Description : Are microfiber towels the best rags to use to dry my car?
Last Answer : Microfiber towels not only are softer and don't scratch the car, but they also soak up more water than regular towels. Regular towels still usually leave water on the car and lead to dry water suds.
Description : Which is better for the environment overall: reusable coffee filters or paper coffee filters?
Last Answer : I have read, and I will look for the link, that unbleached single coffee filters are better than either white throw away or gold re-usable.
Description : Should the leaves go in the composting bin or in a paper bag that cost $1 or so each?
Last Answer : More and more scientists are saying to leave them where they are because fallen leaves are homes to a lot of species. Butterflies even lay their larvae in them.
Description : Is it better to use paper towels, or keep laundering cheap hand towels?
Last Answer : Better from what point of view? Cheaper, definitely, to use inexpensive cloth hand towels and wash them. Use them a couple dozen times until they fall apart, and replace them. (This is what I do) But easier, of course, to use paper towels and throw them away.
Description : Paper Towels/Toilet Paper, there must be a better way, right?
Last Answer : answer:(There is the old Colonial corn cob technique.) Interestingly enough, in the houses I ‘ve been in in Europe, paper towel is not in great evidence. Two friends of mine had a roll in their pantries but it was not used often.
Description : What's better: Paper Towels or Hand Dryers?
Last Answer : No question hand dryers, and they are finally becoming efficient. A model called The Blade, by Dyson has been installed in every washroom at my University, and it works very quickly and very well. It is noisy, but tolerable.
Description : Which is better for cleaning windows without leaving behind streaks, paper towels, or cloth towels?
Last Answer : Microfiber cloth towels are perfect for cleaning glass. I have found that they work much better than paper towels and leave no streaks.
Description : I see a lot of ads for paper towels, but which one really is the best for spill clean up?
Last Answer : It has to be Bounty. One sheet will serve as the best spill clean up device you'll ever have! It has to be Brawny. They make the thickest sheets for spill clean up. I'd probably use another brand just as a napkin or something like that, but for spill clean up, go with Brawny.
Description : Is the manicured lawn a shrine to the false notion that man is no longer at the behest of nature because he has killed god and conquered his enviornment with science and technology? Is it a standing challenge, for God to prove man otherwise?
Last Answer : Sigh. Sometimes a lawn is just a lawn. While I agree with you that the use of chemicals on lawns and vanity watering must stop as a waste of resources, man’s impulse to groom his own little slice of wilderness is ancient. Look at the Olmstead Brothers and the park legacy they left.
Description : impacts of resource development on enviornment. -SST 10th
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Description : Is it better to compost or recycle things that can go either way?
Last Answer : Compost them, keep things as local as possible.
Description : Is it better for the environment to buy a fuel efficient older car or a new hybrid?
Last Answer : I don't know, but you could do the best of both worlds and buy a used diesel car and run it on biodiesel. Depending on where you live there may be a biodiesel station, or a local environmental ... you get the fuel efficiency, low emissions, and zero energy for manufacturing a new car, all in one!
Description : You say you want the world to be a better place, so what are you doing to make that happen?
Last Answer : answer:I'm talking to the man in the mirror and asking him to make a change. Unfortunately he's just mimicking everything I do. I'm a member of Greenpeace, take short showers, try to purchase organic foods ... water, recycle, and sold my car. Now I ride a bike and the SF trains to and from work.
Description : What's a better way to conduct street fundraising for organizations that need money?
Last Answer : Organizations would not do this if it was not effective enough to warrant the effort. Other ways include fundraising walks or runs where participants get people to sponsor them, direct mail fundraising, bake sales, car washes, silent auctions, black-tie galas. The list is endless.
Description : Should those at the Burning Man really be torched into oblivion?
Last Answer : answer:There's a more fundamental issue with Burning Man.. When it began, it was an almost anarchic get together in the desert for music and whatever; it was comparatively small and it was cool' in the ... it stopped being a place for cool people. It seems like in jumped the shark' 10 years ago.
Description : Is getting rid of, or really cutting back on fossil fuel machines really the answer?
