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Earth Day 2012
As we celebrate another Earth Day it is perhaps instructive to place today into perspective by looking backwards at the first Earth Day, held in 1970. In 1970, 20 million – 1 out of every 10 – Americans participated in … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment, Overview, Politics, Population
Tagged carbon dioxide, climate change, Earth Day, Environment, government, population
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The Gulf Oil Disaster and Climate Change Have a Common Cause
Human greed, arrogance and fallibility are the basic causes behind the Gulf Coast oil disaster and climate change. Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Environment
Tagged BP, climate change, Deepwater Horizon, greed, Gulf of Mexico, human nature, oil
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The solution to pollution…
There is an old saying that the “solution to pollution is dilution”, which is unfortunately an approach to many sources of pollution in widespread use today. There is also the related saying, “out of sight, out of mind”. As the … Continue reading
U.S. Senate Climate Control and Energy Bills
It now appears that Senators Kerry and Lieberman will release their long-awaited climate change and energy bill tomorrow. The bill, named the “American Power Act” is reported to have been altered in response to the BP/Deepwater Horizon accident in the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged American Power Act, cap and trade, CLEAR, climate change, emissions
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Energy: Nothing is New!
So what is new – solar energy? wind energy? bio-fuels? electric vehicles? No, these and other energy and transportation technologies have been around for over a century. In the past 100 years, no single technology can make a legitimate claim … Continue reading
Sun, Gravity and Rocks
Sun, gravity and rocks – what do they have in common? They are the ultimate source of virtually all energy on earth. All fossil fuels, such as coal and oil; wood; and biofuels are organic compounds resulting from the capture … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, global warming, nuclear, petroleum, solar, wind
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Cap and Trade – An Expensive Folly?
World-wide, business has always tried to “externalize” their costs, whenever and wherever possible passing costs on to the public. This has been especially true of the waste resulting from the manufacture and use of goods produced. Business has been able … Continue reading
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Tagged cap and trade, carbon dioxide, climate change, CO2, greenhouse gas, regulatory
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When the Sun doesn’t Shine and the Wind doesn’t Blow
Least we overlook the obvious, the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow; but the demand for electrical power remains. As we rush headlong into the quest for renewable, non-polluting energy it is, perhaps, prudent to review … Continue reading
Automobiles IV – The Nano Arrives
After several months delay due to political factors, Tata Motors of India today introduced their “peoples car”, the Nano. The basic model of the 33hp, 2-cylinder car is being sold at the previously announced target price of 100,000 rupees (approx. … Continue reading
Too Valuable to Burn
The many uses of oil make it to valuable to burn. Continue reading
