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Last login: 10 days agoJakDMSY: Balogh is a married guy from Syracuse, New York, USA.; Likes 3,345 pages, 31 videos, 238 photos • 73 fans • Received 18 reviews; Member since Oct 15, 2006

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What's Right and What's What's Wrong With the Bigger Better Bottl…: Aug 3, 9:25pm 1 review environment
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove?p=3251; The solution to litter reduction and the addition of water, sports drinks and tea to the deposit law. Should the deposit on bottles be raised to a quarter?

Green, Blue, Brown: Powering Down, Part 3: Aug 2, 10:10pm 1 review environment
http://greenbluebrown.blogspot.com/2008/07/powering-down-part-3.html; From the page: "As promised, this post will list a number of minor changes that have added up to significant savings in electricity usage at our house. I didn't track how much each of these amounted to individually, and some are probably pretty small, but they really do add up."

Misadventures in Farming | Hen and Harvest: Aug 2, 9:51pm 1 review cooking, environment, peak-oil
http://henandharvest.com/?p=68; From the page: "So why have we chosen to leave all that was familiar and comfortable? In the past few years, dad and I began to worry about the nature of this country. We began to worry about the decline of energy and the lack of local food. We understood that everything that we used or did had oil in the equation. Our experiments within the confines of the city were great тА" we learned how to can, we learned to garden, we made butter, and ground wheat into flour. "

The KunstlerCast - James Howard Kunstler & GroovyGreen.com - Start Today :: Save…: Aug 2, 9:41pm 1 review blogs
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove?p=3241; From the page: "One podcasts that I have really enjoyed listening to recently is the KunstlerCast. James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency and The Geography of Nowhere, and host Duncan Crary share the microphone weekly to comment on the "tragic comedy of suburban sprawl."

Green Ideas We'd Like To See: Gas-Conservation Signs At Railway Crossings &…: Jul 1, 6:40pm 1 review environment
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove?p=3157; This sign should be mandatory at every RR crossing in NY.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/143733824_477aff1e69.jpg: Jun 26, 4:51am 8 reviews bizarre
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/143733824_477aff1e69.jpg; heh heh.

In Colorado, Rain Barrels Are Illegal. Yup. & GroovyGreen.com - Start Today :: S…: Jun 25, 7:05pm 23 reviews environment, bizarre
http://www.groovygreen.com/groove?p=3135; Every time I read this, I can't believe it's true. In Colorado you only have the "right" to use your municipal water once, and it is illegal to use rain barrels to catch run off.

Unbelievable!

Nature Conservancy Magazine: Summer 2008 - Flora &Fauna: Saguaro Cactus: Jun 24, 4:50am 8 reviews nature, photography
http://www.nature.org/magazine/summer2008/features/art24743.html; wonderful interactive slideshow on cactii and their place in the desert ecosystem

Daily Kos: Saudis announce oil production increases - again: Jun 22, 8:29pm 1 review energy-industry
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/22/162848/561/720/540318; good post on proposed saudi oil production boost

Mortgage Loans-Senate - Politico.com: Jun 20, 5:00am 1 review politics
http://www.politico.com/homeloans/; From the page: "Senators and members of Congress do not have to disclose anything about their home mortgages тА" not how much they borrowed, from whom they borrowed it or what interest rate they paid.

But amid allegations that Countrywide Financial Corp. offered special mortgage deals to two senators, itтАs suddenly useful to know who has been lending money to the members of the greatest deliberative body in the world.

The Senate Ethics Committee has already launched an investigation into the preferential treatment afforded to the two senators in question, Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), and leading Republicans in the House have called for a wider investigation into whether other lawmakers received any discount rates on their mortgages."

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