Tag: climate change
member name: Steve B.
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December 25, 2008 05:54 PM EST --
Some time ago, I wrote that climate skeptics should throw in the towel when Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch abandoned the skeptics' camp.
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?memberId=84960&articleId=281474977097716&nav=MyGather . . .
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October 07, 2007 08:28 PM EDT --
Regardless of your feelings about Wal-Mart as a corporation, it is no small matter when the corporate giant begins installing energy saving solar systems on its supercenters. This past week, Wal-Mart and . . .
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September 14, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
An "arguement" that global warming contrarians often make is that in the 1970s, scientists were predicting that we were headed into an ice age, so why should anyone pay attention to climate science . . .
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December 04, 2007 05:41 PM EST --
Sierra Club is reporting that Pelosi will introduce the energy bill in the House this week, including CAFE standards of 35 mpg by 2020. In releasing her press statement, Pelosi said, "This comprehensive . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:50 PM EST --
A billion gallon coal sludge spill in Tennessee again raises the question, is there really any such thing as clean coal?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/26/tennessee.sludge/index.html?section=cnn_latest . . .
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September 26, 2007 06:44 PM EDT --
I continue to be surprised by the solar energy activity in Canada. Listening to some skeptics, you would think that solar energy won't work outside southern or southwestern U.S. In a previous article, . . .
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October 16, 2007 05:10 PM EDT --
Nuclear proponents often proclaim that nuclear energy is safe, and that worries about its safety are irrational and emotionally laden. When challenged, they will quickly assert that nuclear energy has . . .
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October 31, 2007 06:48 PM EDT --
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District is nearing completion of a solar-hydrogen fueling station that will fuel 14 hydrogen, fuel-cell cars. The demonstration project will be completed at the end of . . .
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November 11, 2007 09:44 PM EST --
The Rocky Mountain Institute and the U.S. Green Building Council have teamed up to produce a program (approx. 30 minutes), which features the economic sense of building green. In this program, several . . .
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September 27, 2007 07:47 PM EDT --
Skeptics about renewable energy will frequently say things like, "Solar and wind will never be anything but a minor contributor to the entire energy needs of our country." If that is the case, . . .
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October 01, 2007 01:36 PM EDT --
Critics of hydrogen will often write that hydrogen is not an energy source, but an energy carrier. This is true, but deceptive. The issue has to do with efficiency, which I addressed here:
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977120951 . . .
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October 04, 2007 12:20 PM EDT --
Nuclear energy is prohibitively expensive
In Part One, I gave ten reasons "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming".
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . .
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October 18, 2007 12:55 PM EDT --
JUST SAY NO - DETAILS BELOW
I have been writing a series of articles on "Why Nuclear Energy Is Not the Solution to Global Warming."
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977118748 . . .
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October 23, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
The Nanosolar Corporation, initiated in 2002 by Martin Roscheisen and Brian Sager, had the goal of mass manufacturing medium-efficient solar cells at one-tenth of the cost of traditional, silicon-wafer . . .
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November 15, 2007 04:26 PM EST --
In recent days, you may have read that the congressional democratic leadership has backed away from renewable energy by dropping from the current energy bill the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) and . . .
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September 24, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
This week, the senate has finally passed an energy bill, which includes tax credits for renewable energy. The bill has an eight year investment tax credit, and it extends the production tax credit for . . .
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April 02, 2009 11:57 AM EDT --
First Solar reported in February that the clean energy company reached the holy grail of renewables: $1/Watt, or equivalency/parity with coal. That is, First Solar now is able to produce solar energy . . .
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December 08, 2007 11:41 PM EST --
The House of Representatives passed the energy bill this week, which would require automakers to achieve a fleet average of 35 mpg by 2020. The bill also included a renewable portfolio standard, which . . .
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December 17, 2007 07:22 PM EST --
Last week, the senate fell one vote short of passing an energy bill with moderate support for renewable energy. The main reason for this was simple. Funds dedicated to tax incentives for renewable . . .
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December 20, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
During the campaign for the 2008 elections, many issues are tossed around, surveys and polls taken about how candidates and voters think about the issues, issues ranked according to importance, and otherwise . . .
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