Author archives: Green Gal

Here is my favorite ‘car’ quotation of all-time: If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG. Bill Gates and a couple more that deserve honorable mention: If you own a home with wheels on it…

This is one of my all time favs:

Soon there will be no talking/texting while driving here in Toronto, so I thought this cartoon was perfect for the Friday Funny.

Out in Nova Scotia an animal rights group has sent an urgent appeal to a Nova Scotia lobster fisherman thinking of selling a giant lobster, believed to be more than 100 years old. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is asking Beau Gillis to let the old lobster…

Ok, this is not only a bit funny but very cool.  It is a new concept windmill from our friends from the Netherlands.

I read an interesting post over at Treehugger and I can certainly relate to it. Just got off the phone with a customer service rep, from our metro (Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling) recycling program and have to say I’m almost ready to throw in the towel and throw everything…

But this one is too nice to dispose of, it brings new meaning to the chia pet.

I found a very funny bit over at theOnion about Cash for Clunkers so I thought I would share.

So the money went fast, very fast and with a lot of confusion too.  But now President Obama has signed a bill to add another 2 billion dollars in emergency funds to the program. The additional funds come less than a week after confusing and conflicting messages about the program’s…