You can tell how serious climate change is by looking at he actions of groups that do not have the luxury of ignoring the gravity of the situation. The United States Department of Defense makes its position clear in a policy statement published in 2014. The document begins: Among the future trends that will impact... Continue Reading →
“The oil industry is slowly being cornered, like the tobacco industry before it. Just as they once promised to go “Smoke Free,” towns across the country are now pledging to go “Fossil Free,” banning new fossil-fuel projects and committing to 100 percent renewable energy for all. New York City is suing the five biggest oil... Continue Reading →
bill mcKibben’s latest in rolling stone…
Energy | COGENERATION RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #50 3.97 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $279.3 BILLION NET COST $567 BILLION NET SAVINGS U.S. coal-fired or nuclear power plants are about 34 percent efficient in terms of producing electricity, which means two-thirds of the energy goes up the flue and heats the sky. All told,... Continue Reading →
energy cogeneration…
energy nuclear…
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #20 16.09 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $.88 BILLION NET COST $1.7 TRILLION NET SAVINGS In effect, nuclear power plants boil water. Nuclear fission splits atomic nuclei and releases the energy that binds the protons and neutrons together. The energy released by radioactivity is used to heat water, which in turn is... Continue Reading →
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #25 7.5 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $402.3 BILLION NET COST $519,4 TRILLION NET SAVINGS How does the world get from one powered by fossil fuels to one that runs entirely on energy from the wind, sun, earth’s heat, and water’s movement? Part of the answer is biomass energy generation. It is... Continue Reading →
energy biomass…
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #25 10.9 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $1.32 BILLION NET COST $413.9 TRILLION NET SAVINGS So far, concentrated solar power (CSP) “has been a tale of two countries, Spain vs. the U.S.” That is how the International Energy Agency sums up the beginning of the story of CSP, also know as solar... Continue Reading →
concentrated solar…
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #29 9.2 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $411.8 BILLION NET COST -$1 TRILLION NET SAVINGS The oceans are in constant motion, rippling, swirling, swelling, retreating. As wind blows across the surface, waves are formed. As the gravitational forces of earth, moon, and sun interact, tides are created. These are among the most... Continue Reading →
wave and tidal…
RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 #10 24.6 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $453.1 BILLION NET COST $3.46 TRILLION NET SAVINGS The year was 1884, when the first solar array appeared on the rooftop in New York City. Experimentalist Charles Fritts installed it after discovering that a thin layer of selenium on a metal plate could... Continue Reading →
rootop solar…
Alexander von Humboldt
Human-induced climate change was first identified in 1800 and again in 1831 by the same scientist, Alexander von Humboldt. Though little known and studied today, Alexander von Humboldt (b. September 14, 1769) was a legend in his lifetime, and remains one of the most important scientists in history. More places and species are named after... Continue Reading →
Daisaku Ikeda’s – 2018 peace proposal excerpt on climate change…
Local governments unite for climate action The third and final thematic area I would like to address is how to catalyze momentum toward meeting the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to such global challenges as poverty, hunger, education and climate change. Among these, there has been important progress in establishing structures for international cooperation to combat... Continue Reading →
Many view climate change as the most pressing issue of our time. But how, specifically, is it going to affect us and our planet? Is there still time to make a difference? And what does it mean to believe "both sides" of climate change science? CBC's Bob McDonald weighs-in. »»» Subscribe to The National to... Continue Reading →
empowerment & inner transformation... 