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David Letterman on Fracking

David Letterman shares what he knows about Fracking, which is obviously more than most people in the USA otherwise there

Over 250 Pipeline Spills per Year in USA?

Many questions come to mind about the Keystone XL Pipeline: How rare are crude oil pipeline spills? What are the odds that

Green Jobs vs Brown Jobs Joke

Sadly the Green jobs vs Brown job struggle is no joke. I wonder which is going to have more lasting power and

Serena Williams Uses Bike to Win Tennis Match

Before Serena had the opportunity to beat Ayumi Morita (6-3, 6-3) in the third round of the Sony Open, she had to first

Vermont Celebrates Energy Independence Day With Film

Using smart phones and video cameras the people of Vermont share their individual stories of how they are breaking ties

Green Benefits of Coffee Grounds

Millions of tons of used coffee and tea should be going into the ground or your garden instead of the trash bin. Coffee

Exxon/Canadian Oil Sands Spill Terrorizes Town

On March 31st, 2013 some unfortunate people got a taste of what it might be like to have a miniature Exxon Valdez or

The Big Fix on DVD Movie Review

The BP Oil Spill is not over. Josh and Rebecca Tickell have created a fairly clear vision of the systemic causes behind

Are You A Closet Big Oil Investor?

Many Americans may be inadvertently contributing to additional oil spills, global warming, and climate change by

BP Might May Pay 17-22 Billion for Gulf Oil Spill

BP Gets $4.5 Billion Fine for Gulf Spill but still might have to pay up to between 17- 22 billion once the other lawsuits

Sandy Spills 350,000 Gallons of Diesel

Fuel Spills in the New York & New Jersey waterways is certainly bad news for sure, and unfortunately there is no

Daryl Hannah Arrested for Pipeline Protest

Daryl Hannah an actress best known for her parts in over forty feature films: Splash, Steel Magnolias, Wall Street, Blade

Free GASLAND Follow-up Film Available

“THE SKY IS PINK” Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND has created a short follow-up documentary

Moon Base Technology Creates Better Planet Earth?

The best method to power a permanent lunar base should also be used now to replace fossil fuel use here on earth.

Fuji Makes Extra Green Batteries

Fuji produces eco-friendly high performance green Alkaline batteries marketed under the brand EnviroMAX. Fuji EnviroMAX

Why Care about Fossil Fuel Subsidies?

Fossil fuels are subsidised in much of the world, causing billions of tonnes of additional CO2 emission–ending those

Lucy Lawless Xena Warrior Princess Arrested-Charged

Lucy Lawless was arrested last February and charged for boarding and Occupying the Shell oil company’s Noble

Free Energy Music Video & Lyrics

The Luminaries first release is called “Free Energy” featuring Aishah and is intended to bring awareness to

Big Picture of Stuff

The Story of Stuff is a simple fact-filled 20 minute video that clearly explains many of the environmental and social

EPA Creates Jobs & Protects Health

The EPA has an excellent 40 year record and recent politically motivated attacks are unwarranted and unfounded. The EPA

The Solar Impulse a manned aircraft powered only by energy from the sun in a prelude to a multiple city cross-country tour of the USA made its first North American test flight on Friday April, 19th [Continue]

Who is the Real Superhero in this Photo?

You might think it was a promo for the next Superman movie when you see Superman flying along the Pacific Coast Highway in California. Who or what is the real superhero underneath this flying cape [Continue]

Get Free Fuel Forever Buy A New Tesla!

Tesla rolls out the fastest EV charging stations in the world and at the same time announces that owners of their new Model S electric car have the option to fuel their cars for free…forever! This [Continue]

Electric Cars: What is the Problem?

Electric Cars have been a clear winner of an idea ever since OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) was formed and Arab members used the “oil weapon” during the Yom Kippur [Continue]

EV PSAs Produced by Plug In America (Episodes 6-7)

Plug In America a non-profit a 501(c) public charity corporation, produced a series of heart-felt Public Service Announcements (PSAs) in support of electric vehicles over a year ago. Here are a few [Continue]

Top Gear Fakes Nissan LEAF Range Drama

Top Gear producers fake the driving experience of electric cars (once again). This time with the Nissan LEAF after pulling a similar stunt with the Tesla Roadster on a previous episode. In the [Continue]

What Electric Cars Not So Green After All?

Several statements in an article published in The Australian (June 10, 2011) featuring the headline “Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study” and the referenced [Continue]

EVs Coming by Land, Sea and Air

The quiet invasion of the world by electric vehicles is being welcomed by many that are tired of paying the big oil man at the pump or with their tax dollars via subsidizes to the oil and gas [Continue]

Where are the Good EV Batteries?

