globalbriefs
Think Twice
Greenhouse Gas Controls
Needed for Flat-Screen TVs
Before trashing an older tele-
vision in the holiday rush to
modernize and make a state-
ment, consider that flat-screen
television technology has “a
potential greenhouse gas impact
larger than that… of the world’s
largest coal-fired power plants,”
according to Michael Prather,
director of the Environment Institute at University of Califor-
nia, Irvine. This leading environmental scientist reports that
flat-screen manufacturers routinely use nitrogen trifluoride,
a greenhouse gas 17,000 times more potent as a driver of
global warming than carbon dioxide.
While the industry claims little of the gas is released
into the atmosphere, Prather argues that without regulation
by the Kyoto protocol or similar controls, companies can get
careless. Annual production of the gas has risen to more than
4,400 tons, and is expected to double by next year. Once
released, it remains in the atmosphere 550 years.
Tip: Enable an older TV set to receive a digital signal using a new
converter box; request a $40 store coupon at DTV2009.gov.
Sources: Geophysical Research Letters; Guardian.co.uk.
Save your health.
E-Card Savvy
Good, Bad & Ugly Greeting Cards
Most of the 2 billion paper
cards mailed between Thanks-
giving and Christmas each year
land in the garbage by January.
According to Friends of the
Earth, recycling those dis-
carded greetings could save the
equivalent of 666,600 trees. That’s why legitimate online,
paperless, greeting card companies have such an upside.
The downside is that, while desirable and cost-efficient
e-cards readily spread cheer and cheesy humor, spammers
and hackers spreading computer viruses often hide behind
Without it, nothing else matters.
malicious season’s greetings. Experts caution that we must
ever be alert to delete the products of such malcontents, as
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Here are three tips to sort the good from the bad: Only
open cards that carry a familiar name; the generic “from a
See the calendar listing in this month’s Natural Awakenings.
friend or family member,” is a red light. Look for an indi-
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Health & Wellness Coach provided, visit the company website to open the e-card using
the code. Stay alert; both naughty and nice greetings can
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show up any time of the year.
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Source: The Christian Science Monitor.
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