Reports by Consumers

Now? Who do you know that doesn’t have a few thousand songs in their collection? The existence of the iPod, and any similar hard-drive equipped music device, is predicated on people possessing thousands upon thousands of songs. Millions of such devices have been sold.

As the cleanest of the fossil fuels, increased usage of natural gas will be instrumental in decreasing pollution levels from all sectors. This is a good thing for American households, where more than 62.5 million homes depend on natural gas to fuel stoves, furnaces, water heaters, clothes dryers and other household appliances.

Well humans will not like things in their vicinity to be as intelligent but the idea of smart refrigerators does not sound a bad one. Will you like to get an SMS stating which peanut butter you should not buy, whether the milk in the refrigerator is out of date or not and there is a need for a new carton?

Take Yahoo Answers for example, this site is an SEO’s and an information seekers dream as most posts are from consumers looking for answers to their questions. It’s not written with business logic or marketing intentions behind them. There’s no “Contact Us” or “About Us” or “Services Strategies”, it’s people asking questions and getting answers.

To make up for missing World Consumer Rights Day (March 15), I promised to give you a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In Part I, I looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated the Day.

As I am sure you can imagine, deforestation of this magnitude exceeds the capacity that our two black plastic composters can manage in well, let's say, 30 years. So, a little chain-sawing here, some clipping and hauling there, and the canopy starts to come down. The debris, beaver dams, and straw huts left over from the aboriginal tribe are piled into the Toyota and off to the "Recycler" we go.

Household products can contain hazardous ingredients such as organic solvents and petroleum-based chemicals that can release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) into your indoor environment, positing a particular danger for children. The average American household has three to ten of hazardous matter in the home.

The best solution to this problem is composting. If you are in a large city, and small apartment check out No Impact Man and if your city has compost drop off sites. If you have an outdoor area, there are many different composters available for purchase, or you can take the cheaper route and build it yourself. I’m hoping to get ours built this summer, so if you have any tips please let us know! To avoid odors or fruit flies, simply pick up some biodegradable bags and collect compostable garbage indoors, tie it up and toss the bag in your outdoor composter.

OK I was also there to buy a printer and they are 30% cheaper here – so maybe the day evened out – not sure. But I buy a lot more tomatoes, avocadoes, oranges and diesel fuel than HP printers. ;-(