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POPSSolar Will Beat Oil This article gives me some hope. A bit more: "Enough total solar energy shines on the earth during a 40-minute period of time to power the entire world economy for a year. We only need to harness a tiny portion of this sunshine to make a huge difference in the world: environmentally, politically and economically."
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POPS(Sad Update) Black Fox Found Dead Kevin Hehir, 48, from Ribbleton in Preston, spotted the animal on September 8 while he was out walking and managed to take pictures and record footage. He said: "What a shame. At the time it looked weary and like it was on its last legs. I'm pleased that I managed to get a picture of it." Like other black animals, the black fox is said to be linked to doom and disaster and the sighting provoked much reaction from readers. However, the farmer added: "Far from being unlucky for me, it brought the sunshine and dry weather for the harvest." Black foxes can often be seen in Europe and North America but are not thought to be native to the UK. David Dunlop, Lancashire Wildlife Trust conservation officer, said: "I imagine it's probably the same one because it's very rare. "I'm assuming it had been ill like a lot of animals in the wild." >> Black fox spotted for first time (with video)
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POPSThis is no fantasy or trick of the light - Upside down rainbow Upside down rainbow - The circumzenithal arc or cicumzenith arc (CZA), also called the Bravais' arc, is an optical phenomenon similar in appearance to a rainbow and arising from refraction of sunlight through non-terminated, horizontally-oriented ice crystals in certain clouds. It takes the shape of one-quarter of a circle centered at the zenith and parallel to the horizon, on the same side as the sun. Its colors run from blue near the zenith to red towards the horizon; it is one of the brightest and most colorful halos" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumzenithal_arc
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POPSGreen Roofs Offer More Than Color for the Skyline When sunshine hits a blacktop roof, it heats the building beneath it as well as the area nearby. When it hits plants on a roof, in contrast, the plants not only absorb the sunshine, but cool the air when the water in their leaves evaporates. Temperatures on buildings with green roofs are up to 30 percent lower during the daytime in the summer than they are on those with conventional roofs, which means that tenants on the floors below do not have to run their air-conditioning as much. Con Ed has teamed up with Columbia University’s Center for Climate Systems Research to evaluate the benefits, using rooftop sensors to measure the temperature, wind and water runoff. Con Edison said it hoped to use the findings to encourage customers to install green roofs themselves. David Westman, the resource conservation coordinator at Con Edison, said, “It’s not only the right thing to do, but it can make economic sense.”
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POPSA Bit of Rationalism It's always positive to point out what is myth and what is reality. Often they are confused, especially by people who depend so much on myth. The attached clip offers a bit of sunshine to brighten up those dark corners of peoples brains.
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POPSLADIES PAIN PILLS OR VITAMIN D ? Around here most women may start taking more vitamin "D" but their never going to give up on their little helper ! What's this egg yolks ? How many years have we heard their bad for you ?
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POPSFlorida Gov.Crist Calls For End To Feds Moratorium On Drilling
Public opinion started to move in favor of oil drilling off Florida after Hurricane Jeanne in 2004 forced many Floridians to wait in long lines for gas, said David Mica, executive director of the Florida Petroleum Council, a lobbying group. Jeanne and other powerful hurricanes that battered Florida in 2004 and 2005 left millions of Floridians struggling to fill their gas tanks because of a lack of electricity to pump the fuel and difficulties getting fresh supplies into Florida. A business group that supports oil drilling release a survey on Thursday saying 61 percent of Florida respondents support increased exploration and production of oil and natural gas off the Florida coasts. "Public opinion is supportive .... t's time to give it a try (drilling) and watch it very closely,'" Mica said. Environment Florida, an anti-drilling advocacy group, said it got an unprecedented response from supporters to a write-in campaign after Crist changed his position.
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POPSNew Mexico: Land of Enchantment , Clean Energy State. Although 25 states have approved their own RPS, a national standard has stalled in the face of resistance from traditional coal-powered utilities and their allies in Congress. Wind and biomass are popular in New Mexico, but the desert sun that draws millions of tourists here also makes its solar power potential the second largest in America. So it is that the Clean Energy State's future just may lie in the south corner of the capital city, at the end of a dry road marked by a mile-long sculpture of a snake with jewelled eyes. ... Guardian
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POPSFL Unclaimed Money A billion dollars worth of unclaimed money in Florida! The FL money pile got that big 'cause most owners of unclaimed property in the Sunshine State are unaware they have unclaimed funds in their name. All residents should check if they own a portion of that pile.
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