[Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread doug swanson
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable gardeners is ripping out their front lawns and planting dinner. Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a source of food, a topic

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
It all sounds very familiar. Good to see Bob Waldrop's name again. We had visits from city by-law enforcement when we started growing veggies in the front yard. The officer informed me the section closest to the road had to be planted in grass. I asked him to provide the regulation stating

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Bruno M.
At 12:29 1/08/2007, Doug wrote: www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/07/24/veggie.patch.ap/index.html A dedicated group of vegetable gardeners is ripping out their front lawns and planting dinner. Their front-yard kitchen gardens, with everything from vegetables to herbs and salad greens, are a

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: snip From now on, edibles will be grown within the fenced area. Increases the odds I'll get to decide who gets the produce. We have a local building ordinance which prohibits fencing, so our yard is completely open to everyone. Neighborhood kids are free to eat

[Biofuel] Fwd: The biofuel of the future could well be gasoline

2007-08-01 Thread Kirk McLoren
. Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Making Gasoline from Bacteria A biotech startup describes how it will coax petroleum-like fuels from engineered microbes within three to five years. By Neil Savage Better biofuel: Stephen del Cardayre, a

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
robert and benita rabello [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Darryl McMahon wrote: snip We have a local building ordinance which prohibits fencing, so our yard is completely open to everyone. Neighborhood kids are free to eat our strawberries, provided they actually EAT them and refrain from

Re: [Biofuel] Fwd: The biofuel of the future could well be gasoline

2007-08-01 Thread Keith Addison
What's the feedstock? What do the bacteria live on? Or do they live on nothing? Best Keith Wednesday, August 01, 2007 Making Gasoline from Bacteria A biotech startup describes how it will coax petroleum-like fuels from engineered microbes within three to five years. By Neil Savage Better

[Biofuel] Humans to blame as wet get wetter, dry get drier - Ottawa Citizen - 2007.07.24

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
Humans to blame as wet get wetter, dry get drier: study; People 'clearly' behind changes in precipitation levels, scientists say Byline: Randy Boswell A landmark Canadian-led study has drawn a clear link between human activity since the early 20th century and increased precipitation across much

[Biofuel] Environmental group sets up shop in Edmonton, sets sights on oilsands - Edmonton Sun - 2007.07.31

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
Environmental group sets up shop in Edmonton, sets sights on oilsands EDMONTON (CP) _ Greenpeace is setting up shop in Edmonton and it has set its sights on shutting down Alberta's tarsands. ``The tarsands are one of the most environmentally destructive projects in Canada, if not the world,''

[Biofuel] City buses switching to biodiesel blend - Namaimo News Bulletin - 2007.07.26

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
City buses switching to biodiesel blend Nanaimo Regional Transit System vehicles just got a little greener. As of Tuesday, all 50 of the B.C. Transit regional transit buses and handyDART vehicles will now fill up with a diesel-B5 biodiesel blend to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. B5

[Biofuel] Ignoring the meat of the global warming issue - Globe and Mail - 2007.08.01

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
Ignoring the meat of the global warming issue We all emit greenhouse gases simply by breathing - one kilogram of carbon dioxide a day, on average, per person. Since there are six billion of us, we collectively emit more than two trillion kilograms of carbon dioxide a year. Scientists don't hold

[Biofuel] Conditions heating up for violent storms - Ottawa Citizen - 2007.07.31

2007-08-01 Thread Darryl McMahon
Conditions heating up for violent storms; Study links frequency, intensity to global climate change Byline: Charles Mandel More Hurricane Katrinas and Juans could be on the way. A couple of American scientists in an online report yesterday warn that the frequency and intensities of Atlantic

Re: [Biofuel] Growing front-yard food can rile neighbors

2007-08-01 Thread robert and benita rabello
Darryl McMahon wrote: (fences) Neighbourhood dogs are the reason for our fence. Odd how many of our neighbours don't seem to see their pets leaving deposits on our property, unless I happen to be outside myself to witness the event. I have even put out plastic bags and a litter pail for