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- Are you interested in becoming an organizer in your area?
- Yes
- Tell us about your experience with alternative energy:
- I have been involved in Solar Hydrogen (education and research) for eight years, and hope it goes on for much longer and becomes more and more interesting. I hope to get involved in a large Solar/Wind Hydrogen project in the near future. Please visit the National Fuel Cell Education Program's website. I am currently one of their ardent supporters:
http://www.nfcep.org
Please also take a look at an off-the-grid experiment in Taos; Angel's Nest. I've some videos on my PickensPlan page of that installation:
http://www.angels-nest.org
- What excites you about this campaign?
- The simplicity of the idea and the will to implement it. The possibility of a sustainable civilization in my lifetime excites me the most.
The "Green Revolution" will revitalize both Civilization and the Planet's EcoSystem. Wall Street's lending and investment institutions will have to choose between going the way of the Dinosaurs or evolving and embracing the rapidly approaching Green Revolution. Go Big or Go Home, yes?
- What do you want to do to help?
- I would like to continue actively promoting both Wind and Solar Hydrogen technologies....with the intent of convincing the Public that they are viable and mature technologies and are ready for implementation.
In throwing my hat in the ring, I am committing myself to helping to transition the U.S. to a completely sustainable and non-polluting Hydrogen Economy. Implementing a "New Energy Economy" today is also a matter of political will and not solely technology.
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My Mission Statement:
I'm an H2 Educator/Aero-Mechanical Engineer-Scientist interested in joining either a large-scale renewable energy project or R&D effort. I want to continue transforming myself from an aero-mechanical engineer into an "Energy Systems Engineer/Engineering Manager." In so doing, I hope my efforts will help usher in a non-polluting and sustainable Hydrogen Economy.
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'There is cause for guarded optimism. If you look at it historically, the rise of environmental consciousness has been extremely rapid. We're only 40 years into it. The trouble is, the environment has been going downhill far faster.'
--Dr. Paul Ehrlich
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"Without energy there is no economy. Without climate there is no environment. Without economy and environment there's no material well-being, there's no civil society, there's no personal or national or international security. And the problem is that the way we've been getting the energy our economies need is wrecking the climate that our environment needs. That is the essence of the problem."
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-John Holdren
Director, Woods Hole Research Center
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The Consequences of a Petroleum Economy::
1 barrel of oil yields 19.5 to 28 gallons of gasoline (87 octane). One gallon of gasoline, when combusted in an internal combustion engine, yields about 19.6 lbs of carbon dioxide; a greenhouse gas that contributes to Global Warming. So, the use of a barrel of oil for gasoline purposes yields between 382.2 lbs to 548.8 lbs of CO2 to the Planet's atmosphere.--when that gasoline is combusted in an internal combustion engine with standard emission controls.
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References:
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http://www.climatecrisis.net/takeaction/carboncalculator/howitwasca...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emission_standard
http://www.energyandcapital.com/peakoilclock/?request=peakoilclock
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I LEAVE IT TO YOU TO CHECK MY REFERENCES, DO THE CALCULATION OF REALTIME CO2 GENERATION VIA THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, THE HUMAN CONTRIBUTION TO THE CO2 PORTION OF THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE, AND THUS CIVILIZATION'S CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING.
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With the new fleet of satellites, we will soon know more about Civilization's "carbon footprint" and the ability of the Planet to accommodate it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN29296632
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Check your carbon footprint here:
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http://www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator
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Check the Various Carbon Dioxide Emissions Clocks:
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http://www.co2clock.org/methodology.html
http://zfacts.com/p/640.html
http://sj-climateclock.org
http://www.poodwaddle.com/clocks3.htm
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Human-made greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the single most important man-made greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. Since the industrial revolution CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions have been increasing. There may be a carbon dioxide “tipping point” after which it may be impossible to reverse the trend.
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Past Levels of Carbon Dioxide
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The World Meteorological Organization’s bulletin “The State of Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere using Global Observations through 2006” states, “For about 10,000 years before the industrial revolution, the atmospheric abundance of CO2 was nearly constant at 280 ppm”.
