Ask the EcoGeek: How Can I Make My Computer Efficient?
Dear EcoGeek, My parents are always bugging me about computer usage and how the computers are sucking up energy. I want to know what I can do so that my computer doesn’t waste so much energy? I...
View ArticleEcoGeeks Fix Leaky Faucets
If you happen to be an EcoGeek in the southeast U.S., a lot of your environmental concern has got to be focused on water conservation right now. And while we’ve just finished a tour of the southeast,...
View ArticleEcoGeek Holiday Gift Guide
Let’s face it…you want stuff…and you’re not gonna get anything cool if you don’t give in return. That’s why EcoGeek is happy to provide a list of some of the ecogeekiest holiday gifts for all your...
View ArticleGreen Turkies: How EcoGeek’s Celebrate Turkey Day
Melinda Asks: What do EcoGeeks do different on Thanksgiving? There’s nothin’ like a good ol’ fashioned feast…and if you’re like me, you’re not gonna let something as silly as the future of the planet...
View ArticleHow the World Wastes $100 Billion Per Year
Bottled water is either the largest hoax every pulled off on mankind, or a marvelous example of exactly how lazy we, as a species, really are. The world spends $100 billion on bottled water every...
View ArticleWhy Are There No Cheap Electric Cars?
I see this question in my inbox or in comments several times per week. The asker generally proposes one of several possibilities. These range oil-company assassinations to esoteric problems with the...
View ArticleWhat The Stimulus Means For EcoGeeks
Yesterday, President Obama signed the Ameican Recovery and Reinvestment Act into law. Of the $787 billion being doled out across the nation in some form or another, a bunch of it is going towards...
View ArticleWill The Green Jobs Come?
The green jobs debate rages on. Some argue that all the stimulus money being poured into green efforts – like renewable energy and building retrofitting – will create millions of new jobs, and will...
View ArticleAlternative Possibilities in Nuclear Power
Nuclear power is still a divisive issue among EcoGeeks. It’s clean, at least from a fuel cycle carbon emissions standpoint. But it’s a reasonable question whether it is truly cost-effective once all...
View ArticleAlternative Nuclear Power: Pebble Bed Reactor
This article is part of a series on alternative possibilities in nuclear power. Previously at EcoGeek: Alternative Possibilities in Nuclear Power Pebble Bed Reactor The pebble-bed reactor was supposed...
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