A nickel-metal hydride cell, abbreviated NiMH, is a type of rechargeable battery similar to the nickel-cadmium cell. A NiMH battery can have two to three times the capacity of an equivalent size [Continue]

Reality of Chevron Corporate Responsibility

Chevron only has the ability to hold on to their green trump card for alternative energy and electric cars for a relatively short time longer. They have been holding this resource perhaps waiting too [Continue]

Rush Limbaugh is an Entertainer NOT an Electric Car or Climate Expert

Sorry I must respond to Rush Limbaugh comments about the Chevy Volt and Climate Change. Actually I didn’t want to respond and possibly give Rush Limbaugh any sort of additional publicity for [Continue]

Fox News Fails to Fix False Claims About EV Loans and Firms

Fox News fails to correct false statements about loans for EV companies and their products. It’s been over a year and a half and the silence is deafening. Between September 25-28, 2009 Fox [Continue]

Climate Comments

Senator Sanders Response to Global Warming Hoax Video

A video shot during the Gina McCarthy confirmation hearing as the new Adminstrator of the EPA of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent from Vermont) [Continue]

Ocean Levels Not Rising Climate Change Myth Busted

Climate Change Myth #005: If the polar icecaps were melting there should be a “measurable” rise in ocean levels and so far none have [Continue]

Climate Change Island Refugees Become Famous

Residents of 33 atolls that make up the Kiribati Island nation in the South Pacific ocean have become de facto celebrities for all the wrong [Continue]

Climate Change to Rename Glacier National Park?

The century-old Glacier National Park in Montana has lost 125 Named Glaciers in the last 100 Years (said another way 80% are now gone and only 20% [Continue]

Infamous Dirty Thirty Countries by CO2 Emissions

In answer to the question: Who is currently responsible for causing Global Warming and Climate Change? The correct answer is…Everyone alive is [Continue]

Keeping an Eye on Big Storms

Just in case you missed it a few days ago and not making much of splash in the news was a massive unnamed storm in the Atlantic that was large enough [Continue]

Chasing Ice (2012) Movie Review

James Balog a photographer for National Geographic deploys time-lapse cameras over a multiple year period to document an Extreme Ice Survey of [Continue]

Bizarre Sea Foam Blankets Beach Town

Residents and tourists in Mooloolaba, Australia (a beachtown north of Brisbane on the Sunshine Coast) has found parts of their beachfront to be [Continue]

NOAA: 2012 A Record Breaking Hurricane Season for USA

According to NOAA 2012 was the third most active year during‪ Hurricane Season ‬in recorded history. Atlantic hurricane season officially starts [Continue]

NOAA: Wants to Add 66 Coral Species as Threatened-Endangered

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wants to add 66 species to the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In the Pacific ocean NOAA is [Continue]

Fracking & Natural Gas Featured in National Geographic Magazine

Natural gas, Methane, fracking and Global Warming are featured in National Geographic Magazine December 2012 issue. Good Gas Bad Gas was written by [Continue]

Coral Reefs at Greater Risk Than Thought

Coral reefs are like the rainforests of the oceans they are home to the largest percentage of species in that environ. 25% of all ocean species call [Continue]

Climate Change & Occupy Movement Fine Art Photography Banned

Activist and photographer Kenneth Burridge was told by a coffee shop and art gallery owner Rick Caspersen that his art exhibition featuring shots of [Continue]

Largest Insurance Underwriter Blames Climate Change

FRANKFURT – Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, says that reinsurers should take into account the fact that climate change has [Continue]

350.org Do the Math Tour Dates

350.org and Bill McKibben will be touring 20 cities using a sustainable bus starting on November 7th to help alert and educate the population to the [Continue]

Forbes.com Fibs to 50000+ About Climate Change

Forbes Fuels Climate Change and Global Warming Denial The editors of Forbes magazine decided to recently print an article on Forbes.com by James M. [Continue]

2012 Record Arctic Ice Loss

A serious indictment that Global Warming is actually worse than most people realize was the extent of the 2012 annual loss of Arctic Sea Ice, which [Continue]

AMS Says Climate Change Irreversible!

American Meteorological Society Informational Statement: “observed warming will be irreversible for many years into the future, and even larger [Continue]

Positive Proof of Global Warming?