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Present Levels of Carbon Dioxide
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David Adam, writing in The Guardian (UK), (“World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years”, May 13, 2008), states, “Scientists at the Mauna Loa observatory in Hawaii say that CO2 levels in the atmosphere now stand at 387 parts per million (ppm), up almost 40% since the industrial revolution.” This increase in carbon dioxide corresponds to an increase in world temperature levels. The United Nations Environment Programme, on its “Observed Climate Trends” website says, “The mean global surface temperature has increased by about 0.3 to 0.6°C since the late 19th century and by about 0.2 to 0.3°C over the last 40 years, which is the period with most reliable data. Recent years have been among the warmest since 1860.”
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Carbon Dioxide Tipping Point
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Neither the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) nor any national environmental agency has set a definitive figure as a carbon tipping point. Some environmental scientists and organizations have zoned in on various concentrations of carbon dioxide as significant.
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* Dr. Malte Meinshausen, in “Emission pathways and concentration levels under a 2 degrees Celcius climate target” (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 2007) argues that levels under 400ppm CO2 give the best chance of limiting the increase in world temperature to 2 degrees Celsius, while anything higher makes catastrophic rises more likely.
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* Professor Johan Rockström, Executive Director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute said (June 23, 2008), “The CO2 threshold under discussion is too high. Today, the scientific community has a pretty clear picture of how much CO2 our atmosphere can sustain, and there is growing evidence that 350 PPM should be our target, rather than 450 PPM."
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* “Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations” released by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) in July 2007 predicts, “As a result, global CO2 emissions more than triple between 2000 and 2100, and emissions are rising at the end of the twenty-first century in all three reference scenarios.”
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Environmental Doomsday Clock
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If carbon dioxide and temperature levels begin to force the release of naturally trapped carbon dioxide from carbon sinks such as forests and permafrost, or limit the ability of nature to absorb carbon dioxide in the oceans, the planet will face its environmental doomsday clock. There are signs that this may be already occurring.
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* In The Times (UK), (May 18, 2007), Lewis Smith reports, “Researchers have found that the Southern Ocean is absorbing an ever-decreasing proportion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The excess carbon, which cannot be absorbed by the oceans, will remain in the atmosphere and accelerate global warming, they said.”
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* The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report titled “The Amazon's Vicious Cycles: Drought and Fire in the Greenhouse” says, "Global warming may lead to the displacement of large areas of eastern and central Amazon forest, reinforcing a drying trend.”
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Because there is no definitive figure for a carbon dioxide tipping point, it is important that the world should strive to keep the atmospheric carbon dioxide level as low as possible. The best way to achieve this would be a move away from fossil and atomic fuels to "renewable energies."
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Stablization and Peak Targets: Understanding CO2 Numbers
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The difference between greenhouse gas (GHG) stabilization levels and GHG peak targets is one we've failed to adequately explain.
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Stabilization levels are our long-term goals: when Jim Hansen says we need a concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of no more than 350 ppm, he's discussing where we need to end up in a certain time frame (many use the time frame 2050 or 2100 -- I'm not sure what Hansen's time frame here is). Though we're already over that level, with concerted effort and widespread innovation, we could bring CO2 concentrations down.
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Peak target is another kind of measurement, a threshold above which we shouldn't stray. The consensus opinion here seems to be hovering around 450 ppm: meaning that if we exceed that amount of CO2 (and other GHGs) in the atmosphere, we're running serious risk of quickly crossing catastrophic tipping points.
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I imagine an engine. For optimal performance and longevity, we should only run it so fast. It can be run faster, but wear and tear (and the possibility of break down) increase rapidly the longer we run it at faster speeds. Some speeds, however, are just too fast: above those speeds, we're likely to just burn the engine out altogether.
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Stabilization level is the fastest speed at which we believe we can safely run the engine over time: peak target is the red zone, the speed at which the engine should never go.
