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Energy | METHANE DIGESTERS RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 (LARGE) #30 8.4 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $201.4 BILLION NET COST $148.8 BILLION NET SAVINGS RANKING AND RESULTS BY 2050 (SMALL) #64 1.9 GIGATONS REDUCED CO2 $15.5 BILLION NET COST $13.9 BILLION NET SAVINGS The same year Thomas Jefferson penned the U.S. Declaration of Independence, Italian physicist... Continue Reading →
methane digesters…
two book reviews — Unprecedented Crime
“Criminal justice can contribute to addressing the climate crisis. A significant share of greenhouse gas emissions is associated with conduct amounting to violations of existing criminal law. Targeting climate change by enforcing criminal law can be extremely efficient. It can be done on the basis of existing laws, through existing institutions and with minimal additional... Continue Reading →
visual sense of perspective…
Our visual sense of perspective makes an object that is far from us appear smaller than it would appear if it were close. An automobile bearing down on me is very real and needs my attention, where as one that is two miles away does not. Nevertheless, the intensity of our perception of something is... Continue Reading →
serious troubles ahead…
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 →