Last Answer : Electro-magnetic propulsion and anti-gravity devices is/are the wave of the future.
Description : Do houses in the United States really not have clothes lines?
Last Answer : answer:Pretty much true. Some of the suburbs have rules against them. Older neighborhoods may still have them. Most people aren't home during the day, so dryers are more convenient. I did 4 loads of ... side of the house and a telephone pole, because I bought one a few years ago for my backyard.
Description : Does public transportation really help the environment?
Last Answer : Personally I can’t do the math, but a bus weighs a lot less than, say 15 cars, so fuel usage to propel 1 bus + 15 bodies would be less than 15 cars +15 bodies. (If I’m way wrong about this, let me know…)
Description : Does the EPA really have any control over BP?
Last Answer : Because they are the experts here and make the rules. The dispersant BP is using is a known entity to them the other choices could very well be more toxic or detrimental to the cause than what they ... overall in the long run as this the truly law of unintended consequences at play at it's worst.
Description : Is subsistence farming really ecologically devastating as environmentalist and Whole Earth Catalog Creator Steven Brand claims?
Last Answer : Where there is subsistence farming there is loss of habitat, depletion of soil resources, erosion, water loss and pollution.
Description : Do they really recylcle plastic grocery bags? What happens then?
Last Answer : I don't know off hand, but there is a bag recycling program at my local Loeb grocery store, so maybe I'll ask next time I'm in. I did a bit of searching and found this awesome ... , free money is good money, and they get the benefit of being a company that takes environmentally friendly actions.
Description : Do you really think that supercars as we know them today won't be around in the not too distant future?
Last Answer : I guess gas guzzlers in the typical sense of the term will not be there but smaller cars, which could be fuel efficient as well, are going to be the norm for a while given the state of the auto ... -renewable energy sources will have shifted too much. But that's my guess. Off the top of my head.
Description : Can paper towels soaked in canola oil spontaneously combust?
Last Answer : First of all, canola oil has a fairly high smoke point, 400 degrees F. And canola oil is not volatile; the oil doesn't give off a lot of gasses at normal atmospheric temperatures. As a ... because anything in the trash might catch an errant flame/lit grease splatter and cause the trash to light.
Description : Do you prefer the hand blow dryers or paper towels?
Last Answer : I like paper towels because they’re quick. I won’t usually bother with the hand dryers and so I’ll just walk out of the restroom with wet hands, which I don’t prefer.
Description : Is it safe to use old (10+ yrs.) cotton/cotton balls that were stored in bags? Does its chemical consistency change? Also, same for tp, paper towels, dinner napkins?
Last Answer : Unless you need a sterile surgical field, it is safe.
Description : Beer, paper towels and origami paper: what's the strangest combination of things on one of your shelves?
Last Answer : answer:Define strange . Heck, in my home office alone my shelves somewhat resemble Albus Dumbledore's Let us pick a couple of shelves at random, shall we. To my left I see on shelf #1 - A ... that holds some arrowheads. There's plenty of other eclectic items to call out, but you get the idea
Description : What do you like to use in restaurants and other public places, and what do you think is the most hygienic and practical for the operator?
Last Answer : I'd rather use a dryer than a paper towel. And soap in the dispenser. (happy) And if I could, I'd advocate flushing on a pedal boat, not a button or a sticky cord. And he also drinks my blood ... think that if it was still lit in such a busy room, it would be cheaper than quitting and lighting up.
Description : Does Brawny paper towels offer the best performance for the best price?
Last Answer : There is a national magazine and consumer research company that rates various brands of national products. Brawny has showed up in the top five for the best bang for your buck in the paper towel tests.
Description : Brand Name Versus Generic Paper Towels Differences?
Last Answer : When you're shopping for paper towels, it can be tempting to get generic paper towels, but experts say that it can actually cost you in the long-term. Cleaning up messes and wiping up ... . Packaging aside, there are real differences between generic and brand name paper towels in terms of quality.
Description : Do you have any modern day "riches to rags" stories you would like share?
Last Answer : I haven’t seen the recent video, @chyna. Do you have a link?
Description : How many people have gone from rags-to riches in the U.S.A and Canada?
