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Completed T30 Hotel
Jubbling’s take: The next time we’re in China, we’ll choose to stay in the two story hotel that took one year to build instead. No offense but after seeing the pictures below, we don’t want to take any chances. Haste makes waste.
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Good posted an article, “How to Green Your Holiday Travel“, where they did a cost benefit analysis for each mode of holiday travel. They compared the carbon footprint of traveling by plane, train or automobile.
After some careful analysis, Jubbling has developed its own holiday travel tip: Don’t Go! I think the “why the hell am I leaving town?” hit me over Thanksgiving when I was going through TSA and temporarily misplaced a kid and our passports, was shoeless with 8+ bins of stuff, saw the backscatter dong-x-ray ahead of me and discovered my zipper was down the whole time. Skip the hassle, stay home and take the points. Do this not for green reasons but because you don’t want the headache. As for your family… if they truly love you, they wouldn’t want you to spend the money (reverse the guilt).
You can still follow the article and analyze the sustainable merits of each travel option or you can just say “F’it” by staying home and saving 2 wasted days of travel. Your wallet will like you, the family you are supposed to visit will be guilted into liking your decision and your holiday will get a sprinkling of Jubbling.
Standby power can best be described as the power our electronics consume when they’re turned off. According to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, standby power accounts for 10-15% of the electricity we consume. So here are a few tips that may help you consume less juice while you’re out of town for the holidays:
These are just suggestions that’ll hopefully help lower your power bill. Prior to Jubbling, I wouldn’t think twice about powering down and my only concern was making sure the doors were locked and my Speedo was packed.
This is one of those posts where the title almost says it all. Here’s some info to help fill in a the gaps:
Jubbling wishes we were on a plan. [NYTimes.com]
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German company e-volo demonstrated their battery powered Multicopter by having one of its creators, Thomas Senkel, pilot it. The Multicopter is very Macgyverish and e-volo’s hopes it will become a battery/hybrid powered device anyone can purchase and that piloting it would be “as simple as a car.” Besides the music, the craziest part in the video is when Mr. Senkel puts on a helmet as his sole protection from the 16 spinning propellers. Obviously, having an open casket funeral is important to him. [Gizmag]
The Green Festival, or GreenFest, is a two day event that showcases products, ideas and solutions for consuming less and reusing more. And this year, they’re celebrating their 10th anniversary having welcomed 1 million attendees. Yes, green is prominent in their name but you don’t feel Jubwinked by attending because it’s all about the vendors. If you do decide to go, definitely bring your kids too. GreenFest is very kid friendly and includes a KidZone with crafts, games and featured speakers who’ll explain ways that kids can get involved. Here is their upcoming schedule:
| 2011 Green Festival Schedule | |
| San Francisco/SF Concourse | April 9-10 |
| Chicago/McCormick Place | May 14-15 |
| Seattle/Qwest Exhibition Center | May 20-21 |
| New York/Javits Building | Oct 1-2 |
| Los Angeles/LA Convention Center | Oct 29-30 |
| San Francisco/SF Concourse | Nov 12-13 |
Now Jubbling Festival, or JubFest, is still about 3 – 20 years off but I’m working on it. For now, it occurs in my house daily and consists of me walking around in a parka telling my kids to turn stuff off.
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