CNN has an interesting article "debunking" 25 green myths. I listed a few of the myths below that I found most interesting.

• Myth: Buying local food is better for the environment.
  Reality: It depends on how your food was produced and delivered. CNN Reality
• Myth: Organic foods are produced without pesticides.
  Reality: Organic guidelines need to be tightened up. CNN Reality
• Myth: I should wait for all my incandescent bulbs to burn out before replacing them with low-energy fluorescents.
  Reality: You'd be wasting a lot of money and energy. CNN Reality
• Myth: Paper grocery bags are better than plastic ones.
  Reality: Plastics, young man, plastics. CNN Reality
• Myth: Driving fewer miles is good for the environment.
  Reality: The shortest distance between two points is not always the greenest. CNN Reality

I thought this was the most interesting statistic:

Estimates vary, but it takes as much as 2,100 gallons of water to grow enough cotton -- organic or otherwise -- to produce just one pair of jeans, not including the water used to dye and finish the fabric. view this myth

Read the full article here: Green Myths Debunked

What do you guys think of the article and their conclusions?

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What is your console up to when you aren't looking? hardCOREware.net has a great article calculating and comparing the power usage of the big three gaming consoles on the market. They break down the power usage for gaming, movies and being "off". This article isn't exactly new, but it's still relevant. The results of the gaming power consumption tests aren't all that surprising; the PS3 and XBox 360 are both fairly power hungry, while the Wii, with its underpowered efficient graphics processor, uses far less energy.

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Read the full report here: hardCOREware.net - Power Consumption Report

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Every wonder how OLED displays work? How can they be made so thin? And, why are OLED TV's so damn expensive if they are just made out of pickles? $2,499 for an 11" screen seems like highway robbery for a couple of decent sized English cucumbers.

OK, so they aren't made out of pickles and it's obviously not that simple, however, an MIT scientist demonstrates that the basic principles are the same. He also gives some details on the differences between LCD and OLED displays.

Sony recently announced they will be haulting sales of OLED TVs in Japan. Until new manufacturing techniques are perfected, OLED TVs that are ~2-20 times more efficient than modern LED LCD's will remain prohibitively expensive. Oh and good luck finding a 60" OLED TV (you can't). For now, the best green option continues to be LED LCD TVs which can boast a 50~75% improvement in energy efficiency over their CCFL LCD cousins.

Make your own pickles! http://www.pickyourown.org/makingpickles.htm

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