NY Nerd » Environment http://nynerd.com Truth, Justice, & Humor For All! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:20:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wild Orca Imitates Motor Sound http://nynerd.com/wild-orca-imitates-motor-sound/ http://nynerd.com/wild-orca-imitates-motor-sound/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:56:40 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2661 It probably sucks for marine mammals to have to listen to the incessant sound of motors constantly, this one looks to me like he got fed up with it.

]]> http://nynerd.com/wild-orca-imitates-motor-sound/feed/ 0 If Solar Power Was Subsidized http://nynerd.com/if-solar-power-was-subsidized/ http://nynerd.com/if-solar-power-was-subsidized/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:33:23 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2642 Potential for solar power if it received same subsidies currently enjoyed by fossil fuels

]]> http://nynerd.com/if-solar-power-was-subsidized/feed/ 0 US Diplomatic Cables Show Race To Carve Up Arctic http://nynerd.com/us-diplomatic-cables-show-race-to-carve-up-arctic/ http://nynerd.com/us-diplomatic-cables-show-race-to-carve-up-arctic/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 20:37:49 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2573 Check out this BBC video about the effects of climate change on the Arctic, and the US/Russia race to carve up the resources.

]]> http://nynerd.com/us-diplomatic-cables-show-race-to-carve-up-arctic/feed/ 0 Visualizing The BP Gulf Oil Spill http://nynerd.com/visualizing-the-bp-gulf-oil-spill/ http://nynerd.com/visualizing-the-bp-gulf-oil-spill/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:14:52 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2562

]]> http://nynerd.com/visualizing-the-bp-gulf-oil-spill/feed/ 0 NYC Subway Powered by Turnstiles http://nynerd.com/nyc-subway-powered-by-turnstiles/ http://nynerd.com/nyc-subway-powered-by-turnstiles/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:45:18 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2555 New York City has implemented an innovative green solution to powering the subway. The turnstiles generate 13.6% of the power necessary to run the subways, amazing!

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]]> http://nynerd.com/nyc-subway-powered-by-turnstiles/feed/ 0 Power To The People http://nynerd.com/power-to-the-people/ http://nynerd.com/power-to-the-people/#comments Sat, 09 Apr 2011 13:21:02 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2550 Continue reading →]]> Conquering climate change pits the citizens of the world against the fossil fuels industry, which is the most profitable industry in the history of the world. Beating climate change means getting off fossil fuels, and for that to happen we need the people to rally. People need to rally in mass, armed with the knowledge that our world will be destroyed by climate change if we lose this battle. One of the leaders of the people’s movement is Naomi Klein. Naomi is one of the most astute thought leaders in the world on this matter, please check out her recent piece, titled: Our Lives Are Under Threat From Some of the Most Powerful and Richest Entities — Here’s How We Can Fight Back and Win

]]> http://nynerd.com/power-to-the-people/feed/ 1 Toxic Gulf – Investigation of BP Deepwater Horizon http://nynerd.com/toxic-gulf-investigation-of-bp-deepwater-horizon/ http://nynerd.com/toxic-gulf-investigation-of-bp-deepwater-horizon/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2011 04:13:33 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2543 This is a VBS.tv investigative journalism piece that takes a real look at what’s going on in the Gulf.

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US Navy out on rescue missions photographs a house floating out to sea after earthquake. Source

]]> http://nynerd.com/japanese-house-floating-after-quake/feed/ 0 LOL OIL Tesla Roadster http://nynerd.com/lol-oil-tesla-roadster/ http://nynerd.com/lol-oil-tesla-roadster/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:31:53 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2451 Tesla electric roadster with LOL OIL license plate.

]]> http://nynerd.com/lol-oil-tesla-roadster/feed/ 0 25k Barrels of Oil http://nynerd.com/25k-barrels-of-oil/ http://nynerd.com/25k-barrels-of-oil/#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:03:04 +0000 nynerd http://nynerd.com/?p=2430 Visualizing just how much oil we’re really talking about here.

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