It is certainly a good idea to look at trends, try to connect the dots and to formulate a theory that can be reviewed by peers in-the-know. Obviously [Continue]

Stephen Hawking on Global Warming

Stephen Hawking famous quote on Global Warming from ABC News interview, August 16, 2006 “The danger is that global warming may become [Continue]

Climate Crisis Comments (Part 1)

Kenneth Burridge (Editor-in-Chief of EV.com) talks about myths and facts relating to: Global Warming, Climate Change and the Climate Crisis. One of [Continue]

Photo Galleries

Random Oz Gallery

Random Oz Galllery Images by Ken Burridge [Continue]

Activist Photography

Occupy Brisbane Nov 5th March Image Gallery

Occupy Brisbane Nov 5th March Image Gallery Occupy Brisbane marches past two police force blocked (fenced in) parks through the Brisbane CBD before heading to Muskgrave Park in South Bank. Best collection of Occupy Wall Street Australia protest signs and posters taken on November 5th, 2011 in Brisbane Australia. Photo credit: Kenneth Burridge High resolution [Continue]

Occupy Politics

Why Doesn’t the USA have Mass Public Transit?

What’s the reason behind why public transportation in the US & Canada is the worse in the industrial world? Most people alive today don’t realize that was not the case in the past, almost EVERY city in the USA did have mass transit, that was clean, [Continue]

Food & Wine

Trader Joe’s Latin Style Black Bean Soup

The next time you are in Trader Joe’s do yourself a favor of great flavor by picking up a 32 oz (1 Qt) box of “Trader Joe’s Latin [Continue]

Ham Bone Bean Soup Recipe

Ham & Bean soup is one of my favorite cold weather cooking recipes. Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs of smoked ham and one ham bone from previous festive [Continue]

Cajun Turkey Chilli (with Spicy Sausage)

Cajun Turkey Chilli with Spicy Sausage is destined to become one of my signature meals. This recipe makes an entire large crackpot full. Ingredients: [Continue]

Southwest 5C Chicken Chilli

This dish is called Ken’s Southwest Five C Chilli because 5 of the major ingredients start with the letter “C”, which makes it easy [Continue]

Burridge Oat-Bran Breakfast Cookies

Who has time to make breakfast? Making up a batch of Burridge Breakfast cookies earlier in the week insures that you always have some good brekkie [Continue]

Grifone Primitivo 2010

As two buck Chuck from Trader Joes is no more, trying to find a good replacement is beyond a worthy challenge. Primitivo is basically the Italian [Continue]

Coconut Oil is My Cooking Snake Oil

If you are a big fan of coconut then do yourself a favor and try to find some coconut oil. Depending upon where you live in the world, you can find [Continue]

2011 Old Vine Zinfandel by Bota Box

Taste Notes: A classically good Zin with: berry and cherry notes that finishes with a smooth oak and chocolate flavors. It’s an easy red to [Continue]

3B Chili Recipe

Beef, Beans & Bacon Chili A great mild chili to make for a party or just because it is time for some cold weather cooking. This recipe makes [Continue]

The Scoop About Wine Ice Cream

Yes wine ice cream really does exist, obviously people in Australia are just finding out about it, but Mercer’s Dairy in New York started [Continue]

Ken’s Killer Carrot Soup

I have found it best to just serve this Carrot Soup dish as an appetizer before the main and not tell people what it is made from. In recent years [Continue]

Sesame Soy Ginger Vinaigrette

Trader Ming’s Sesame Soy Ginger Vinaigrette is sold at Trader Joes. If I am feeling lazy and don’t want to make my own dressing or [Continue]

Malbec Best Buy Box Wine

2011 Malbec from Bota Box One gets more than a strong hint of blueberry and/or blackberry along with some very pleasant earthy tannins. This medium [Continue]

Terrific Tarragon Chicken Salad Recipe

A chicken salad with tarragon, cranberry and lemon is quite distinctive and is an obligatory or “must have” recipe for someone that [Continue]

Plenty Playful Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Plenty Playful Pumpkin Bread Recipe Makes “to-die-for” good muffins or bread. Ingredients: 15-ounces of pureed pumpkin 4 eggs 1 1/4 cups [Continue]

Fish Eye Pino Grigio

Fish Eye’s Pino Grigio is made in South Eastern Australia, and you can get a really cool 3 Liter box for less than $15 at Total Wine and other [Continue]

Canadian Banana Bread A la mode

How to make some awesome desert synergy. Amazing things can happen when two creative people start playing off each other in the kitchen, one can [Continue]

Everything is Almost Always Better With Heat

Ken’s kitchen no matter how small it gets (think overnight bag or worth having even if it requires carrying it in a backpack up a mountain to [Continue]

