Positive Future #427 (Feature photo – Plastic Straws – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) People are slowly coming to realize the dangers of micro-plastics in their bodies, not to mention that 85% of ocean pollution is from plastics. In a bold move, the European Union is banning 10 types of single-use plastic items most commonly found…
Positive Future #426 (Feature photo – Power Transmission Lines – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Whether you are a large farmer with dozens of pumping stations fed by power lines or a home gardener whose views are compromised by ugly power poles and power lines, the future of power is changing. In addition, larger power grids…
Positive Future #425 (Feature photo – Smart Fortwo & Tesla Model 3 (CCA SA 4.0 International) InsideEVs journalist Mark Kane reports that there are 29 different models of cars now available in the U.S. that are strictly battery-electric. Manufactured by 12 different automakers, they have no internal combustion engines. Kane’s report looks like a scoring…
Positive Future #424 (Feature photo – Jared Polis. Governor of Colorado – Public Domain) In agriculture, the cost of shouldering extreme weather events almost always exceeds the re-imbursements that come from crop insurance or federal disaster monies. In modern times, farming is one of those things that carries the cost of carbon in the atmosphere…
Positive Future #423 (Feature photo – Electric Car Chargers – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Recently, news portal Autoline Daily discussed how the development and building of new internal combustion engines has come to an almost complete halt among the major automakers. With the looming electrification of transportation, automakers are deciding to just stick with the…
Positive Future #422 (Feature photo – Great Britain (orange) and the larger European Union (blue) – CCA SA 4.0 International) Great Britain is in the throes of uncertainty. In 2016, they voted to leave the European Union with a nominal majority of 51.7 percent. Problem is that they have been in the European Union for…
Positive Future #421 (Feature photo – Power from the Sun – By Jessie Eastland – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50735950) The world’s largest solar farm today is in China. The Tengger Desert Solar Park has a peak power output of 1.5 gigawatts. The Tengger solar panels cover an area equal to 10,600 acres. CleanTechnica…
Positive Future #420 (Feature photo – Electric cars – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) What are the top 10 states for electric car registrations? By far the largest is California with about 10 times more registrations than the next state. InsideEVs journalist Wade Malone brings the story that is making news as many of the top…
Positive Future #419 (Feature photo – Soil Erosion – Public Domian) Industrial farming’s impact on the world’s soils is dramatic. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that about one third of the world’s topsoil has been degraded. Darker times for food are not too distant in the future. A recent article on…
Positive Future #418 (Feature photo – Hemp Seed – CCA SA 3.0 Austria, D-Kuru/Wkimedia Commons) Beth McCall of the Colorado Hemp Industries Association dives into the potential of industrial hemp that is now open with recent federal approval. The three main arenas of opportunity include hemp as fiber for textiles, hemp seeds for high protein…