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--Alex Steffen
www.globalchanging.com
January 3, 2008
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Beginning of the End of the Large Carbon Footprint XMESS
Folks,
We can talk the talk but now we REALLY need to walk the walk...a truly green holiday season might just be the way to go. Perhaps the best gift to the Planet we could give is .....G-R-E-E-N:
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Lyrics: "Take Our Planet Back" by will i am
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Al Gore: Today, I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100% of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.
Calling all the leaders to lead us out the hole
Asking all deceivers the things I want to know
If we’re so technological
Why’re we still burning oil
‘Cause I got a car you plug into the wall that’s faster than a GTO
We shot for the stars, put rovers on Mars, make planes like UFOs
So why are we borrowin’ money from China to buy oil from the Gulf and destroyin’ the world
Al Gore: Every bit of that has to change…
Now that’s got to change
Now that’s got to change
(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout
Calling all the citizens
(Al Gore: Citizens…)
Citizens of the land
Ask you your politicians
(Al Gore: Political Leaders…)
All these questions
If we fight another war on terror
Why aren’t we fighting for the environment
We spend a billion dollars on wars in foreign lands
But nothin’ on education
Nikola Tesla turned the Niagara Falls into energy way back when
(Al Gore: Energy…)
And we’re still burning coal
(Al Gore: Coal…)
When you can make electricity with solar and wind
(Al Gore: Solar and wind…)
Now who’s getting played?
You and me
And who’s getting paid?
(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout we, we, we, we
I’m askin’ all the citizens to take action
(Al Gore: Citizens…)
Take action and take back the government
Tell the government to start taxin’ pollution
Makin’ laws ‘cause that’s the solution
It should be against the law to make pollution
So if they make products that do what the other products do
But they didn’t pollute, what are you gonna choose?
Al Gore:
We should tax what we burn, not what we earn.
To those who say the challenge is not politically viable
I suggest they go before the American people and try to defend the status quo
And then bear witness to the people’s appetite for dramatic change
The time is now.
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'We should tax what we burn and not what we earn.'
--ex-VP and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore
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Cliff Notes on Global Warming and Carbon Dioxide ("CO2"):
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If the Earth's atmosphere received no more Greenhouse Gases (CO2, Methane, etc) now, it STILL would take about 1000 years for the rate of increase in the Earth's average temperature to zero out.
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On a time scale of several thousand years, it is estimated that about 90% of human generated CO2 emissions will end up in the ocean
--Christopher Sabine, NOAA
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"The ocean has removed 48% of the CO2 we have released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and cement manufacturing," said Christopher Sabine, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in Seattle, US.
"If the ocean had not removed 118 billion metric tonnes of carbon between 1800 and 1994, the CO2 level in the atmosphere would be about 55 parts per million greater than currently observed."
Sea chemistry
This may have slowed global warming, but it also led to a change in seawater chemistry.
According to Richard Feely, of NOAA, and his colleagues, that might make life pretty hard for some shell-forming marine animals.
Corals, pteropod molluscs and some plankton (single celled organisms) pull carbonate ions from the seawater to produce their calcium carbonate shells.
The 10-year survey was an international effort
But, as the CO2 concentrations in the water increase, the carbonate ion concentrations decrease.
This means the animals lack the materials with which to build their shells.
And in areas where CO2 concentrations are particularly high, Professor Feely's team claim, the animal's shells can actually begin to dissolve.
"Based on our present knowledge, it appears that as seawater CO2 levels rise, the skeletal growth rates of calcareous plankton will be reduced - as a result of the effects of CO2 on calcification," said co-author Victoria Fabry, of California State University, US.
Patchy distribution
This effect is not witnessed uniformly throughout the oceans, however.
The survey has revealed that dissolved CO2 levels are rather patchy.
Because CO2 gets into the water by gas exchange at the surface - and because oceans tend to mix rather slowly - most CO2 is found near the top of the ocean, or in seas that are quite shallow.
"About half of the anthropogenic CO2 (i.e. produced by human activity) taken up over the last 200 years can be found in the upper 10% of the ocean," said Professor Sabine.
That means shelled creatures that live in surface waters at higher latitudes may have the most trouble.
At the moment the oceans house a mere third of the CO2 that they could. Again, that is because our seas are "stirred" very slowly. So deep layers of water, which will eventually reach the surface, are far from being saturated.
