What is Digg?Sponsored by Rockstar Games
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City view!
rockstargames.com - Out Now on Disc for Xbox 360. Includes The Lost and Damned plus the all-new The Ballad of Gay Tony.
103 Comments
- MasterJoefus, on 06/20/2009, -2/+62As for Cuba and their 40% of public transit being based on horse-drawn carriages, that's not really a step forward. They're just kind of way behind everyone else.
- youbequiet, on 06/21/2009, -5/+32Thanks for nothing, south america.
- samard2002, on 06/22/2009, -1/+27Yeah, being dirt poor don't make you environmental. I'm sure there's lots of Aboriginals in the Australian Outback who don't use any gas either. I think they just had a blank spot on their map.
I also fail to see how providing clean water to people (Nakuru) is a green initiative. It's a humanitarian effort, sure. But green? - BenTheTank, on 06/22/2009, -0/+22There is practically no information here. Sometimes an actual article with a significant amount of text is better for portraying info.
- gaymathman, on 06/21/2009, -1/+15Many of these efforts are laudable, such as alternating which vehicles can drive (Mexico CIty) or rooftop gardens(Chicago), as they increase the quality of life while providing environmental benefits as a bonus. The best is definitely the Dutch using Amsterdam's water supply as air conditioning; that's a brilliant, simple, and money-saving idea. Certain things are rather silly, though; New York City already has very, very low emissions as it relies heavily on electrified rail and efficient buses for transit, so a more reasonable goal would be to aim to reduce traffic jams by 30%, as this would accomplish a reduction in emissions and improve the quality of life.
- Sankozi, on 06/20/2009, -9/+22since when biodiesel is green?
- m3arvk, on 06/22/2009, -0/+10Wind power is powered by wind and wind doesn't pollute. Do you need me to draw a picture?
- samard2002, on 06/22/2009, -0/+10This is a nitpick, but how does alternating what days I can drive "increase the quality of life"?
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -2/+12"Infographic" is a Goddamn BUZZWORD
- juhache, on 06/22/2009, -0/+9List of countries and dependencies by population density
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_and ...
LOOK I CAN POST SLIGHTLY RELEVANT LINKS WITH NO EXPLANATION TOO! - drgmdp, on 06/22/2009, -0/+9that graph is very incomplete, there are lots of efforts being made in south america too
- crunchyeyeball, on 06/22/2009, -0/+8In theory it's fully sustainable. When burned as fuel it only releases the same amount of CO2 which was absorbed during the crop growth phase.
Personally, I'm wary of a full biofuel roll out simply because the idea of giving over land currently used for food crops to grow fuel crops instead is going to have an undesirable effect on the price of food.
I'm holding out for algae-based fuels, which are starting to show more promise. - juhache, on 06/22/2009, -0/+8If it's got infographic in the title, it'll make the frontpage regardless of the content.
- robinthehood, on 06/22/2009, -3/+10am I supposed to be impressed by this?
Toronto composts! Whoopdie *****! Ppl should be doing this in their back yards to begin with, and I'm sure a lot of people have, for at least 10 years... - samard2002, on 06/22/2009, -2/+9I know. Just think how many bankrupt companies would could be bailing out, to protect the natural habitat of the endangered business executive. It really is a shame when we circumvent the corporate system to do things for ourselves instead of waiting for benefits to trickle down.
- yeahpurn, on 06/22/2009, -0/+7yeah that was pretty dumb. We can't do anything right. Next year the same picture will highlight the efforts of some country who conserved water and switched to gatorate, because its got electrolytes.
- JustLoren, on 06/22/2009, -0/+6Of course they will - it's got what plants crave!
- juhache, on 06/22/2009, -3/+9It's got "bio" in the name.. duh!
- violencejack, on 06/22/2009, -3/+8south australia has also banned plastic shopping bags
- DouglasQ, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5O Green World, don't desert me now,
- falstaff, on 06/22/2009, -0/+5Ethanol made from sugar (big effort in Brazil, I think) is efficient enough to provide more benefits than costs, unlike corn ethanol. The US version is just a massive farm subsidy.
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4in places like west Texas where there are a lot of wind farms there is at least somewhat of a breeze all the time. usually there is enough wind that you have to steer you car at an angle just to go straight on the highway.
- Suricou, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4The Beijing one looks dodgy - I suspect that all those closed plants were simply opened elsewhere. It would make Beijing's energy use go down, but only at the expense raising someone elses.
