This speaks for itself.
Clean Energy Funding Trumps Fossil Fuels - Green Inc. Blog
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Showing posts with label green. Show all posts
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05 February 2009
Get Your Inner and Auto Motor Started....
...with the same delicious fuel. This is awesome news--but what of us French press coffee drinkers? I think that brewing method leaches out more of the natural oils from the beans (which explains a large part of the improved flavor). Can this process only be used for large scale percolator and drip style brewing remains?
Fuel from coffee grounds | Oil in your coffee | The Economist
Fuel from coffee grounds | Oil in your coffee | The Economist
12 May 2008
An Uncertain Future
Green.view | Double or nothing | Economist.com
A matter of deep personal interest. As usual, The Economist does a nice job laying out the uncertainty, weaknesses, and contradictions within the system.
A matter of deep personal interest. As usual, The Economist does a nice job laying out the uncertainty, weaknesses, and contradictions within the system.
07 May 2008
11 March 2008
Ouch!
Great post which hits a little too close to home for comfort at times:
A CLIMATOLOGIST WALKS INTO A BAR... | More Intelligent Life: "There are half-a-dozen reasons why this could be the case. The first is, climate change is too serious for humour. But “Man Walks into a Bar” has jokes about death, lepers and suicide. The second is, climate change is simply too boring. But there are jokes about accountancy. The third is, climate change is too preachy and earnest. That probably comes closest. The comedian Marcus Brigstocke travelled on a boat to the Arctic, with the novelist Vikram Seth and others, to see for himself what was happening (Intelligent Life, Autumn 2007). In an article in the Sunday Times, Brigstocke admitted: “The environment is frankly dull, boring and worthy—not always a great source of comedy.”"
A CLIMATOLOGIST WALKS INTO A BAR... | More Intelligent Life: "There are half-a-dozen reasons why this could be the case. The first is, climate change is too serious for humour. But “Man Walks into a Bar” has jokes about death, lepers and suicide. The second is, climate change is simply too boring. But there are jokes about accountancy. The third is, climate change is too preachy and earnest. That probably comes closest. The comedian Marcus Brigstocke travelled on a boat to the Arctic, with the novelist Vikram Seth and others, to see for himself what was happening (Intelligent Life, Autumn 2007). In an article in the Sunday Times, Brigstocke admitted: “The environment is frankly dull, boring and worthy—not always a great source of comedy.”"
26 February 2008
Brasil
Brazil’s Energy Windfall - Council on Foreign Relations
Will Brasil's newfound discoveries of significant traditional resource wealth hamper its efforts as a leader in the alternative energy and conservation space?
Will Brasil's newfound discoveries of significant traditional resource wealth hamper its efforts as a leader in the alternative energy and conservation space?
23 January 2007
Carbon II
To elaborate on my brief commentary yesterday, dialogue has been positively exploding on the carbon and emissions trading front. The Economist today summarized US domestic discussion as California and several states comprising a significant portion of the Northeast megalopolis have announced plans to develop carbon trading environments. This state-led development helps explain the recent news that several significant heavy industrial corporations have banded together behind a banner calling for a national system. If change is coming, companies seek the most cost effective means of adapting, and complying with patchwork regulations across different states most certainly is not the most effective means of doing so. Similarly, Kyoto has its limits, as the Green.View column discusses—after 2012, the future is unknown. Part of America’s complaints about the treaty were certainly legitimate.
Economist Green.View
Economist Green.View
22 January 2007
Carbon
An Inconvenient Truth: Carbon Calculator
I rack up under 4 tons a year (around 3.8), but I think I can reduce that further. What's your number?
I've watched over the past several months with tremendous excitement as terms like "carbon offset" have percolated into certain segments of everyday conversation. In the UK, the food markets are voluntarily beginning to add additional label information next to nutrition facts regarding the carbon impact of the food we eat. Businesses are cropping up where conscientious citizens can purchase offsets to neutralize their individual carbon impact by pushing money towards green energy operations and other services. Even without Kyoto, progress is moving forward. The UK, California, and a few select other areas are leading the way, but even China is beginning to assess methods for improving its green quotient in time for the Olympics. Granted, this is all largely sunny optimism without much substance unless wide majorities jump on board these initiatives. Otherwise, carbon offsets will have minimal impact. But still.... systems are maturing, and citizens conscious of their global footprint find an increasing field of methods with which to minimize it.
Now if we can just figure out a way to make jet travel more green.....
I rack up under 4 tons a year (around 3.8), but I think I can reduce that further. What's your number?
I've watched over the past several months with tremendous excitement as terms like "carbon offset" have percolated into certain segments of everyday conversation. In the UK, the food markets are voluntarily beginning to add additional label information next to nutrition facts regarding the carbon impact of the food we eat. Businesses are cropping up where conscientious citizens can purchase offsets to neutralize their individual carbon impact by pushing money towards green energy operations and other services. Even without Kyoto, progress is moving forward. The UK, California, and a few select other areas are leading the way, but even China is beginning to assess methods for improving its green quotient in time for the Olympics. Granted, this is all largely sunny optimism without much substance unless wide majorities jump on board these initiatives. Otherwise, carbon offsets will have minimal impact. But still.... systems are maturing, and citizens conscious of their global footprint find an increasing field of methods with which to minimize it.
Now if we can just figure out a way to make jet travel more green.....
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