Fight Global Warming With GreenPay Credit Card
*note: this is an unsolicited blog post - we liked the idea, so we thought we’d share
a local Atlanta entrepreneur, Andrew Mathieson, has come up with an eco-friendly twist on your everyday credit card. Titled ‘GreenPay‘, the credit card provides users eco-friendly rewards and carbon offsetts for each dollar spent. An ingenious idea, we think, and - how cool is this - the card is made from recycled plastic (of course)
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Susan Hughes said,
September 5, 2007 @ 1:50 pm
I did not check it out!
A Tale of Two Houses !! Do NOT skip to the end. Read ALL of it.
You can check this out on Snopes.com under ‘The Story of Two Houses’
House #1 A 20 room mansion ( not including 8 bathrooms ) heated by
natural gas. Add on a pool ( and a pool house) and a separate guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes more energy than the average American household does in a year. The average bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400. In natural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times the national average for an American home. This house is not situated in a Northern or Midwester n ’snow belt’ area. It’s in the South.
House #2 Designed by an architecture professor at a leading national university. This house incorporates every ‘green’ feature current home construction can provide. The house is 4,000 square feet ( 4 bedrooms ) and is nestled on a high prairie in the American southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermal heat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into the ground. The water (usually 67 degrees F. ) heats the house in the winter and cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil or natural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for a conventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collected
and funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater from
showers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and then
into the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the land surrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the area enable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.
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HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode of the ‘environmentalist’ Al Gore.
HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States, George W. Bush.
An ‘inconvenient truth’.
Is this true? Give it to me straight and I will forward it to everyone who sent this to me!!!
Susan Hughes
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Sheila Fennessey said,
September 6, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
Another entrepreneurial idea. I just heard a song by a local artist, Denis Coughlin, called Green. One line in particular, “Green is the new red white and blue,” struck me. I wonder what Al Gore would think of using this as a theme song for his campaign against the energy crisis and global warming. When I Googled Denis’ name, I found the name of the CD which is new, is called Nocturnal Pop Journal. I’d like to know what anyone thinks about this, particularly Mr. Gore. I’d bet my last dollar, Mr. Coughlin would be delighted to have it used. Real catchy tune.
karen herbert said,
September 8, 2007 @ 10:26 pm
Okay I’m not sure who will read this but the following was sent to me in an email.
I FOUND THIS VERY INTERESTING!!!!!!!Subject: Fw: A Tale of Two HousesHere’s some interesting information.You can check this out on Snopes.com under “The Story of Two Houses”House #1 A 20 room mansion (not including 8 bathrooms ) heated bynatural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate guesthouse, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes moreenergy than the average American household does in a year. Theaverage bill for electricity and natural gas runs over $2400. Innatural gas alone, this property consumes more than 20 times thenational average for an American home. This house is not situatedin a Northern or Midwestern “snow belt” area. It’s in the South.House #2 Designed by an architecture professor at aleading national university. This house incorporates every”green” feature current home construction can provide. The house is4,000 square feet (4 bedrooms) and is nestled on a high prairie in theAmerican southwest. A central closet in the house holds geothermalheat-pumps drawing ground water through pipes sunk 300 feet into theground. The water (usually 67 degrees F.) heats the house in the winterand cools it in the summer. The system uses no fossil fuels such as oil ornatural gas and it consumes one-quarter electricity required for aconventional heating/cooling system. Rainwater from the roof is collectedand funneled into a 25,000 gallon underground cistern. Wastewater fromshowers, sinks and toilets goes into underground purifying tanks and theninto the cistern. The collected water then irrigates the landsurrounding the house. Surrounding flowers and shrubs native to the areaenable the property to blend into the surrounding rural landscape.HOUSE #1 is outside of Nashville, Tennessee; it is the abode ofthe “environmentalist” Al Gore.HOUSE #2 is on a ranch near Crawford,Texas; it is the residence the of the President of the United States,George W. Bush.An “inconvenient truth”.
Dale A. Grant said,
September 9, 2007 @ 6:09 pm
Has anyone watch the Science channel show on global dimming?
We may want to rethink any action.
We are only getting one shot at the think.
Dale A. grant
Dale A. Grant said,
September 9, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
further
watch should have been watched, a correction
A. the evaporation rate decline “due to reduce sun shine” called dimming.
B. the jump in temperature difference night/day for the3 days followingd 911, no planes putting water vapor in the high air.
Just watch the shjow on the Science Channel?????
david donovan md said,
September 13, 2007 @ 3:11 pm
al gore is a political has-been
He should be drafted INTO THE ARMY
TOWORK OFF ALL THAT FAT.
