Green business: July 2008 Archives

One of my blog buddies point out this really cool Web site. Punch in your address and it will rate your neighborhood on how car dependent it is.

My neighborhood in Manchester Township scored a pathetic 37 out of 100, which means I basically have to drive everywhere.

I plugged in the address of my friends' apartment building in the city, and they scored a whopping 88 out of 100. That means they can walk to almost anything they need.

A little more on the Catholic Church's stance on the environment, in the form of modern-day vices.

And please also check out the monologue from the blogger on the ethics questions that often get overshadowed by the endless science discussions. I think this is a really good take on the issue.

I've gotten a ton of e-mails from readers wanting to know where they can take an assortment of items to be recycled.

Here's some of the recent ones. If you have suggestions leave them in the comments section.

$3.89! $3.89! $3.89!

I figured for sure it would get over the $4 hurdle this time around, but gas prices are falling pretty quickly this week. I watched a pretty steady price of $3.95, down a few from that $3.99 high, dwindle to $3.92 and now to $3.89 this morning.

Thank goodness gasoline is cheap again. Finally, I can get back to my All-American to-do list! I thought we were all in trouble there for a sec.

1. Buy a house 75 miles from my job with no money down, on a plot of land that was producing food this time last year ...

2. Get that extra credit card so we can finally afford to go out to a nice dinner on Friday and Saturday nights ...

3. Cancel that order for a Prius. That thing looks like a shipping box after a disgruntled employee vented his or her aggression anyhow. I hear Hummers are pretty cheap nowadays ...

And lastly, 4. Do something even bigger and better than 1, 2 and 3 within six months of accomplishing to-do list items 1,2 and 3.

Viva Pax Americana!

Another work week has come and gone and here's your round up of the latest and greatest business stories of the week.

If you haven't check out our week-long DUI special, you'll want to catch up on the coverage here.

Harley-Davidson and Johnson Controls released their earnings reports.

McDonald's gets a facelift.

Americans less fishy.

Environmentalists sue the EPA???

And for fun, here's the ad campaign I'm currently obsessed with:

It's kind of a "no-duh" idea: Depending on where you drill for oil, it's going to be more or less expensive to get out of the ground. Obviously, drilling on land in Texas is less costly than drilling on an ocean floor in the Gulf of Mexico covered by several hundred feet of water.

But exactly how much of a difference is there, and what does that mean for our gas prices today?

It's Friday so there's always time for a ridiculous YouTube video, like this one of a bunch of professional soccer players attempting to sing James Blunt's You're Beautiful and playing with a puppy in the locker room. Too funny.

(Thanks to Behindthebadge.com for this!)

And now, your business news before you head out for the weekend.

Apple released its newest toy today.

Comcast could be in hot water with the FCC.

Who knows the fate of the planned Steve & Barry's.

Harley begins layoffs.

Arm and Hammer is A'OK to Jackson Township.

The price for a barrel of oil is slipping back a bit, so hopefully gas prices will follow.

The big question is, if gas prices start to fall, will it be back to driving as usual for you or will the trying to drive less continue?

I went to see the new Disney/Pixar flick Wall-E this weekend with some friends of mine from college, and I'll be honest, I really didn't know what to expect.

I'd seen the trailer and still couldn't figure out what exactly the movie was supposed to be about, but my friends were all going so I tagged along.

Best. Decision. Ever.

(Wall-E trailer)

Saw this story in the Baltimore Sun this morning about how Wal-Mart is buying locally grown produce to sell in its stores.

Stores plan to sell $400 million of the local fruits and veggies.

It's a big step when a huge corporate entity like Wal-Mart starts moving in the direction of buying locally.

I think it's great. What do you all think?