"On the time scale of several thousand years, it is estimated that about 90% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions will end up in the ocean," said Professor Sabine.
But the key word here is "thousands" of years. In the shorter term, as the surface waters become more saturated, the ocean may become a less efficient sink for CO2.
Just what that will mean for the Earth's climate, and for the marine ecosystem, is not quite clear yet.
Professor Sabine said: "Future studies of the carbon system in the oceans should be designed to identify and assess these feedback mechanisms [so that we can] determine the ocean's future role as a sink for CO2".
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We can talk the talk but now we REALLY need to walk the walk...a truly green holiday season might just be the way to go. Perhaps the best gift to the Planet we could give is .....G-R-E-E-N:
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Lyrics: "Take Our Planet Back" by will i am
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Al Gore: Today, I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100% of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.
Calling all the leaders to lead us out the hole
Asking all deceivers the things I want to know
If we’re so technological
Why’re we still burning oil
‘Cause I got a car you plug into the wall that’s faster than a GTO
We shot for the stars, put rovers on Mars, make planes like UFOs
So why are we borrowin’ money from China to buy oil from the Gulf and destroyin’ the world
Al Gore: Every bit of that has to change…
Now that’s got to change
Now that’s got to change
(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout
Calling all the citizens
(Al Gore: Citizens…)
Citizens of the land
Ask you your politicians
(Al Gore: Political Leaders…)
All these questions
If we fight another war on terror
Why aren’t we fighting for the environment
We spend a billion dollars on wars in foreign lands
But nothin’ on education
Nikola Tesla turned the Niagara Falls into energy way back when
(Al Gore: Energy…)
And we’re still burning coal
(Al Gore: Coal…)
When you can make electricity with solar and wind
(Al Gore: Solar and wind…)
Now who’s getting played?
You and me
And who’s getting paid?
(Chorus x3)
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
You and me
We’ll stand up
We’ll stand up and take our planet back
Talkin’ ‘bout we
Talkin’ ‘bout we, we, we, we
I’m askin’ all the citizens to take action
(Al Gore: Citizens…)
Take action and take back the government
Tell the government to start taxin’ pollution
Makin’ laws ‘cause that’s the solution
It should be against the law to make pollution
So if they make products that do what the other products do
But they didn’t pollute, what are you gonna choose?
Al Gore:
We should tax what we burn, not what we earn.
To those who say the challenge is not politically viable
I suggest they go before the American people and try to defend the status quo
And then bear witness to the people’s appetite for dramatic change
The time is now.
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'We should tax what we burn and not what we earn.'
--ex-VP and Nobel Laureate, Al Gore
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Cliff Notes on Global Warming and Carbon Dioxide ("CO2"):
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If the Earth's atmosphere received no more Greenhouse Gases (CO2, Methane, etc) now, it STILL would take about 1000 years for the rate of increase in the Earth's average temperature to zero out.
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On a time scale of several thousand years, it is estimated that about 90% of human generated CO2 emissions will end up in the ocean
--Christopher Sabine, NOAA
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"The ocean has removed 48% of the CO2 we have released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels and cement manufacturing," said Christopher Sabine, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) in Seattle, US.
"If the ocean had not removed 118 billion metric tonnes of carbon between 1800 and 1994, the CO2 level in the atmosphere would be about 55 parts per million greater than currently observed."
Sea chemistry
This may have slowed global warming, but it also led to a change in seawater chemistry.
According to Richard Feely, of NOAA, and his colleagues, that might make life pretty hard for some shell-forming marine animals.
Corals, pteropod molluscs and some plankton (single celled organisms) pull carbonate ions from the seawater to produce their calcium carbonate shells.
The 10-year survey was an international effort
But, as the CO2 concentrations in the water increase, the carbonate ion concentrations decrease.
This means the animals lack the materials with which to build their shells.
And in areas where CO2 concentrations are particularly high, Professor Feely's team claim, the animal's shells can actually begin to dissolve.
