Eating locally can be more efficient and beneficial to the environment by reducing the transportation factor.
Minneapolis will keep the cost of paper recycling down while by providing animal farming with waste disposal, which makes for a cleaner water supply.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, agriculture, conservation, economics, energy, recycle, waste, water
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Also tagged biogas, kinetic energy reclamation, solar power, waste, water
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Focus on growing soil, not crops.
Substituting coal with biomass as a fuel in the generation of electric power need not require dedicated energy crops to reduce GHG emissions.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, agriculture, biology, chemistry, climate, economics, environment, recycle, waste, water, world
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Also tagged coal, food, petroleum
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Can it be burned safely for heat and power? Can it be recycled? Can it be composted? These are questions to ask before subjecting a specific feedstock to anaerobic digestion.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in biology, conversion, critique, energy, health, recycle, service, waste
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Also tagged alcohol, biofuels, biogas, coal, petroleum, scarcity, waste
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While, with recent announcements about developments within the biotechnology industry, there are more reasons to be optimistic about cellulosic ethanol, most industry observers still remain cautiously optimistic about the prospects for cellulosic ethanol coming to the fore in the near future.
Reduce the power demands of a building and you reduce the amount of coal burned. A further way to really make a difference is to design buildings so that they produce clean energy.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, architecture, climate, disasters, energy, environment, forecast, illumination, monitor, patterns, reading, recycle, standards, thermodynamics, world
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Also tagged coal, conferences, cooling, electric power, forestry, solar power
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18 million residents in the six county Metropolitan Water District of Southern California are in a crunch. 2 of every 3 of these resident could experience the effects of a new, water rationing program.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in agriculture, analysis, climate, conservation, control, disasters, environment, forecast, geography, patterns, policy, recycle, risk, safety, television, thermodynamics, water, world
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Also tagged agriculture, climate, conservation, disasters, environment, food, patterns, safety, urban, water, world
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Stephen Schneider warns of an intensified hydrologic cycle. “Where the atmosphere is configured to have high pressure and droughts, global warming will mean long, dry periods. Where the atmosphere is configured to be wet, you will get more rain, more gully washers.”
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Posted in climate, conservation, development, disasters, energy, environment, forecast, policy, risk, safety, security, war, water, world
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Also tagged agriculture, coal, conservation, development, energy, environment, EU, nuclear power, research, safety, security, service, solar power, urban, war, wind power, world
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Even when the ethanol comes from such feedlot operations, the grams of CO2 equivlent per mega joule of energy for this form of ethanol from corn still is much lower than for cellulosic ethanol.
By jcwinnie
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Posted in advocacy, agriculture, critique, economics, energy, environment, recycle, transportation, waste
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Also tagged advocacy, agriculture, alcohol, biofuels, biogas, economics, energy, environment, food, forecast, transportation, waste
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