Kate Cameron said,
September 14, 2007 @ 6:55 am
My name is kate and i recently watched An Inconveinient truth at school for a geography class. Myself and two other class mates were touched and Al Gore is now our pin up man at the boarding house. he has shown us the light and we want to some day meet our hero. if anyone knows how we can get a start on this can ya let me no, we love his work
xXx
Daniel Businger said,
September 14, 2007 @ 4:07 pm
I founded a small business ten years ago and we have been moderately successful. I would like to meet with Mr. Gore for a heart to heart discussion on how my software development company would be able to assist and profit from providing our services to green conscience companies.
Thank you!
Daniel Businger
natalie m. said,
September 16, 2007 @ 7:48 pm
I hate the fact that stupid people think making funny jokes or comments about a serious problem that is in fact going on.
IGNORANCE+GLOBAL WARMING= DEATH
(((Hello people))) we need to get it together, think about our future, our childrens future. What I don’t understand is that we are figthing for freedom right now! but why? everyone is to coward to make a change and fight for OUR WORLD!!!!
- REMEMBER… without it we are or have nothing.
I don’t know everything on how to make a different but I will LEARN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. AL Gore if you read this I would like you to know
that you are my hero and President.
- We NEED more people like you.
carol dinovo said,
September 20, 2007 @ 6:13 pm
we need to draft al gore for president. he will serve if enough voters sign on. he is the candidate who can actually win! support al gore. let’s get him to commit! please!
Sean Patrick Howley said,
September 21, 2007 @ 12:06 pm
Mr. Gore, my name is Sean Howley and I am senior at Penn State University. I am passionate about the E.P.A. My current major is Natural Science and I am starting to look for interniship positions that involves Global Warming. I believe that making the public environmentally aware will be a key process in cleaning up our air. I am willing to travel and live where ever I am needed, as long as I am doing something to help preserve the Earth. If there are no jobs available in your branch please refer to any other jobs that might help benefit my perrogative. I would appreciate it if you could point me where to go in that department. I hope you respond as soon as you can because I am ready willing and able! Sincerely, Sean H
alsucks said,
September 25, 2007 @ 1:09 am
If Al stops eating so many hamburgers may stop the sick planet eh??? Dumb ass:)
Look! You dumb ass people may buy into Al but get a clue! Mars polar ice caps have been going poof for the 30 years we have been looking at them and 15000 years ago the George’s Bank fishing grounds were an island so the planet does NOT have a fever (good God how that statement just fries me:) and IF you clowns have anything to declare it is that you want us to FREEZE the planet as it is now which is nuts! The thing about the global warming crowd that scares me is they miss the point that where I live now was under 2 miles of ice 15000 years ago and the planet warms and cools thru out time and we will spend our time listening to clowns like Al with his skewered charts and not understand that our coasts WILL be changing over time and THAT is what we need to plan for- not some loser like ALGORE but reality! Knock knock! it changes:) Our planet is not fixed but it changes! Hello?
Zoe said,
October 17, 2007 @ 7:45 pm
I live in Florida and fish a bunch. I have a boat that burns 15 gallons an hour at cruise. It was common for the bay temp to get into the 90s a few years ago but this year it only reached 85. A few years ago my other boat burned 12 gallons an hour. I burned less fuel with my last boat and the temp was higher than when I burned more fuel, hence, more fossil fuels burned the lower the temp. Al Gore would be proud of my logic.
Ronnie said,
December 20, 2007 @ 10:05 pm
Al Gore is the biggest liar in the world. have you forgot his lie he created the Internet. he goes around polluting the world but he think we as average Americans should be riding bikes while he flies around in big jets, lives in his huge house, waste more energy than 20 families. what a jerk he is all of his follower are stupid following stupid they both end up ignorant,
Hermine Pfeiffer said,
December 29, 2007 @ 9:44 am
A global song for 2008
Freedom, strive for freedom strive for love
Feelings, start to feel them, don’t be tough
give hatred a break, that is all it will take
come together, be together, simply love, love, love
Freedom, strive for freedom it can be
Love your brother, love your sister and be free
We don’t have to fight, to make things good, to make things right
Come together, live together, simply love, love, love
Healing, start the healing for our earth
treat her gently, treat her kindly for new birth
don’t destroy her, do protect her and enjoy her
sing together, laugh together, simply love, love, love……
That is my New Years wish to us all, Love Hermine
Ronnie said,
January 3, 2008 @ 9:05 pm
I am glad that some of you would like to get Al to run for President. We need this sorry sucker to run, so we can defeat hi fat sorry hindend again. wish you lots of luck.