Kunstenaar Chris Jordan beeld het effect van onbewust gedrag op grote schaal uit.
Depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours.
Depicts 320,000 light bulbs, equal to the number of kilowatt hours of electricity wasted in the United States every minute from inefficient residential electricity usage (inefficient wiring, computers in sleep mode, etc.).
Sep-11-09 The world's first algae-powered car is attempting to cross the USA on 25 gallons of green crude. A Prius was fitted with a nickel metal hydride battery and a plug - the engine required no modifications. Sapphire Energy is supplying the algae fuel for the car, but doesn't expect it to be sold at gas stations any time soon. Sep-16-09 Envion had developed a plant that will convert 6,000 tons of plastic waste into nearly a million barrels of "something resembling oil" per year. Cost of converting the plastic is about $10 per barrel.Bales of plastic garbage containing beverage cups, margarine containers and everything else people put into their recycle bins, are delivered each week to be converted into "oil." Each ton of waste will produce 3 to 5 barrels of product.The finished product looks like a slightly murky lemonade and smells somewhere between gasoline and diesel fuel. One company has already agreed to buy the material for blending into motor fuel, others are in discussion. Envion would like to license its technology for use around the world.
