Sunday, May 23, 2010

Unexpected Consequence: Increased CO2 Could Affect Nutritional Value of Crops

http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3169

Date:5/19/10
Ecogeek.org
By: Megan Treacy

Summary: Rising levels of CO2 could not only affect the climate but it could also affect the nutritional value of Crops. Co2 can reduce as much as 20 percent of protein in the crops.

Response: This new study will not fair well to the american and world society. We need to reduce the CO2 right away but its too late

Oyster Offshore Wave Generator is 2.5x better than Predecessor

http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3170

Date: 5/20/10
Ecogeek.org
By: Philip Proefrock

Summary: The brand new oyster 2 will be testing for much of 2010 and is planned to be released in 2011. The new oyster will use three wave devices connected to a single power genertaion station to produce 2.4 megawatts of electricity.

Response: This will produce so much energy and we should invest in it more.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Super-Insulator Aerogel could also clean up oil spills

www.ecogeek.org/3162

Megan Treacy
5-12-10
Ecogeek.org

Summary: Aerogel which is a material that is 37 times better than fiberglass as insulation could also be used to be the perfect cleanup tool for oil spills. Its low density and mostly air make-up makes it perfect to absorb a lot of oil.

Response: Too bad this product isn't in large scale production because the current oil spill is very tragic.

Throw Out the Spare Tire, Replace it with an electric bike?

www.ecogeek.com/3164

Megan Treacy
ecogeek.org
5-13-10

Summary: For the people who are trying to save money on gas and would like an easier way to get around town, there is the new volkswagen electric bike that folds down into a small disk.

Response: This is genious because it allows people to park their cars outside of town and do all there shopping in-town with their bikes!