This washer is [was] in better shape than mine. But then again, if you can afford it, you can destroy it. Hooray!?!! [Gizmodo]
Brick In A Washer Video
January 31, 2012 By 1 Comment
“Astronomical” Describes The Waste More Than It Describes The Book Series
January 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
http://www.vimeo.com/34894951
Astronomical by Mishka Henner is a 12-volume set that displays our solar system and the planets to scale. Each volume has 506 pages and the width of each page represents 1 million kilometers. The sun appears on pages 1-2 of volume I and the earth is displayed on page 155 of volume I. Jupiter is on page 283 of volume II.
The mostly blank-page Astronomical book series sells for around $156.
I’m sure there’s an artsy angle to the 6000+ page Astronomical series but even the above video is hard to stomach. I think that if Dieter from Sprockets would’ve written a book, this would be it. [Gizmodo.com]
Carbon Neutral Indoor Ski Resort Makes Everything Else Carbon Neutral Suck More
January 24, 2012 By 1 Comment
Ok, we survived Seattle’s Snowmageddon last week but Jubbling.com had to suffer another post-free week. Of course I blame my kids for this and will now find a way to put them to work furthering the Jubbling cause.
What did we miss? How about the proposed indoor carbon neutral ski resort that is planned for 2015 in Barcelona Spain. Yes, they need snow because it’s not available year round and to appease and appeal to the green folks, they’ll make it carbon neutral by using the cool energy that is generated when sub-zero liquefied natural gas is converted back to its gaseous state. In addition to the converted natural gas, the indoor ski resort will use solar and plant waste to power the facility. Dutch company SnowWorld, builder’s of Dubai’s indoor Ski Dubai, will be construct the facility in partnership with B01 Arquitectes of Barcelona.
Jubbling’s take: Nature defying projects like this kill us. Yes, they are making an effort to consume less resources and we normally see good in those kind of efforts. But this “tickle and slap” faux environmental-sensitivity drives us nuts! Save the layer of green paint, take a step back and just admire the amount of sucking that goes into a project like an indoor ski resort built in a city that most people want to escape to during the winter months. Instead of figuring out how to build it, they should really wonder why. [Treehugger.com]
Behringer’s iNuke iPod Dock: Does This Beast Arrive Behind A Tow Truck?
December 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Why build it? Because like the biggest skateboard or the fattest twins, it just had to be produced. Behringer’s iNuke iPod dock costs $30,000, weighs 700 lbs, consumes 10,000 watts of power and is infinitely unnecessary. [Gizmodo]
“Let Them Eat Cake”…While I Watch A Movie In My Mercedes SUV Parked In My 10th Floor Heated Garage
December 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
If you’re trying to find that fine line between excess and sustainable, this story makes it much easier. The condominiums at 200 Eleventh Avenue were designed to give that suburban feel to their owners by allowing them to park their vehicles just steps away from their upper floor units. Basically, drive your car into a jumbo sized elevator and when you hit your floor, drive off and park it in the heated 300 sq. ft. garage next to your condo. It’s estimated that the parking space with a Manhattan view alone would cost $800,000.
Jubbling could run wild with this story but we’ve opted not to. The story and the unsustainable idea that “if you can afford it, you can consume it” speaks for itself. [Treehugger and NYTimes]
Washington And Oregon’s DOT Wishlist: Please Drive More In Less Fuel Efficient Cars
September 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
| “Widening roads to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity.” |
| Frank Kulash, Orlando Fl. Traffic Engineer (Reposted on “Dude, Where Are My Cars?”) |
What is a state government to do when people drive less and they receive less in their coffers from fuel taxes? Oregon and Washington states’ governments are facing this problem right now as fuel consumption and vehicle traffic have been flat for 10+ years. Sightline Institute has an interesting series of articles, “Dude, Where Are My Cars?,” about the problem facing Oregon and Washington as each states’ Department of Transportation (DOT) embark on some ambitious and possibly unnecessary multi-billion dollar road expansion projects. Should states institute tolls to cover the cost of these projects or should they pare down their future road/highway projects to account for the fact that people are driving less?
The fuel taxes seem to be working and people are driving less. Maybe now the Oregon DOT (ODOT) and Washington State DOT (WSDOT) can focus on road maintenance and not expansion and in turn, get used to spending less.
Check out the series on SightlineDaily and read through the comments.
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