Bugs do the darndest things.

Pink is the new green in the bug world!

Save water, pee in the shower!

Who knew all these years I was an environmentalist? Brazil has a commercial running on it's airwaves advocating people to piss in the shower to save water (flushing toilets wastes gallons of water in your home every day). Yes, I will do my part. Not only for Brazil, but also because I'm lazy in the morning and don't want to use the toilet then shower for the mother Earth!

Fleecing of America at the pump: shocker!

No, not a fun shocker. The kinda shocker that makes you realize how much Big Brother and Big Oil control how we function daily (travel, plastics, etc.). Yeah, gas prices still on the rise and no stopping them anytime soon.

Big Oil needs to pay for X-mas party 2009

I already posted about gas prices rising recently without many people noticing. Well, it's still going up and doesn't show a slowdown. The fleecing of America continues. I read that gas prices have increased 96% since December 2008 (5 months ago) and 33% since the beginning of May 2009. And it's getting worse. Think about that next time you fill up your car's tank or pay your gas bill or buy a plastic product. We bring this on ourselves.

Petland = puppy mills

Not that anyone should be surprised, but those cute puppies you see in mall windows? Yeah, they're crossbred and have lived most of their life in horrible conditions. I know, so why don't moore peopl rescue them by taking htem home? Because you're giving your money to the puppy mill breeders and encouraging them to keep producing, you moron!

Do the pups a favor? Don't shop at Petland and either adopt puppy or buy from an AKC registered breeder.

Latest eco choices. Is this it?

We all know about the Prius, the Camry hybrid and Accord hybrid. With auto sales in the crapper and car companies still burned by the anti-SUV sentiment last summer ,when gas was almost $4.00 at the pump, developers are scrambling to design the best functioning and most reliable eco-friendly car. Hybrids seem to be the most consumer friendly at this point, but clearly the goal is a gasoline independent vehicle. And with that, here are 2 more new...contenders:

The sperm mobile?

"An exclusive drive of an aerodynamically slick electric vehicle that looks to change the world, three wheels at a time. The Aptera 2e, a soon-to-be-produced electric vehicle whose shape is slipperier than a Teflon-coated salmon on glare ice, and whose composite construction offers both light weight and impressive structural integrity. Better yet, the 2e is scheduled to begin rolling off the Vista, California, assembly line this October for an as-yet-to-be-determined price between $25,000 and $40,000. Charge it overnight from your 110-volt home outlet, and it's claimed to have a range of 100 miles."

Or...

The American comeback?

"OK, let's just get it out there: The 2010 Ford Fusion hybrid is the best gasoline-electric hybrid yet. What makes it best is a top-drawer blend of an already very good midsize sedan with the industry's smoothest, best-integrated gas-electric power system. It's so well-done that you have to look to the $107,000 Lexus LS 600h hybrid to come close. The Toyota Prius crowd will protest. A car is, after all, a driving machine. Nothing about the leather-lined test car, optioned up from its $27,995 base price to $32,555, seemed economy minded except for the mileage readings. On that score, the Fusion topped the others, turning in a 34-mpg score card for the overall 300-mile test run."

Or...

The unattainable dream machine?

"A Tesla Roadster: the all-electric icon for the petroleum-free automotive movement; acceleration so strong it pins you to your seat as well as excellent passing power at speed. He reports the 0-60 mph sprint occurs in 3.9 seconds. The $109,000 Tesla Roadster is more about what it is than what it does. Much greater than simply a stylish, swift machine, he feels it's the first step to a world without oil."

Latest technology news

I posted this for a couple of reasons:

1. It summarizes the whole Facebook TOS debacle.


2. It announces a cool, new eco-phone.


3. It mentions plans for a universal phone charger that will eliminate electrical waste while eliminating everyone stockpiling several different charges throughout the house...


4. ...while slamming Apple for not supporting the idea of universal charger.

Oil prices up, for no good reason

Just as I post about how no one is noticing the pump prices for gas creeping up again, ABC news has a blurb about it. You can check it out HERE. In a nutshell, their rationale is that prices have increased because oil production has decreased due to low demand. That may be true, but that doesn't make it right. God forbid oil companies NOT make billions in profit annually...even while the rest of the planet is suffering fiscally too. People are hurting financially and not driving as much, so oil companies raise prices?

Sounds like price gauging to me!

Getting jacked by big oil companies...AGAIN!

I know, way to state the obvious and there's no point being shocked. But still, I have to ask: why are oil prices going up at the pump if oil crude prices keep dropping? Can it be a more blatant example of price gauging? I think I'm more upset because no one complains until gas gets over $3.50 a gallon. Then, Americans start complaining about how they've had to cut back, can't drive places as much and have financial hardship because of their gas payments. Where are the outcries when the small, incremental increases are happening? The truth is no one cares notices until they're forced to.

When are people going to more of an emphasis on independence from oil?

• Public transit instead of driving


• Drink nalgene bottles with filtered water instead of bottled water


• Buy local products (cuts semi truck emissions)


• Recycle everything possible

Stop oil companies from stealing cash from your wallet. They're having record high profits while the rest of the modern world is getting crushed in a new economic depression.

Invisible treehouse

This is cool and funny. The cool part is that some Swedes built an invisible treehouse that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. This is some space-age looking tree living, right?

The funny part is the comments from the hippies in the comments section of the webpage. The article on this treehouse is on a site called "Treehugger," which was probably not the smartest idea for a story. Here's some of the hilarity from the comments section:

• in what way is this even remotely related to sustainability?



• you know what will be even more spectacular when this is built, all the pretty colored bird corpses that will be collecting under the tree.



• where's the toilet?



• They need to make these heavy duty, and send them out for the army.



• Like another dimension in nature! I would like to have a forest getaway like this.



• id throw rocks at it if i saw it



• This would make a wonderful hunting blind.



• this is a bird killer and also the monkeys and squirrels or whatever local critters that will fly toward illusionary branches.

Honestly, I don't know if birds will hit it or not. But I'd pay money to see a monkey swing into it. That'd be some viral video gold!

Jatropha: a dirty word to oil lobbyists and US politicians

Easy, sustainable alternative biodiesel fuel? Check.
Potential for new jobs in farming, trading and investing? Check.
Possible revenue for third world countries? Check.