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Are there reasons to avoid organic dairy farming even if the milk or cheese is still pasteurized?

I can understand why it's still important to pasteurize dairy products, especially if I'm simultaneously trying to reduce my reliance on refrigeration. Assumptions that pasteurizing is a given that the dairy-animals in question are for…
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Use a broken fridge horizontally

My friend have a fridge with a broken door. Impossible to fix the door as the whole base is eaten by rust. I thought about lying the fridge horizontally and then just put the door on top of it, but would the pump/compressor survive that way?
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What to do with broken nylon tights?

I happen to break some nylon tights(pantyhose) each season, is there any alternative to just throw them in the garbage? I keep a couple of them for wearing under the jeans in exceptionally cold days, but besides that I don't have any idea. I guess…
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How can I clean old cooking oil for use in candles?

I have a tupperware of old cooking oil in the fridge that I've been debating throwing away - but I would rather re-use it than just toss it. Can I render it and make it into jar candles? It's basically just multiple layers of "waste" cooking oil…
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How safe is it to manufacture and use silicone?

Silicone seems to be used in more and more products over time. At home, I have a silicone oven mitt, silicone bakeware, (partly) silicone tongs, and a silicone bowl-scraper. It seems like a very inert substance, and I haven't seen any deterioration…
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Is it feasible to set up a balanced aquarium that does not need filtration or aeration?

When creating a salt water aquarium, is it possible to choose a variety of plants and sea animals such that the tank does not need water filtration or water aeration? For example, can I count of a sufficient supply of plants to provide oxygen in a…
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With regards to a Air Source Heat Pump, what is a "thermal shift setting"?

I have had a Panasonic Aquarea ASHP installed. The manual talks about a "water temperature thermal shift setting" which can be set to -5°C to 5°C. It doesn't make it clear at all what a "thermal shift" actually is or does! Does anybody know what…
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Is concrete a sustainable material?

I am a believer that industrialization is a root of unsustainable practices. I was pondering on what can be considered as a genuine sustainable living. When I try to understand how can mankind change their ways to be truly sustainable, I feel the…
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What are the challenges for using carton boxes instead of plastic bottles for water?

Milk has come in carton boxes for ages, but water has not been available in cartons until very recently and only at limited locations. What are the pros and cons of using carton boxes for water instead of plastic bottles? Although the paths for…
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Avoid eating tuna (as it is endangered)?

I heard that tuna is disseaparing, I "verified" on the Greenpeace link. It seems hard to believe it, is this for real? The "pig" of the oceans, one of the most common, one of the favourites? Or it's about some subspiecies? If so, what cans to avoid?
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Minimum amount of time to use a consumer electronic?

I have read that the total embodied energy cost of consumer electronics (e.g. computers, smart phones, digital cameras, etc.) identifies these devices as products of an unsustainable energy economy. Regardless of how these devices are disposed of…
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Open Source DIY Architecture Alternatives?

After watching this video I felt really inspired and started thinking that it would be a great idea if we could research the same idea more and develop a way to make it easy enough for anyone to build and good quality enough for anyone to live…
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Offsetting with Solar, over what period do you measure the carbon offset

I'm looking to offset the carbon footprint of my wedding. I'd like to do it by helping out some local community solar projects. I've calculated that the wedding's footprint will be about 23,000 kg of CO2, and that this would be offset by about…
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Can chip tuning make a car more fuel-effective?

I'm considering to have my car engine chip tuned. I'd like to increase the fuel efficiency of the engine. Increasing the power of the engine would be only a secondary advantage of doing so. Most of the chip tuning companies in my country offer…
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Washing on delicate or permanent press...is this more sustainable and also gets your clothes clean?

Is it more sustainable to do your wash using the delicate or permanent press modes? I can tell from observing the different kind of washes is that the machine spins less and spins more gently. If so, will your clothes still be just as clean? Do…
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