The accurate term for this phenomenon is acid precipitation,as it does not only occur with rain. When saying acid rain, we generally refer to the deposition of acidic components in rain, snow, fog, dew, even to dry particles.

The rain is always a bit acid, due to the excistence of carbon dioxide in the earth’s atmosphere. When it exists in small quantities, it reacts with water to produce carbonic acid, which is weak and harmless. So, clean or unpolluted rain has a slightly acidic pH of 5.6 (having grade 7 as neutral) However, this is not the case when we talk about acid rain.

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Post A Phone is a 4mm thick phone made out of recyclable card or plastic. It is designed by Priestman Goode and I love it.

The Post A Phone is intended to be a backup phone when all your other more high tech solutions have failed. The phone fits inside an A5 envelope and can be sent via regular post (yes, the snail mail).

I am not so sure how it is in your country but here in Sweden most people uses IP telephones and/or mobile phones. It’s rare that people only use a ordinary (and old) landline. I personally use Skype and my mobile phone when I am outside or not next to a computer. The Post A Phone would be perfect for those times when the Internet breaks down and when you don’t want to waste money on expensive mobile calls.

So when will the phone, sorry, the Post A Phone come to Sweden?

At France’s environmental policy making forum, le Grenelle de l’Environnement, Nicolas Sarkozy said this:

“From now on, every major public project, every public decision will be judged on its effect on climate, and on its carbon cost. Each public decision will be judged on how it affects bio-diversity. The onus won’t be on ecological decisions to prove their merit, but on non-ecological projects to prove they can’t be done any other way. Non-ecological decisions must be taken as a last resort. It’s a total revolution in the way we govern our country.”

Let’s just hope this is not just fine words and talk.

In other news from the environmental forum Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday issued a ban on the most inefficient light bulbs by 2010 in France.

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Here is a neat little green computer called DecTop. The computer runs on only 8 watts. Yes, you heard right and yes, 8 watts is nothing! You can compare that with my CPU processor who needs around 45 watts to work.

But of course this low power drain has some downsides. DecTop comes with 128MB memory, a 10GB harddrive and a 366 MHz processor. Not much to brag about. But if you are only browsing, checking your emails or RSS feeds and doing some small amount of writing this computer is enough for you.

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The town of Orme, Tennessee here in the United States is on the worst water restriction ever! They can only have water pumped into their quaint little mountain town for three hours a day, and it is outsourced from elsewhere to boot! I’ve got to say, places like Atlanta, Georgia are next on the list, expecting to run out of water by the end of the calendar year!

Why is this you ask? Well, I could say it’s Global Warming, but it’s more complicated than even that! Oh, why yes, it is Global Warming, but it’s also the greed of human beings as well!

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Im a huge fan of the game SimCity, I’ve played nearly all games in the serie. But it is with disappointment I look at the newest version of the game in the series: SimCity Societies.

The disappointment is because of a few things. One is that it doesn’t look or behave like a SimCity game should. Another thing is that they in this new game accept corporate sponsorship inside the game.

Okay, before we get any deeper I think I need to explain what kind of game SimCity is. This is what they say about the game on the official site:

Featuring an all-new, revolutionary feature set, SimCity Societies allows you to create your own kinds of cities and shape their cultures and environments. Make your cities green or polluted, contemporary or futuristic, rural or urban. Create an artistic society or a police state, an industrial city or a spiritual community—or any society you want!

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That has been the question of the past week and here are the results:

• Yes! (44%)
• No, but I will soon. (33%)
• I am not sure? (22%)
• No! (0%)

Surprisingly a rather large part of our visitors (voters) are already hosted on a green web host. That makes us happy. But what makes us happier is that 33% will soon go green. It’s good to see that things are moving and people are realising that you can green every aspect of your life.

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Who is to be blamed for climate change? The male population of the human race, of course. Sure we are all equal in our actions but if you consider climate change with a gender perspective a strong pattern reveals itself.

The (wealthy) men consume and pollute the most on our planet. And because of the fact that it’s often the same men that has the power in our communities and daily life they will continue to permit themselves to consume and pollute in the same extreme way.

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