I read a statistical claim re water today I find interesting if it’s anywhere near accurate. The claim is that one cup of coffee requires about 140 litres of water. For your tea people it’s not quite at bad, however still completely over the top imho, it’s about 35 litres. We found that for drinking one standard [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Interesting Water Statistic
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE, GEEKDOM, HEH, STATISTICS, WATER on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cool Gadget
Posted in BICYCLING, GEEKDOM, HEH on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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The Elusive Bottom
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE, PEEPS, POLITICS on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Outside The Box‘s John Mauldin just published an insightful summary called The Elusive Bottom. Take the time to read the entire piece, here’s his bit on the new frugality that you might find sufficiently amusing to click over and read the entire piece: Frugality is going to set in As far as I know, there are [...]
Enhanced Geothermal
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, VIDEO DU JOUR on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The folks over at google.org put some money to work in Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). The energy from the heat beneath the earth’s surface is essentially an unlimited resource. What if it could be developed to help solve our energy challenges and fight global warming? Enhanced Geothermal Systems, or EGS, attempts to do just that. [...]
Ritz-Carlton Staff Excellent For Good Reason
Posted in HEH, SHINY on August 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always impressed how stays at a Ritz-Carlton are consistently pleasant. The service is always just right, the staff is polite and their hospitality skills are well polished. Well there’s a good explanation for this, someone there figured out training is of paramount importance in running their properties. There was a Business Week article a while back revealing [...]
Cool Cooling Concept
Posted in ENERGY, GEEKDOM, HEH on August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Refrigeration consumes a significant amount of electricity. Dear Lazyweb, if someone out there knows the percentage estimate for the USA and elsewhere I’d appreciate an email from you. Gadolinium (Symbol: Gd) is a metal with some interesting magnetic properties. When placed in a magnetic field it heats up, then when the magnetic field is removed it cools down. [...]
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