You must watch this! Did you have a sense of deja vu listening to Obama in his Oval Office speech talk about the imperative need to become independent of fossil fuels? Did you feel, “Ho hum, what’s new?” Jon Stewart refreshes our memory, as only he can do, with stiletto clips and painful humor. When [...]
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Jon Stewart Hits the Nail on the Head!
June 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Alternative Energy, Carbon Tax, Energy independence, Obama, Solar, Video, environment
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Denmark Does It Differently — Transportation First
February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Alternative Energy, CO2, Climate, Transportation
The article below will educate you about how different is the United States from some other countries when it comes to responding to climate change and the looming fossil-fuel crisis. I’d known that Denmark was bicycle friendly, but I had no idea of the extent to which it is promoting public transportation and discouraging automobile [...]
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Windmills in Europe Not Reducing Climate Emissions
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Alternative Energy, Carbon Trading, Climate, Solar
Der Spiegel has a fascinating article on windmills and carbon trading. It argues that although renewable energy in Germany has been an amazing success story, it hasn’t reduced carbon emissions — because the windmills get carbon-saving certificates that are then sold to others to allow them to emit an equal amount (cap and trade). The [...]
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