Maryland to Pass Global Warming Solutions Act

Maryland is hopping on the Green Bandwagon with the Global Warming Solutions Act, which aims to reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Not a bad benchmark considering that car efficiency peaked in 1987!

The Broke Man's Guide to Green

bean-sprouts just posted a great article on going green for people who may not have any green.

Among the things they mention are the simple stuff, like CFLs (or simply turning off the lights) and hanging up your clothes to dry. My favorite part is the end:

People who are really hard up struggle to run a car, and minimize their journeys because they know how much it costs in petrol. They don't dream of flying all over the place, but maybe save up all year for one holiday with a budget airline or holiday in their home country. It's the well-to do who have the largest carbon footprints, and paying out some of their expendable income on a great big wind turbine for the side of their house may look green but it really isn't making much of an impact. So if you feel you can't afford to be green, you probably already are.

Save Money, Save the Planet

Green AMD: Say what?

despite AMD's launch of the 6000+ line, a beast which can suck up to 125 watts of juice by itself, the company maintains a vision of green, launching 2 64 bit processors that use only 45 watts. We'll see if this is a serious move in the industry or simply a facade to ease the mind of consumers.

Induction Meets Microwave to Make Steamy... Vegetables

Oh Sanyo, when will you even give up? It's not like we'll ever actually see this beauteous machine, but you'll have to bear with me for my enthusiasm: This device from Sanyo purportedly uses both microwaves and induction heating to get your food heated in 20% of the time, using 75% of the energy, without the nasty rubber texture created by conventional microwaves, making it both green and lazy friendly. Size looks neat too, as is should be able to realistically sit on a counter top.

At $5,000 and with a Japan release day this April, don't expect this thing to be gracing your eco-kitchen any time soon.

Simple Efficiency: Sink Sprayers

OK, basic fluid dynamics people; force the same amount of water through smaller holes yields faster speeds, which means that you can get the same, if not more, impact on dishes in the sink with a Sink sprayer, and save up to %50 of your water usage. Installing a sink sprayer directly into the faucet can make this usage easier and more accessible.

Wii Kicks the Crap of PC, Other Consoles in Power Consumption

Consuming less than 1/10 of the wattage of it's competitors across the board, the Wii, despite it's last gen specs, still packs quite an impressive wallop per watt. If only my expectations of the 'mote had been realistic.

Link to Full Report (hardcoreware.net)