tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18631760.post-73269554327470320282008-01-29T13:55:00.000-06:002008-01-29T14:12:08.729-06:00<div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;">I have to admit that I'm somewhat reluctant to jump on any bandwagon, let alone the most recent one related to global climate change. Of course, I am trying to be a responsible citizen of Earth. I am not a "climate change denier." But neither am I an avid Algore-ite. It's actually quite simple: My mental gag-reflex kicks in when <em>anything</em> scientific becomes overly politicized. But that's just me...and I am NOT going to bLog about my opinions on the quagmire of issues.</span></div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span> </div><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Nonetheless, here is a bLog for you with some blurbs about how the whole climate change thing has overlapped with the acosutics world:</span></div><ul><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;">For an entertaining exchange amongst acoustics folk (Savant included) on the issue, you can visit at least one (there are too many, lol!) </span><a href="http://forum.studiotips.com/viewtopic.php?t=3040"><span style="font-family:courier new;">hijacked Studiotips thread</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">. :)</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;">If you're in the green building biz - LEED and all that (not to be confused with LEDE, of course 8^) ) - then check out Michael Noble's piece in the </span><a href="http://asa.aip.org/vol115no3.pdf"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Summer 2005 ASA newsletter, <em>Echoes</em></span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;">.</span></div></li><li><div align="justify"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Finally, a favorite acoustical foam manufacturer of mine has now incorporated, of all things, soy components into their products to reduce carbon emissions, etc. (You still can't eat it, though.) Check out </span><a href="http://www.auralex.com/Eco/Green.asp"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Studiofoam-eco</span></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"> at the Auralex site!</span></div></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/18631760-7326955432747032028?l=10xtheblog.blogspot.com'/></div>Savanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13535396200050340965noreply@blogger.com0