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TOMATO POWER? " Chocolate,

human waste, body heat - energy is starting

to come from more and more unusual sources

these days, and now it's the turn of the

humble tomato, which is powering the

checkouts, lights and fridges of a new

Waitrose supermarket in Rickmansworth."

 

The British are so far ahead on this kind

of thing. Where North American stores can't

even figure out how to deliver local food, in

the UK they build greenhouses attached to the

store; it doesn't get more local than that.

And we couldn't help but get excited by the

introduction above for an article in the

Guardian, breathlessly declaring

how the new store is being powered by the

very same tomatoes that are being sold to its

customers. But wait a minute, if the tomatoes

are being sold on the shelves, how the heck

are they also powering the lights? It may not

be as simple as all that after all.

 

It turns out that the electricity

for the store is actually being created

through a combined heat and power plant that

simultaneously warms the greenhouses where

the tomatoes are being cultivated while

injecting the growing room with carbon

dioxide to improve plant growth. A neat green

solution, no doubt, but saying the store is

powered by 'the humble tomato' is a slight

exaggeration, to say the least. ::More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Silver Spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Mother Ship, Discovery headquarters, got

LEED Platinum after changing 4,000 lightbulbs

and losing 260 tons of carbon.

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California

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The State is considering "feebates"- where

gas guzzlers are charged extra fees which is

rebated to those buying fuel-efficient cars.

Arnold plays Robin Hood!

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Dubai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meanwhile, back in Dubai, they are building a

new Las Vegas with glass pyramids and tract

housing. What's wrong with

this picture? ::More

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tip from Planet

Green: Lose the ethoxylated monoglycerides.

 

It'd be great if we could all eat all

fresh, local food, all the time, but, try as

we might, the reality is that most of us will

end up with a can, jar, bottle, or box in our

pantry or fridge. When it does come time to

pick up a jar of peanut butter or a box of

cereal, there is something you can do to be

more healthy-and more green.

Carefully consider the ingredient list on

anything that doesn't arrive at the grocery

store in nature's packaging, like a potato's

skin. Plus, not only are the unpronounceable

ingredients probably not very good for you,

but each ingredient also had to be

individually transported (usually) to the

processing plant, before being shipped on to

the store where you buy it.::More on Planet Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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