"Based on our present knowledge, it appears that as seawater CO2 levels rise, the skeletal growth rates of calcareous plankton will be reduced - as a result of the effects of CO2 on calcification," said co-author Victoria Fabry, of California State University, US.
Patchy distribution
This effect is not witnessed uniformly throughout the oceans, however.
The survey has revealed that dissolved CO2 levels are rather patchy.
Because CO2 gets into the water by gas exchange at the surface - and because oceans tend to mix rather slowly - most CO2 is found near the top of the ocean, or in seas that are quite shallow.
"About half of the anthropogenic CO2 (i.e. produced by human activity) taken up over the last 200 years can be found in the upper 10% of the ocean," said Professor Sabine.
That means shelled creatures that live in surface waters at higher latitudes may have the most trouble.
At the moment the oceans house a mere third of the CO2 that they could. Again, that is because our seas are "stirred" very slowly. So deep layers of water, which will eventually reach the surface, are far from being saturated.
"On the time scale of several thousand years, it is estimated that about 90% of the anthropogenic CO2 emissions will end up in the ocean," said Professor Sabine.
But the key word here is "thousands" of years. In the shorter term, as the surface waters become more saturated, the ocean may become a less efficient sink for CO2.
Just what that will mean for the Earth's climate, and for the marine ecosystem, is not quite clear yet.
Professor Sabine said: "Future studies of the carbon system in the oceans should be designed to identify and assess these feedback mechanisms [so that we can] determine the ocean's future role as a sink for CO2".
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 Sampling package used to collect water samples for the global carbon dioxide survey |
Renew_H2_Man's Blog
Global Warming--Adaptation Suggestions--- higher dams, stilts. Mitigation is the BEST Solution to Global Warming though.
Let's start this out with California's Climate Change Adaptation Scheme:
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With the World losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
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That means elevating buildings, making taller and stronger dams and seawalls, rerouting water systems, restricting certain developments, changing farming practices and ultimately moving people, plants and animals out of harm's way.
Adapting to rising… Continue
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With the World losing the battle against global warming so far, experts are warning that humans need to follow nature's example: Adapt or die.
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That means elevating buildings, making taller and stronger dams and seawalls, rerouting water systems, restricting certain developments, changing farming practices and ultimately moving people, plants and animals out of harm's way.
Adapting to rising… Continue
Posted on December 3, 2009 at 10:30pm — 1 Comment
An Inconvenient Consequence of Human-Induced Global Warming: Rain, winds, record heat hit Northeast on the same day!!!
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Visitors to Fort Williams Park watch the heavy surf explode onto the rocks, Friday, Dec. 3, 2009, in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. A quick moving storm with winds approaching 50 miles per hour brought record breaking warmth to the region where the temperature reached 68 degrees.
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Posted on December 3, 2009 at 5:00pm —
Global Warming is Eco-Terrorism. Are You Contributing to Global Warming? Is so, then you are an Eco-Terrorist
AMY GOODMAN: What is the burden of the melting glaciers?
JOHN PERKINS: The melting—you know, I was in Tibet a couple of years ago, and I stood there with these nomads and looked at this glacier that had been down at the road a decade or so before, now it’s way back a mile away. And these glaciers up in the Himalayas feed the five largest rivers in the world. They provide water to China and to India. And as these glaciers melt, the water is drying up. The glaciers are melting because of global w… Continue
JOHN PERKINS: The melting—you know, I was in Tibet a couple of years ago, and I stood there with these nomads and looked at this glacier that had been down at the road a decade or so before, now it’s way back a mile away. And these glaciers up in the Himalayas feed the five largest rivers in the world. They provide water to China and to India. And as these glaciers melt, the water is drying up. The glaciers are melting because of global w… Continue
Posted on December 3, 2009 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment
Global Warming Report Finds that Time is Running Out
There's even less time for humanity to try to curb global warming than recently thought, according to a new in-depth scientific assessment by 26 scientists from eight countries. Sea level rise, ocean acidification and the rapid melting of massive ice sheets are among the significantly increased effects of human-induced global warming assessed in the survey, which also examines the emissions of heat-trapping gases that are causing the climate change.
