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Yet Another Chinese Car Flunks a Crash Test
By Matthew Keegan
China would like to be the next Japan when it comes to mass producing low cost automobiles and shipping these vehicles to the world market. If the Brilliance BS6 is any indication of what China plans on exporting, then this won’t be happening anytime soon - the BS6 (is the name appropriate, or what?!) flunked a German crash test recently, scoring only a 1 out of possible 5 stars when tested.

Certain Death For Crash Occupants

According to Reuters:

“In the event of a side crash, the strain on the driver’s chest and abdominal area would be so high that a person would have little chance of surviving in a real accident,” it said of test results for the Brilliance BS6 model.

This is the second Chinese vehicle to flunk German crash tests as the Jiangling Landwind, an SUV, had previously failed a similar test. In addition, the Chery QQ, a subcompact car that stole the design of the Chevrolet (Daewoo) Spark, miserably flunked a separate crash test in 2006.

Not Ready For Prime Time

Let’s face it: when it comes to producing any consumer goods, most of the products coming from China are of abysmal quality. It’s one thing to put up with a toy that doesn’t last, but an automobile that cannot protect its occupants is simply unacceptable.

Let’s hope that the Brilliance sedan, slated to arrive in the US later this year, isn’t the same model that recently flunked the German crash tests. Otherwise, we should prepare for a sharp increase in highway carnage when the cars are sold in America.
Update
The first test for the aptly named Brilliance BS 6 was held in June 2007, but a second test was undertaken in September 2007 where the crast test score improved from 1 to 3. Not a disaster, but still below industry acceptable standards — don’t expect this model to appear stateside any time soon.

Copyright 2008-2012 - For additional information regarding Matthew C. Keegan, The Article Writer, please visit his automotive blog for cutting edge car information.

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What is Green Building?
By Brian Schmidt
Green Building or Green construction can be comprised of many different “green” facets. Even the way a contractor operates can add a green value to his construction projects.

An R-2000 home for example is a type of green construction because of its energy efficiency.

A pre-engineered steel building is a type of green construction because this type of building minimises construction waste. Steel buildings in general are green by protecting our forests and being totally recyclable.

A contractor who diverts waste from landfill to recycling is a type of green builder. Designers and owners who go the extra mile in energy conservation and design are contributors to green building as well.

There are of course different sets of standards that constitute green construction as well. Most well known of these would be the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program. This program has very rigid sets of standards which – if achieved – can afford the building a silver or gold rating.

There is even an on-line tool for owners and designers to do an audit of their facilities and designs to rate them against best practices and standards for green architecture. Dubbed Green Globes, The tool was developed in Canada and is used increasingly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.

As you can see, we can all do our little bit to be contributors to green building. In today’s worl, we should all do our share. By being energy conscious and reducing waste our building world will be a little “greener.”

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Every year in Britain over two million vehicles reach the end of their life. Each one of these vehicles contains an average of twenty two liters of hazardous waste products. Unfortunately less than half of all scraped cars are recycled properly. This means that every year a great deal of toxic fluids are being left to seep into the environment.

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By Grady J. McMurray
For those that want to lead a healthy lifestyle and believe that pure drinking water is one of the ways to improve health, be careful of the many claims made ny the supporters of municipal tap water. When you compare reality to hype, tap water comes up short. Plus, because of the heavy amounts of chlorine that is used in an attempt to purify found in municipal water, the water coming out of the tap smells and tastes like water from a swimming pool.
Anyone who reads the EPA reports on municipal tap water and reads beyond the hype knows that tap water contains many contaminants that are harmful to the human body. In addition tap water smells and tastes like swimming pool water because of the addition of heavy chlorine to kill bacteria.

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The new scheme , introduced in Clearwater Florida, would allow the water company to dump waste water directly into the aquifer in an attempt to use the aquifer as a purification method. The theory is that what technology lacks in terms of purification, mother nature will make up the difference. This is akin to saying that the beaches of Florida will clean up water pollution resulting from offshore oil spills.

Many citizens have complained that this “Toilet to Tap Water” scheme will not improve the purity of the tap water but will result in contamination of the aquifer. Aside from the gross aspects of drinking recycled toilet water this tampering with the natural source of pure water sets a dangerous precedence.

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Most tap water is heavily chlorinated and contaminated and most bottled water is nothing more than filtered tap water.

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