We love this new little product that was featured on BBC 2’s Dragons’ Den. Boils an egg to the consistency you choose without water! By stretching heating elements over the egg as the lid of the cooker is closed James Seddon managed to achieve his objective of designing a “toaster for boiled eggs”.
And, of course, to be featured in this blog it has to have a green aspect to it… Well it claims to use a fraction of the energy of boiling - and it could well do, as boiling enough water to submerge an egg in is probably quite considerable.
Eggxactly even knows the egg’s size and whether it came from the fridge. Wow! We’re impressed!
So we’re trying to cut down our carbon emissions. We’re trying to cut down on our use of fossil fuels. We’re trying to reduce the air miles concerned with our consumerism.
Well, some of us are - it seems multibillionaires have other things to think about - such as where to go in their luxury SUBMARINES!! This article by the Seattle Times discusses the craze of these $80 million toys and the secrecy and extravagance that makes them appeal. Wonder if they come in yellow….
It’s being reported today that supermarkets are being urged to stop selling outdoor patio heaters, due to their contribution to Global Warming.
Meanwhile, pubs are buying bigger/more powerful heaters in abundance, due to the smoking ban and patrons who refuse to stop smoking being forced outside.
I just had to put this on the hotonearth blog. I found this just now on the GreenGuy blog. As someone who cycles to work everyday and uses my bike quite a bit this is a bit worrying. I guess it’s what comes from living somewhere like New York where everyone minds their own business. But what a shocker! Just take a look at the bike thieves video to see what I mean.
In the UK we love our mod cons and techno gadgets, and the 21st century has brought an almost endless supply of them, from plasma TVs to coffee makers. We are brain washed into thinking we need all the things by advertising gurus who’s job it is to spend our money for us, but it probably doesn’t even occur to most people (me included until now) how much energy each of these appliances is using. Well actually that’s not strictly true as I do worry about my bill at the end of the month, but that still wouldn’t stop me choosing one TV over another. But after reading TheGreenGuy blog, and a new report from the Energy Saving Trust, these are exactly the sorts of questions we should be asking when making our next ‘essential’ consumer purchase.
How Can You Do Our Bit To Help Save Our Planet? Something that you must bear in mind is that these ideas do need some thought and sometimes a little bit of perseverance. If some of them aren’t practical to your circumstances, just remember that the important thing is to do your best – do what you can!
Since starting this site, I’m still really surprised when people are skeptical about global warming. Maybe people will always (and often rightly so) feel compelled to take a view which goes against popular belief, even if just to be different. There are some interesting points though and reading this debate shows how there are many people who just don’t follow the GW doctrine.
To give you some ideas how you can make a quick attempt to start offsetting your carbon footprint for free, we’ve put together a few scenarios to help you see how easy it is to do your bit for the environment and offset some of your carbon footprint.
This a completely personal rant, but I find it insane that my local ‘Household Waste Recycling Centre’ has bins for paper, card, cans etc etc - right through to spectacles, mobile phones and ink cartridges - but no where for plastic bags/bin liners!!! And how do you take your recycling to the centre if you don’t have suitably sized boxes?!
We love this new little product that was featured on BBC 2’s Dragons’ Den. Boils an egg to the consistency you choose without water! By stretching heating elements over the egg as the lid of the cooker is closed James Seddon managed to achieve his objective of designing a “toaster for boiled eggs”.
So we’re trying to cut down our carbon emissions. We’re trying to cut down on our use of fossil fuels. We’re trying to reduce the air miles concerned with our consumerism.
It’s being reported today that supermarkets are being urged to stop selling outdoor patio heaters, due to their contribution to Global Warming.
How Can You Do Our Bit To Help Save Our Planet? Something that you must bear in mind is that these ideas do need some thought and sometimes a little bit of perseverance. If some of them aren’t practical to your circumstances, just remember that the important thing is to do your best – do what you can!
Since starting this site, I’m still really surprised when people are skeptical about global warming. Maybe people will always (and often rightly so) feel compelled to take a view which goes against popular belief, even if just to be different. There are some interesting points though and reading 
This a completely personal rant, but I find it insane that my local ‘Household Waste Recycling Centre’ has bins for paper, card, cans etc etc - right through to spectacles, mobile phones and ink cartridges - but no where for plastic bags/bin liners!!! And how do you take your recycling to the centre if you don’t have suitably sized boxes?!
