2009 Archives

• How will real estate markets/values be affected by physical impacts of global warming? How is the insurance industry going to use climate change models to inform rates and premiums?

  Asked by Alice Cook

• Is online shopping likely to save on carbon emissions or not? How do the carbon emissions compare between me driving a 15-mile round-trip to the bookstore versus the carbon emissions for Amazon to ship the book through their warehouse and UPS to me, including the extra packaging?

  Asked by Dan Scales

• I'm a Stanford alum who's been on a binge of finding healthy ways to live, and I have a lot of questions about personal care products. The things I'm focusing on now are shampoos and conditioners, soaps and toothpaste. Which products would you recommend that are healthiest for the body and for the environment?

  Asked by Leah Yelverton

• It's obvious that reusing plastic bags is a good idea, but it's not obvious that recycling them is worthwhile because they have so little mass. How much energy and raw materials are actually required to make plastic shopping bags, and how much do we save by recycling them?

  Asked by Jim Salvia

• Can the choices you make at the grocery store truly impact the environment?

  Asked by Monica Jain

• For a household appliance, at what energy differential does it make sense to replace immediately vs. at end of life for the unit?

  Asked by Rolf Munson

• I like wine, red wine.  I am trying to define the greenest wines.  I have thought about harvest practices and shipping methods and their impact on the environment.  It would be great to get help defining which wines are greener.

  Asked by Jorge Tabares

• How much energy does a typical laptop and desktop use in standby mode? How has this been reduced over time by changes in technology?

  Asked by Shiva Swaminathan