Here is an opinion from George Monbiot on the recent position by US President George W. Bush on finding ways to combat Green House Gas Emissions and stop Abrupt Global Climate Change (the full article...
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After that lenghty transcript of the President's State of the Union speech, I figured its best to point out what is now correct to say. 1. Ethanol is now an accepted alternative and possible...
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I received a comment from Brad Ewing of Environmental-economics and he has got very interesting ideas. Brad is a graduating economics major and it looks like he is going on the right path by being...
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I know, I know, I know. It may be too much to ask. But can we please do the following next year? 1. Learn more about global climate change. 2. Encourage others to learn too. 3. Use renewable energy...
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As a huge vote of confidence, investment bank Morgan Stanley said it will invest a whopping US $ 3 Billion in Carbon Trading under the Kyoto Protocol guidelines. This move by one of the world's...
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Researchers have found out that cooking stoves that are fuelled by wood or crop residue contribute significantly to climate change at a higher-than-expected rate. How so? The soot that these stoves...
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If you are an SUV driver or a biker/walker/jogger/environmentally aware person, then you should read this article. Will Duguid is examining whether or not it is ethical to start moralizing with SUV...
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The Observer reports that if the governments of this planet do nothing, the next ten years may be the last period before everyone will feel the wrath of abrupt climate change and ultimately suffer....
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According to Britain's Shell UK, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, the cost-benefit equation of action to tackle climate change in favorable. And this is a world-wide truth that could be...
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An oil company executive once said that the emerging biofuel industry confuses oil policy with agricultural policy. I couldn't make up my mind if they are completely right or dead wrong, even...
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After reading several reports on Indonesian and Malaysian virgin forests being plundered to give way to palm oil plantations or South American forests being "developed" into Earth-saving...
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According to the UN, an estimate 850 million people suffer from hunger today. Adding to the Herculean task of the UN of finding a solution to end hunger is the potential complication of increased...
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In just over a few years, investment companies, banks, and other financing institutions have caught on to the renewable energy fever. The proof of this pudding is the meteoric rise in share prices of...
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Scott wrote a very interesting post on Biodiesel and its impact on the vegetable oil industry. The article that Scott referred to says that the increased use of biofuels, particularly biodiesel will...
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I know this post is a bit off. But since Alternative Energy is related to the wider global goal of saving the planet, I thought it appropriate to write about one of the many simple yet intuitively...
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I thoroughly enjoyed reading Andrew Sullivan's piece entitled Wanted: A Practical Guide to Saving The Warming Planet. Written in the non-believer context, Andrew Sullivan thinks out aloud and...
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Looking at hydrogen as an effective fuel in a car can be quite troubling, in fact, no matter how many precautions we take, accidents do happen. I don't really want to be driving down the highway...
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This week I participated in a popular podcast sponsored at the The Watt.com The panel included: Ben Kenny phd - The Watt Ed Thomas - The Watt Jeff McIntire-Strasburg - Treehugger Michael Olivo -...
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Eric Lerner and his team of leading scientists say they are five years away from having a fusion reactor capable of a 5 Mega Watt (MW) or greater output at a estimated cost of $1,000,000 per...
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Somehting to ask, if a national company wanted to develope and implement an alternative energy resource, why wouldn't banks want to help? Recently I came accross an article,...
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The International Whaling Commission is meeting later this week , and one of the items on their agenda is the development of 'whalanol' , a gasoline additive derived from whale blubber....
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What happens when a portion of the power grid takes a strike? Well one of the consequences is a blackout. Please note that blackouts differ from brownouts. Blackouts are High Impact Low Probability...
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