"Many indicators are currently tracking near… Continue
"Many indicators are currently tracking near… Continue
Posted on November 25, 2009 at 2:34am — 1 Comment
COP15---THE FUTURE IS BEING DECIDED NOW!
Posted on November 21, 2009 at 3:03pm —
Solar Power ---Here's What A Solar Expert (Dr. Knies) Has To Say ABout It Now--Desertec Project
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 8:00pm —
Solar Power Ground School--a few terms defined
System Efficiency
Energy conversion efficiency - is an expression of the amount of energy produced in proportion to the amount of energy measured as incident solar radiation. Conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems generating either electricity or hot water are able to achieve 12% to 40% efficiency respectively
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PV
Photovoltaics convert light energy to electricity. When GaAs is exposed to sunlight, a small amount of electricity is released known as the photoelectric effect (emi… Continue
Energy conversion efficiency - is an expression of the amount of energy produced in proportion to the amount of energy measured as incident solar radiation. Conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems generating either electricity or hot water are able to achieve 12% to 40% efficiency respectively
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PV
Photovoltaics convert light energy to electricity. When GaAs is exposed to sunlight, a small amount of electricity is released known as the photoelectric effect (emi… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 6:30pm —
Human-Carrying, Solar-Powered Aircraft Ready For Maiden Flight--The Around-the-World Capable "Solar Impulse" Has Arrived!!!
Aerovironment eat your heart out....
Yesterday (11/19/09), the Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxied down the runway powered by its own engines.
At the controls of the HB-SIA, Solar Impulse test pilot Markus Scherdel cautiously took to the runway under the watchful eyes of the whole team, with computers monitoring the plane’s behaviour online via the embedded telemetric devices.
This inaugural day out on the runway allowed low-speed runway testing with the prototype going through a series of acc… Continue
Yesterday (11/19/09), the Solar Impulse HB-SIA taxied down the runway powered by its own engines.
At the controls of the HB-SIA, Solar Impulse test pilot Markus Scherdel cautiously took to the runway under the watchful eyes of the whole team, with computers monitoring the plane’s behaviour online via the embedded telemetric devices.
This inaugural day out on the runway allowed low-speed runway testing with the prototype going through a series of acc… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 4:30pm —
Satellite Solar Power Station ("SSPS") Revisited---by the Japanese This Time Around
Harvesting solar power from space through orbiting solar farms sounds extremely interesting. Mitsubishi Electric Corp., a manufacturer of solar panels, has decided to join an AUD $25 billion Japanese project to construct a massive solar farm in space within three decades.
Japan has already started working towards achieving its goal by developing a technology for 1-gigawatt solar farm, which would include four square kilometers of solar panels that will be stationed 36,000 kilometers above the e… Continue
Japan has already started working towards achieving its goal by developing a technology for 1-gigawatt solar farm, which would include four square kilometers of solar panels that will be stationed 36,000 kilometers above the e… Continue
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 4:08pm —
Cheap Energy Comes at High “Hidden” Cost
U.S. consumers pay much less for their energy, per kilowatt, than consumers in most industrialized nations. Yet electricity and fuel prices typically fail to reflect the full cost of energy production and consumption, especially in terms of health effects.
The U.S. Congress requested a clarification of "hidden" energy costs as part of its 2005 energy bill. The result, released on Monday, concluded that the external effects of burning fossil fuels cost the United States more than $120 billion in… Continue
The U.S. Congress requested a clarification of "hidden" energy costs as part of its 2005 energy bill. The result, released on Monday, concluded that the external effects of burning fossil fuels cost the United States more than $120 billion in… Continue
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 2:00pm —
Say Goodbye to Greenland-It's Melting Faster Than EVER!
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2009) — Satellite observations and a state-of-the art regional atmospheric model have independently confirmed that the Greenland ice sheet is loosing mass at an accelerating rate, reports a new study in Science.
