macurmudgeon - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Huh-whuh? (Score 1) 167

by macurmudgeon on Saturday September 27, 2008 @11:05AM (#25177453) Attached to: Slashdot's Disagree Mail

Having spent years as a psychiatric social worker I agree that these all sound like the work of the mentally ill.

Knowing that makes a lot of the comments seem pretty mean spirited. But this section is for idiot submissions. It just turns out that those are coming from the commenters this week.

Feed Science Daily: Some Biofuels Are Worse Environmentally Than Fossil Fuels, Analysis Shows (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Monday January 07, 2008 @12:53PM

Biofuels reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in comparison to fossil fuels. In the journal Science, researchers consider environmental costs of biofuel production. Corn, soy and sugarcane come up short. The authors urge governments to be far more selective about which biofuels they support, as not all are more environmentally friendly than fossil fuels.

Feed The Register: Home turbines can't light a candle (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Monday January 07, 2008 @12:52PM

A puny wind

Domestic "microwind" turbines, recently championed as "power from the people" by opposition leader David Cameron, are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.

Submission + - Cheap Plastic Wind Turbines Power a School

Submitted by

ahijado

on Monday January 07, 2008 @12:47PM

ahijado writes: "Wind turbines offer cheap energy: A small rooftop wind farm in Hong Kong is demonstrating how alternative power can be very inexpensive. Motorwave Co., Ltd."

Submission + - Plastic-degrading bacteria discovered in Mexico (google.com)

Submitted by

Spy der Mann

on Monday January 07, 2008 @12:45PM

Spy der Mann writes: "A bacteria capable of degrading polyurethane, was just discovered in the sewage waters of Mexico City. It's Alicycliphilus bacteria, unicellular organism with a mechanism not yet clarified degrades the polyurethane, perhaps the most commonly used plastic for half a century. Thanks to a team of scientists from the Faculty of Chemistry of the UNAM, the bacterium went to university laboratories to open a new horizon for research, which in a few years might find a solution to transform polyurethane, which is manufactured from oil and does not degrade when it is discarded. (Original spanish text)"

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