Jonelle's Blog

As I was sitting in the airport, waiting for my flight to board, I noticed the amount of stuff that people throw away while traveling.  I watched as a constant and steady flow of people chucked everything from half-eaten airport meals, to coffee, to paper, to plastic bottles - much of which is re...

What is going to be our long term solution to the billions of tons of carbon we are putting into the atmosphere every year? Obviously, we have to do something. Global warming is REAL - it's not just something that we don't need to think about, and a HUGE contributor to global warming is our drivi...

In my continued search for "green" vehicles, I found this site on Yahoo Auto.  http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center-top100/  It highlights the top 100 cars you can own to drive greener.  Each is given a score from 100 to 1, with 100 being the best.  The 2 highest scores were the Toyota Prius Hybri...

How many miles per year do you drive? How many per month?  Per week?  Could you cut down at all?  Carpool?  Take Public transportation from time to time?  Some people, (myself included) have an SUV or big truck as their primary driving vehicle.  Couldn't we downsize a bit, or buy a small, fuel ef...

This is somewhat of a continuation on my earlier blog about reducing your carbon footprint.  To recap, I attended a workshop yesterday where Brent Giles, Director of Operations for Park City Mountain Resort was one of the speakers.  This post will be about him, and what he has done to help Park C...

Yesterday I attended a workshop put on by Recycle Utah.  It was largely about reducing your carbon footprint.  There were several speakers - my favorite was Brent Giles of Park City Mountain Resort.  He has taken HUGE steps toward reducing the carbon footprint of Park City Mountain Resort. I'll s...

Why is diesel fuel more expensive than premium gasoline??  Diesel has been historically cheaper than regular gasoline.  It costs less to refine, and doesn't use any more crude than regular gasoline, so why are diesel prices now $0.30, $0.40, and even $0.50 more PER GALLON than regular unleaded ga...

This BLOG entry is a little rant!  Why do people have to complain about EVERYTHING, that EVERYONE ELSE does, when it doesn't even concern them?  No Matter what it is, someone is going to find a reason to b#%ch about it. Why can't people just live their own lives, and let others live theirs?  It s...

Water is a scarce commodity here in Utah, and our summers can be very, very dry, yet we still see people blatantly wasting water!!  Too often, you see people with their sprinklers running while it's raining, while the wind is blowing, or during the heat of the day, when most of it is likely to ev...

Hey wait... Isn't Utah the land of the Mormons?  The place with all the Polygamists, and an average family size of 15??  Isn't Utah the place where you can't order a double, and you have to buy a "private club membership" to go into a real bar? It's not as bad as you might think here in Utah.  Av...