This mass loss is equally distributed between increased iceberg production, driven by acceleration of Greenland's fast-flowing outlet glaciers, and increased meltwater production at the ice sheet surface. Recent warm summers further accelerated the mass loss to 27… Continue
This mass loss is equally distributed between increased iceberg production, driven by acceleration of Greenland's fast-flowing outlet glaciers, and increased meltwater production at the ice sheet surface. Recent warm summers further accelerated the mass loss to 27… Continue
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 3:45am —
Global Warming Will Yield 12ft Sea Level Rise --New Drill Core Samples Yield Info--12 ft Sea Level Rise is Coming Soon
Inaugural Lectures are very traditional university events, held these days to permit outstanding researchers to present an overview of their work to the wider academic community and public. Last night Prof. Tim Naish delivered a clear and decisive verdict about human-induced climate change: the evidence is unassailable.
Held in the very formal surrounds of the Hunter Building Council Chambers, the room was full to what I would guess its capacity of 400-500 people. His presentation wove together… Continue
Held in the very formal surrounds of the Hunter Building Council Chambers, the room was full to what I would guess its capacity of 400-500 people. His presentation wove together… Continue
Posted on November 7, 2009 at 12:45am — 1 Comment
Last Chance to See...Smell....Touch
Anderson: On this first day of a new century we humbly beg forgiveness and dedicate these last forests of our once beautiful nation to the hope that they will one day return and grace our foul earth. Until that day may God bless these gardens and the brave men who care for them.
Freeman Lowell: It calls back a time when there were flowers all over the Earth... and there were valleys. And there were plains of tall green grass that you could lie down in - you cou… Continue
Posted on November 6, 2009 at 3:00am —
We Live in a Time of Environmental Consequences
Melting Glaciers May Release Trapped Legacy Pollutants
Historical trends of (A) ΣPCDD/F, (B) ΣPCB, and (C) ΣDDT in sediment from Lake Oberaar and from low-altitude lakes in Switzerland, normalized relative to their maximum historical peaks. The “second peak” for Lake Oberaar supports the hypothesis of pollutant release from melting. Credit: ACS, Bogdal et al. Click to enlarge.
Melting glaciers in the Alps may cause severe environmental damage due to the release of pollutants which have… Continue
Historical trends of (A) ΣPCDD/F, (B) ΣPCB, and (C) ΣDDT in sediment from Lake Oberaar and from low-altitude lakes in Switzerland, normalized relative to their maximum historical peaks. The “second peak” for Lake Oberaar supports the hypothesis of pollutant release from melting. Credit: ACS, Bogdal et al. Click to enlarge.
Melting glaciers in the Alps may cause severe environmental damage due to the release of pollutants which have… Continue
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"350 Day"-----50 Ways to Help Your Mother (Earth)
50 Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
1. CUT DOWN YOUR COMMUTE. Prius, Schmius! Choosing an energy-efficient car or converting to alternative fuels like ethanol or biodiesel helps, but you've got to stop driving so much to really make a difference. Check out www.511.org's new Commute Cost and Emissions Calculator and find out just how much your commute is costing your wallet and Mother Earth. Commit to one car-free commute day; 511.org can also help yo… Continue
1. CUT DOWN YOUR COMMUTE. Prius, Schmius! Choosing an energy-efficient car or converting to alternative fuels like ethanol or biodiesel helps, but you've got to stop driving so much to really make a difference. Check out www.511.org's new Commute Cost and Emissions Calculator and find out just how much your commute is costing your wallet and Mother Earth. Commit to one car-free commute day; 511.org can also help yo… Continue
Posted on October 23, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
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I want to share the article with Americans concerned about our energy situation.
I hope you enjoy the article and find it encouraging.
All the best,
Steve Sexton
Thanks
by the way, how did you end up with all the beautiful women as friends? you are the man!
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I see you have solar panels. I have 6 acres of open field in Va and would like to place a few panel structures. I have talked to my local power company and they are not ready to persue any avenue like this at the present.
My wife and I are on the lower end of so called middle class in regard to money. Due to some things I have tried and helped our boys i cannot get a loan to buy a wheel barrow.
Any thoughts?
Best; Tom
We've got a few video clips on our page and will be adding a lot more content, including video, in the near future.
H24ever,
Doug Starfield
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