When energy is conserved, CO2 is reduced. By recycling aluminum 95% of the energy needed to produce aluminum is saved. By recycling plastics 70% of the energy is saved and by recycling paper 40% of the energy is saved. CO2 is also a waste product. By recycling CO2 up to 76% of the energy can be saved.
The biggest cost was at the "back-end" of the collector, primarily the technology used to release the CO2 from the sorbent. He said for that reason, on a cost-basis, the "synthetic tree" could not compete with modern coal-fired power plants that are designed to release fewer carbon emissions than their older predecessors. But he said when compared to the cost of retro-fitting an existing coal plant, the "synthetic tree" becomes more viable.
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At one point George H.W. Bush said, “The American Way of life is not negotiable.” Mother Nature responded, “George who?”
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Have you ever gotten a feeling that you were on a date with
the wrong person? Kind of a queasy gut
feeling? Have you found yourself
traveling down the wrong road and the further you traveled the more uneasy your
feelings? Have you lied to yourself or
someone only to find out you created a bigger problem?
Democratic leaders in the House have scheduled a Friday vote on a
climate change bill that would establish a complex cap-and-trade system
to limit the nation's greenhouse gas emissions, a priority for
President Obama.
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“We must alert and organize the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Over-consumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.”
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake's fish. The court said that the federal government acted legally in declaring the waste left after metals are extracted from the ore as "fill material"
Nothing -- literally -- goes to waste. The "mud" left
over from the bio-digesting process can be used as fertilizer for crops
and the remaining water, now cleaned of noxious elements, is emptied
back into neighboring rivers.
We found a piece of a plastic packing band and a fragment of a disposable grocery bag along with other small particles. It is important to note that these plastic pieces were found and recovered from depths deeper than the Manta Trawl could collect. It will be interesting to see what the bongo trawls will reveal.
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“Over 100,000 birds and marine life die each year, due to an encounter with plastic debris, much of it plastic bags. In Australia, alone, 80 million plastic bags litter beaches and public spaces."
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“Overpopulation will be the major factor in the destruction of Utah, the second driest state with the fastest growth rate with the highest birthrate.” Spokesman Bernard DeVoto said, "The future of the West hinges on whether it can defend itself against itself." Same goes for Arizona, California, Colorado and Nevada!
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Let me repeat Clugston’s words, “…not sustainable.” California cannot sustain its own addition of 1,700 people and 400 vehicles added to that state—daily! It cannot sustain its projected added 20 million people. It does not possess enough water today! The USA cannot continue adding 3.1 million annually, net gain, on its way to adding 100 million in 26 years.
Theft is still theft, even by Government.
If Man is affecting the environment in a negative way, isn't there something we can/should do to protect it for future generations? The answer is "yes"...and it doesn't cost any taxpayer money! Read on!
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“We must alert and organize the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Over-consumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.” Jacques-Yves Cousteau
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As social observers, we read and watch on TV the constant symptoms of our tragedy expressed daily in a variety of ways across the American landscape. Water shortages face California, but that state adds 1,700 people daily on its way to adding 20 million people in 30 years!
I have repeated myself over and over again. The global elite simply love global warming because it gives them the justification to regulate every single aspect of our lives.
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman has challenged critics of the government's intentions to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, and he has even specifically endorsed the pending Waxman-Markey bill which includes a "cap-and-trade" program. According to Krugman, the costs of such legislation are no big deal, and in exchange we avert catastrophe. So why all the criticism?
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As social observers, we read and watch on TV the constant symptoms of our tragedy expressed daily in a variety of ways across the American landscape. Water shortages face California, but that state adds 1,700 people daily on its way to adding 20 million people in 30 years!
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You may debate the morality or immorality of 46 million abortions, but if you live in America, you may not possess a clue as to the circumstances of their choices.
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Yes, we create a few laws to mitigate water, land and air pollution, but we continue injecting 72,000 chemicals into our environment 24/7. We exhaust billions of tons of petroleum products, coal burning particulate and worse.
[he's right, but you know there will be fun with this] The Nobel prize-winning physicist appointed by President Obama as US Energy Secretary wants to change the color of roofs, roads and pavements so they reflect more of the Sun’s light and heat
GIVE up lamb roasts and save the planet. [taxpayer funded] Government advisers are developing menus to combat climate change by cutting out “high carbon” food such as meat from sheep, whose burping poses a serious threat to the environment.
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I have said that humans are God’s highest expression and worst mistake. If you look around at the mess we’ve created in this world in the last 100 years, I don’t see how you could argue.
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The United States gallops headlong into its greatest crisis early in the 21st century. At current growth rates, America expects to add 100 million people by 2035—a mere 26 years from now.
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But they never connect them to the cause: overpopulation in the United States. Any mention of hyper-population growth appears to be a sacred cow. It cannot be discussed by the media—as if thwarted by some unknown force.
The Lilypad, by Vincent Callebaut, is a concept for a completely self-sufficient floating city intended to provide shelter for future climate change refugees.
Sober second thought is now setting in of the cap and trade scheme. I have no doubt what has been proposed will be unrecognizable by the time it reaches signature. So much simply cannot stand. There is nothing more fraught with danger to the p