Last Answer : Americans will embrace a fad with shocking quickness and disregard for money — inventing Pet Rocks or imagining ‘birth certificates’ for toys (Cabbage Patch Kids, Build-A-Bears) didn’t take great education.
Description : Rags to Riches: in the United States, can you work your way up from poverty to extreme wealth?
Last Answer : Sure. Why not? Have you watched the news lately? We are too obsessed with who is sleeping with who, fathering who's children out of wedlock. We don't have time for real news. Not ... remove the obstacle, maybe, if this question wasn't so hypothetical and we were actually talking about something.
Description : What real person is a great example of a “riches to rags” story?
Last Answer : Soon, Mike Lindell. Qanon is a hell of a drug.
Description : What Collective nouns for rags?
Last Answer : Need answer
Description : Fill in the blanks with the appropriate option. The __________ inventor went from rags to ______ with one great idea. (a) Meticulous, pride (b) Prudent, capital (c) Credulous, fund
Last Answer : Ans: d) Sagacious, Riches
Description : When I buy a new car, should I get all gas, a plug-in hybrid or all electric?
Last Answer : Get a gas only car. Then you won't have to worry about a spontaneous electrical fire burning down your house, much less just the car. I believe that all electric cars will have no ... which could cause an intense electrical fire with the driver (and possibly someone else) being burned alive.
Description : What is the easiest thing I can do to be more eco-friendly?
Last Answer : This is one of many sites on the Internet that will give you good tips to employ in your day-to-day life. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/17/climate-change-30-ways-to-make-your- ... is a lot you can do that is very simple, from reducing plastic usage to changing up cleaning products.
Description : Should my next car be electric?
Last Answer : If you do a road trip a few times a year, you could always rent a car. That's what I do (I have a regular gas car), to save wear and tear on my car. Plus if the rental breaks down, ... or someone who lives in a condo or building where the owners may not want them to put in a charging station.
Description : In the last 4 years did the US reduce its carbon output?
Last Answer : I doubt it since along with quitting the Paris Accord, there was a massive effort by the administration to deregulate industry and roll back previous environmental standards.
Description : What is the alternative to flying, if you want to heal the environment? See detail.
Last Answer : Walking.
Description : Are milk and juice containers recyclable, if so where or which brands? See detail.
Last Answer : I’m asking because the general answer seems to be you have to ask the city you live in, ...it’s case by case basis, etc.
Description : How do food stores that let you bring your reusable containers manage it? See detail.
Last Answer : I also worry that the container might not be clean, and if it touches the machines or scoops it could contaminate the product, but if you really think about it, someone's hand isn't much different. ... the wrong way, etc. Things aren't sterile in a store, but you hope they are reasonably clean.
Description : Is there something to be said for the old days regarding a “greener” earth?
Last Answer : Sure. But individual impact is nothing compared to the industrial impact that was just starting to fire up in that same time frame, including the exhaust put out to manufacture and run streetcars and crank out newspapers.
Description : What are some of the most common things that people say they recycle?
Last Answer : Cardboard,Plastic bags,Plastic bottles,newspapers,magazines,books.
Description : If you were a shark or a whale with your human intelligence, how would you live your life in the open sea?
Last Answer : I would mate, eat, and sleep all the time.
Description : Is it Texas that uses the most renewable energy in North America or not?
Last Answer : Maybe it’s the biggest state? More square miles more solar panels. Lots of places for windmills too!
Description : What is the predominant color in the environment you're in right this minute?
Last Answer : White (RAL9010)
Description : What are six things around you right now that are as nearly perfect as they can get?
Last Answer : 1. Just pulled my tired feet from a relaxing foot bath. 2. I’m watching videos of my favorite subject, landscape photography, on Youtube. 3. My girlfriend is out, to a birthday party, thousands of miles away from me, and knowing that she’ll have a great time fills me with joy.
Description : What are six things around you right now that are wrong in some way?
Last Answer : 1. My living room, as a whole, is too untidy. 2. My stomach is making noises; I have to go and make me some noodles. 3. Sorry, I’m pretty content.