March 31, 2007

Treehugger

I was looking for info on birdhouses and came across two interesting articles on treehugger.com.
  • Wind farms are often criticized for endangering birds, but the newer forms of wind turbines are not as much of a hazard. However, reader comments offer some interesting rebuttals (but you have to wade through some childish name-calling to get to them.) See Common eco-myth.
  • Mercury in CFL's that is released when the energy saving bulb is disposed of is in a form more able to enter the food chain than that released by power stations. The article includes a comment that LED's may be the coming thing in energy-saving lighting and a reader's tip that Ace hardware stores in some states take cfls for recycling.

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