Articles by Ben Ray
Ben Ray is a freelance writer and political junkie in Frankfort, Kentucky. It's possible that he got into writing after discovering that his top-50 liberal arts college left him very few marketable skills, but that's probably a lie spread by institutions with inferior median SAT scores. His blog is What's Required
If You Can’t Measure Your Power Consumption, You Can’t Manage It
TED–short for The Energy Detective–is the smallest, cheapest phantom power solution we’ve seen so far. Is it the answer to greening your home?
23Jul2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Gore Throws Green Gauntlet: Can We Really Do It?
Al Gore — who has become more relevant than the man he lost the 2000 election to — challenges Americans to reach 100% carbon-free electricity in ten years.
18Jul2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Love Your iPhone? Here’s Your Enviro-Guilt Trip
Now that Apple has released the 3G iPhone, it’s time to ask what the environmental fallout will look like.
16Jul2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Greenwash Alert: Power-Saving Flatscreens
Discount electronics company Vizio has announced that they’ve cut the power consumption of their televisions in half. But that’s a long way from being green…
3Jul2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Cargo Hauling Scooters To Offset Gas Prices?
A new scooter concept is designed around the task of hauling cargo in the most direct way possible — it’s a moped with a hole in it.
3Jul2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Dirt Cheap Dye-Sensitized Solar Passes Benchmark Test
Dye-sensitized, silicon-free solar cells have passed an important viability test at a Chinese lab. Do innovations like this herald the age of cheap solar power?
30Jun2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Floods, Droughts On The Rise In Face Of Climate Change
As the South continues to fight out of last year’s record drought, the Midwest is losing its crops beneath a series of record floods. What’s causing this chaos?
30Jun2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Going Green Goes Upscale: The Furman Cliffs Cottage
Furman University, Southern Living, and Duke Energy have come together to show that living a sustainable lifestyle may mean giving up less luxury than you think.
25Jun2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Virginia Sets Stage For Eco-War: To Coal, Or Not To Coal?
A new coal-burning power plant could bring money and needed much-jobs to rural Virginia. But environmentalists want to block the project. Who’s right?
24Jun2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
Australia Uses LiDAR to Build Hyper-Accurate Maps
The Coffs Harbour region of Australia has begun using LiDAR in an aerial survey to create maps not just of cities, but also of the surrounding environment and its change over time.
23Jun2008 | Ben Ray | Comments | Continued
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