RE: news of the day

I finally bought a solar powered outdoor light.  I'd wanted one for a while
for the garden-side of my house which has no light or wiring.  So, bought a
little brinkman solor light.  It;s not super bright, but casts enough light
to ward off unwanted visitors, to see my way to dump stuff in the compost
pile after dark, and of course, to see if the chicken in done on the
barbecue!  So, I'm happy with it.  It has a little solar panel about 6 x6
inches that has a really long wire (so you can position it optimally) the
light looks like a typical 2 bulb floodlight.  I found it online for $79.
It was really easy to install and way cheaper and easier that running wire
or hiring an electrician!

I also love my battery-powered electric lawnmower!

Theresa

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
Behalf Of Bonnie & Bill Morgan
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 7:48 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: [CHAT] news of the day


May we someday wake up and go for more renewable, cleaner, energy sources!
I'd thought that the oil embargo decades ago would have put our government
in the mood to fund research and better fuels for our future.  It would also
help us need non-friendly oil baring countries less and less, to the point
where the US could sustain its own needs within the country.  It is why some
of us use solar fuel/fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, geothermal heat, etc.

O.K., so I'm down off my soapbox.  Sorry.
Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 7:06 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] news of the day

This came thru my news today... thought you might want to read it. The
again, you probably all know this already....

Donna


Good Mileage 98 Tons of Plants Per Gallon

SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) -- A New University of Utah study shows 98 tons of
prehistoric, buried plant material is needed to produce just one gallon
of gasoline to power our vehicles. Researcher Jeff Dukes asked, "Can you
imagine loading 40 acres worth of wheat -- stalks, roots and all -- into
the tank of your car or SUV every 20 miles?" But he says that's how much
ancient plant matter had to be buried millions of years ago and
converted by pressure, heat and time into oil to produce one gallon of
gasoline today.

He also calculated the amount of fossil fuel burned during just 1997
totaled 97 million billion pounds of carbon -- the equivalent of more
than 400 times all the plant matter that grows in the world during just
one year. Asked why he conducted the study, Dukes said "Fossil fuel
consumption is widely recognized as unsustainable. However, there has
been no attempt to calculate the amount of energy that was required to
generate fossil fuels." The study is to be published in the November
issue of the journal Climatic Change.

Copyright 2003 by United Press International. All rights reserved

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