crane Foundation (ICF) [...]
Category: Aviation, Environment |
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Tags: Aviation, birds, cessna
RichC | November 25, 2009
The Discovery Channel is active in reviewing science research in alternative energy and can usually dice apart the ’self-promotion’ of company researcher as well as combat the establish energy industry’s lobby efforts. One industry that I advocate is ‘algae to biofuel fuel’ research. The benefit in using algae as a feedstock for biofuels is that [...]
Category: Automotive, Biodiesel, Environment |
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Tags: algae, Biodiesel, biofuel, energy, ocean