Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Here’s a brief distraction from my (usually) serious tech talk. Hoh boy, this is ripe! Cow dung to power more Dutch homes AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A plant that converts cow dung into energy for homes opened in the Netherlands… Manure from cows at a nearby dairy farm will be fermented along with grass and food [...]

It’s not a done deal YET, but it looks extremely probable: California is set to ban those high-energy consuming televisions. On Tuesday, executives and consultants for the Arlington, Va., trade group asked members of the California Energy Commission to instead let consumers use their wallets to decide whether they want to buy the most energy-saving [...]