It is… because I care…
FYI, I’m a Vegetarian…
EVER since ‘An Inconvenient Truth,’ Al Gore has been the darling of environmentalists, but that movie hardly endeared him to the animal rights folks. According to them, the most inconvenient truth of all is that raising animals for meat contributes more to global warming than all the sport utility vehicles combined.
Read the Full NY Times Article at: Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate Change
LiveScience.com – Global warming will make severe thunderstorms and tornadoes a more common feature of U.S. weather, NASA scientists said today.
Global Warming to Fuel More Severe Tornadoes and Thunderstorms (LiveScience.com)
AFP – Global warming may carry a higher risk of flooding than previously thought, according to a study released on Wednesday by the British science journal Nature.
Flooding risk from global warming badly under-estimated: study (AFP)
AFP – Burning fossil fuels could postpone the next ice age by up to half a million years, researchers at a British university said Wednesday.
Humans have already burned about 300 gigatonnes of carbon of fossil fuels. If 1000 Gt C are burnt then it is likely the next ice age will be skipped. Burning all possible fossil fuels (about 4,000 Gt C) could lead to avoidance of the next five, the study said.
Another case of American Government thinking they are better than the rest of the world for absolutely no reason other than to promote the crappy industries that destroy our environment and make politicians rich.
AP – The United States and Europe are working together to tackle global warming, the chief U.S. climate negotiator said Wednesday, deflecting growing criticism within the EU and the developing world over Washington’s perceived go-it-alone stance.
AP – Ireland’s average temperature has been rising at twice the global rate since the early 1980s and parts of the country are becoming wetter and more prone to flooding due to climate change, a government-funded report said Wednesday.
We?ve written plenty about the growing biofuel market and the rising concern over the sustainability of corn or wheat ethanol and soy biodiesel production. Here?s an A to Z of alternative materials and innovative processes that can turn that biomass into fuel. From milk-based ethanol, to termite intestines that help make biofuels, check out these 26 sources.
Apples: Fructose, the sugar found in apples and other fruit, can be converted into a fuel contains more energy than ethanol, say scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The fuel is called dimethylfuran or DMF, and it supposedly has a 40 percent greater energy density than ethanol.
Beer: Researchers at The University of Abertay Dundee?s School of Contemporary Sciences are investigating ways to turn waste residues from beer and whiskey making processes into biofuels. Meanwhile, the New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado, teamed up with Solix Biofuels to make use of the waste CO2 from the booze.
Continue reading more at: An A to Z of the Biofuel Economy
This video brings out all sorts of emotions, from so sad, to soo funny, too whaa???