- Kapitaine, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4This infographic is just really dumb. I'm all for green initiatives but this is just very badly put together and makes the whole push for greener alternatives watered down, over simplified and misleading.
- tecratour, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4Iceland is 100% powered by renewables. They sit on vast geothermal potential. They are big into aluminum smelting b/c its so energy intensive, they seriously have more than they know what to do with all there extra energy.
And being there you would never know they just collapsed economically. That might change in about a year and a half. - biogears, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4Doesn't mention France for using nuclear power.
- yggdriedi, on 06/22/2009, -0/+4Actually, Toronto uses lakewater cooling (like Amsterdam) for a significant portion of its downtown. I thought it was pretty weak that the graph missed that. http://www.toronto.ca/environment/initiatives/cool ...
And businesses are now required to charge 5 cents per plastic bag (as of a few weeks ago). I'm sure there are other things that I'm missing as well. - beloitpiper, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3LED's are brighter and last a LONG time, so not only is it "green", but economical.
- m3arvk, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4So we're behind Rwanda and Uganda?
- thaonlyscarface, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Are you really here, though? Are you? .... ARE YOU??!
- beloitpiper, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3Ireland too.
- juhache, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4Ever noticed how wind farms are like.. high up?
Oddly enough, that's for a reason.
Shockingly, it's windy up there, even when it's relatively still on the ground! - Llanowar, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4I think the efforts of banning (free) plastic bags belong to the best. Every country should do that.
- scyphozoa, on 06/22/2009, -1/+4USA should ban plastic bags
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3I'm sure the Mogadishu Whole Foods has canvas bags you can buy.
- inactive, on 06/22/2009, -0/+3They've doomed us all!
- thesandbender, on 06/22/2009, -1/+3While I get your point (and agree with you... we actually need to be using fission now and work on fusion as we go) every little bit helps. Plastic bags are nasty little things... they consume oil in their consumption and production, they're immediately harmful to wildlife and have long term effects on the environment. It's a simple step in the right direction.
And... alternating drivers just forces people to carpool. If you've ever been to Mexico City you'd realize just how badly they need it. I can't think of a single American city that even approaches the problem there... even LA on a really bad day is no where near as bad. - SRSco, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2I thought Somalia was a libertarian paradise. How dare they interfere with the free market by banning plastic bags!
- Hellahulla, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2That is one of the simplest and best methods. It's not overly difficult to take some bags with you to the shops. If you use reusable cotton bags you also can be fairly sure that they won't break while carrying them home.
- gameboyhippo, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Where's Rock Port, MO? The first community in North America to be 100% wind powered.
- boxcuttastyle, on 06/22/2009, -1/+3The infographic kind of gives China the shaft. As an expat I'd like to point out that all grocery stores and 7/11's also charge for plastic bags (I've bought the reusable sacks). And in most cities gas-powered motorcycles are banned. Most people ride bikes or electric powered bikes/scooters. In my opinion these are admirable steps, and the changes have been noticable in the past 3 years.
- gaymathman, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2thesandbender, by that same report, NYC has 1% of the USA's emissions, whilst having 2.7% of the population. That's pretty efficient, much more so than what would be possible with suburban planning and efficient cars.
- ATL, on 06/22/2009, -1/+3lol @ Cuba
- KevinWhite, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2It does burn cleaner than diesel. But I agree, it's not really a green technology, more of a way to offset fossil fuel use.
- kello2005, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2In Toronto, we have the curbside pickup of organic matter, a 5 cent plastic bag charge and a charge if you have too many garbage bags (I'm not completely sure how this works b/c I live in an apartment).
I think at the end of the day, whether these programs work or not, they do make people more aware of how much we use and waste. - nuketrap, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2What the hell is India doing?
- hiPpymIck, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2theyre storing it for later in electric car batteries on this Danish island
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/19/ ... - Jumpeplowski, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2Recycling is a fraud.
- crowbarred, on 06/22/2009, -0/+2My country is more greener than any represented ... yet I am smothered by Australian TXT graphics .... now that's pollution baby !!
- wtfpwned98, on 06/22/2009, -4/+6Human beings, still ruining the planet, but now we want a cookie.
-
Show 51 - 100 of 107 discussions
© Digg Inc. 2009
— Content created and posted by Digg users is