use your marriot travel stimulus $100 voucher towards a terrapass to offset travel carbon!
i felt that i was advocating being a piggy by telling you about this $100 voucher that marriot is offering to guests traveling to the caribbean or mexico, so i thought i’d throw in the fact that with half of that, only $50.60, you can purchase a terrapass to offset your travel carbon for a whole year! terrapass uses the loot to support clean energy projects, farm power and capture methane, a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. think about that next time your cow farts!
marriot, if you’re reading this, how could would it be if you teamed up with terrapass to offer an even sweeter deal, maybe $120 stimulus voucher, everytime someone buys a terrapass? yessss, succumb to my will.
|
|
|
|
|
 |
do c.f.l.s actually increase greenhouse gases?
the canadian broadcasting corporation suggested in this report last week that cfls or compact fluorescent lamps, which, along with the green leaf, have become the symbol of energy efficiency, may actually be worse for the environment than the now black-listed incandescents.
the reason for the claim may surprise you. supposedly, incandescents, which give off much more heat that cfls can raise the temperature in a room enough to make the occupants feel warmer, thereby cutting down on the amount of heat they use. really?
i don’t know if i believe these claims. it’s all too similar to when the media started telling us that eggs were bad for you and then flip-flopped back saying that they are good for you. remember those incredible edible egg commercials? the same goes for cheese, coffee and chocolate.
i guess the good news is that cfls are definitely better for the environment if you live in a warm climate, and, by the same logic as the aforementioned report, can cut down your air conditioning. and if you really are colder when you switch to cfls, why not just put on a sweater or cuddle some cats like they used to do in the olden days?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
why is this a site?
swyyne has always been an experiment for me. with all of the other super eco sites out there, i've been feeling like i want to contribute something just a bit different. so for now, here are my random musings.
look for stuff
feed yourself