“To head off the worst effects of climate change, we need to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to no more than 350 parts per million.” (On the right hand side of my weblog, the meter reads 394.49.) For the sake of future life on our planet, “the United States can’t delay any longer.”
By jcwinnie
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Posted in atmosphere, climate, communication, consequence, disasters, energy, forecast, human rights, survival, world
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Also tagged Climate change, disasters, policy
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annual emissions from a typical coal plant include 10,000 tons of sulfur dioxide, the major cause of acid rain; 10,200 tons of nitrogen oxide, a major contributor to smog; 500 tons of small particles, which cause lung damage and other respiratory problems; 225 pounds of arsenic; 114 pounds of lead; and many other toxic heavy metals, including 170 pounds of mercury, which can cause birth defects, brain damage and other ailments.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in climate, disasters, economics, energy, health, journalism, law, politics, reading, safety
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Also tagged climate, coal, disasters, policy, politics, safety, toxin
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Bend over and kiss your SUV, goodbye, America
By jcwinnie
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Posted in addiction, advocacy, cinema, climate, disasters, economics, energy, environment, individuals, leadership, literature, monitor, policy, politics, reading, thermodynamics, war, world
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Also tagged addiciton, advocacy, cinema, climate, coal, disasters, economics, energy, environment, geothermal power, individuals, leadership, literature, monitor, NASA, petroleum, policy, politics, renewable energy, scarcity, solar power, thermodynamics, war, world
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Steve Heckeroth is “preaching to the choir”, yet his sun to wheels paradigm makes sense. Flex-fuel, plug-in hybrids are a transition to transportation with even less emissions.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, design, development, energy, environment, history, manufacturing, patterns, policy, politics, reading, transportation
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Also tagged advocacy, design, development, electric power, energy, environment, history, manufacturing, patterns, policy, politics, renewable energy, solar power, transportation, wind power
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Just another blog ranting about Bodman appointing a pusher to develop programs to cure our oil dependency. Nothing to see here! Move along.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in abuse, advocacy, climate, commerce, conservation, critique, disasters, energy, environment, forecast, literature, movement, patterns, reading, world
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Also tagged abuse, advocacy, climate, coal, commerce, conservation, critique, disasters, energy, environment, forecast, literature, movement, patterns, world
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Some offshore wind turbine projects in Europe with integration into EU infrastructures exemplifies how utility companies can combine energy storage with renewable energy technology.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in analysis, energy, environment, reading, waste
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Also tagged analysis, energy, energy storage, environment, nuclear power, traction battery, waste
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Two funny Buddhist stories: The first one is from Joel Makower, a writer for World Changing, “The Dalai Lama and the Rivers of Tibet”. As I mentioned, my wife, Randy, is curating a show in which more than 75 artists from around the world are creating artworks that depict the Dalai Lama, his values, and [...]
Commercially supported subscription service for security functions at the interconnection level.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in collaboration, connection, control, disasters, economics, energy, humor, information, knowledge, mapping, monitor, patterns, reading, security
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Also tagged collaboration, connection, control, disasters, economics, electric power, energy, expert systems, humor, information, knowledge, mapping, metadata, monitor, patterns, security
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Does his perception about war profiteering seem familiar?
Everyone demonstrates these attitudes. It is the quantity of such traits and how strongly they are ingrained that represents a criminal personality.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in analysis, crime, culture, emotion, family, groups, human rights, individuals, reading, thinking
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Also tagged analysis, crime, criminology, culture, emotion, expert systems, family, groups, human rights, individuals, psychology, super capacitors, thinking
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