Mango Double Coconut Vanilla Dessert

(aka Ken’s Killer Mango Vanilla Double Coconut Dessert) This is easily one the best and fastest desserts to prepare possible in the history of [Continue]

Hardys Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon

This is easily the most consistently good box wine I’ve found in Australia. I’ve tried a few other cask brands including some additional [Continue]

Smiles & Laughs

Why the World Has Walls Humor

It’s the age old question: Are the walls put there to keep people out or to keep people in? Fear, Hate & Xenophobia seems to be the main [Continue]

Sexist Rugby Rules 101 Video Joke

How to play Rugby (Rules 101) Rugby Rules demonstrated by beautiful women shot in high-definition slow-motion for men and gay women that need a [Continue]

‪Conan O’Brien ‬Totally ‪Exposes Mainstream Media‬

‪Conan O’Brien‬ and his staff does a pretty good job of pointing out the obvious and rather scary current state of affairs when it comes to [Continue]

Tongue Dancing Girl Videos

Really “tongue dancing” one can’t help but smile. I always said everyone has a talent (I am still searching for mine), however, [Continue]

NASA Debunks Mayan Calendar End of World Prophecy?

Mayan Calendar Joke: NASA opts for an early release of an end of world Mayan Calendar video prior to the date specified as the end of the world by [Continue]

Planet Joke Relax The Cure is Coming

The bad news is you’ve got advanced-stage humans. The good news they’ve just about run their course and you should be on the mend [Continue]

Best Ever Condom TV Advertisement

Best Ever Condom TV Advertisement Too bad the USA is so hard over on the Puritan side of social morals to allow this advertisement to be seen on [Continue]

Don’t Frack My Mother Protest Song

Sean Lennon & Yoko Ono take on a serious problem with a sense of humor. This particular version is from an appearance on the Jimmy Fallon show. [Continue]

Mayan Calendar Joke

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World’s Best Free Medicine!

What really needs needs to be bottled and shipped everywhere by the truckload. After traveling the world for what seems like eons Ken Burridge [Continue]

George Carlin Supports OWS from Grave

George Carlin uses humor to help plant the seeds for Occupy Wall Street and his comedy currently supports many of Occupy Wall Street political [Continue]

Politician Corporate Sponsorship Power Suits

Political Humor: As more and more of our politicians obviously submit bills that are written by lobbyist that favor the interests of corporate profit [Continue]

Evolution of Stupidity

A classic comic illustration from 2007 about pollution Green-Eco-EV News Reporting by Ken Burridge CNN contributor, Green [Continue]

Frantics Comedy Skit

This should really be a classic study in human reactions…and would have made for a great photo opportunity for my kind of photography that [Continue]

Why Worry About a LITTLE Melting Ice?

Obviously the Climate & Carbon Crisis is much larger than some people would care to admit. Note this photo IS to scale and comes courtesy [Continue]

Joke: What if Climate Change is a Hoax?

What if Climate Change is a Hoax as has been reported by Fox News for years! What’s the worse that could happen if we choose instead to agree [Continue]

Games & Gaming

Corporate Greed Stops Free Game Fun

Corporate greed trumps brilliant idea that makes free games more fun to play. The Friendly Gaming Simplifier aka Facebook Gaming Simplifier is no [Continue]

A Call to Ban Monopoly Games?

Has anyone stopped to think what is the goal of the popular boardgame Monopoly produced worldwide by Parker Brothers? According to many parents [Continue]

Asteroids Arcade Video Game

Asteroids is a classic video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the era. Players [Continue]

Frogger Arcade Game–Classic Recreation

Play Frogger now via your web browser (must be flash-java enabled) GameCorps suggests using Firefox or Google Chrome browsers. Konami created the [Continue]

Tetris Arcade Game Play for Free

Play classic Tetris the puzzle video game designed Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union and released in 1984. As of 2010 over a 100 million copies of [Continue]

Painful Pong: Retro flash game

Control Keys: Single Player game Up = A key Down = Z key Two Player game Use the Arrow Keys to move Up = Up arrow key Down = Down arrow key [Continue]

Must Have Addon for facebook Games

A fgs version for the popular Firefox browser is in the works and should be available very soon. Facebook gamers will soon be able to use FGS and [Continue]

Game Over for the Reign of the Internal Combustion Engine?

The Gran Turismo 5 race car driving simulator game gives gamers their first taste of electrifying power. Even the most diehard motorheads and muscle [Continue]

Chevy Volt Virtual Tours-Test Drives via ‪Kinect X Box 360‬

Virtual Chevy Volt Tours & Test drives can be experienced using Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect technology, taking gamers and product placement [Continue]