Articles by Sarah K. Burkhalter

Don’t worry, I’m here to help.

I know you're wracked with indecision over whether to participate in World Jump Day tomorrow. It's a tough one, but I'm here to help. Below the fold is a comprehensive and handy pros and cons list to help you make your decision.

And even more fun if it’s recycled

This site is pretty awfully designed, but I like it because it's called news.com.com. Hee hee. Oh, and also because it brings news(.com.com) of an Israeli firm that's experimenting with extracting oil from sewage sludge.

"Sludge is a major problem in the world. Cities pay $50 a ton or more to get rid of it," [Eco Energy CEO Amit Mor] said. "And it's good-quality light oil."

A ton of high-quality sludge can produce about 30 kilograms, or 66 pounds, of such oil, Mor said. The process can also convert pulp, agricultural waste, plastics and tires into oil.

Recycling: good. Producing conventional oil: bad. Chances of this going mainstream: about as good as the chances of fighting global warming with floating white plastic islands.

Where in the U.S. are they?

MapMuse can help you find the country's ethanol 85 and biodiesel filling stations.

650ish E85 stations, 350 biodiesel stations, and counting.

From Poop to Pod

Forest dump If you drop some logs in a national park and no restroom cleaners are around to hear it, does it make a sound? We’ll soon find out, as […]