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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...

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EcoGeeks 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,...

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EcoGeek 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...

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Green 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...

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How 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...

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Why 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...

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What 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...

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Will 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...

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Alternative 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...

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Alternative 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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