China Shoots Past the US

Wednesday, 21 July 2010 23:47 Last Updated on Thursday, 22 July 2010 19:58 Written by Phillip Greene

The AP reported today that China surpassed the United States, the previous winner of the biggest energy hog award. But don't worry folks. We still beat them on a per capita basis. This surge in consumption on China's part makes them the biggest source of climate changing greenhouse gases. They are way ahead of us in the development of solar and wind and are said to be closing older coal fired power generating plants. They are a bit touchy about the honor and claim that developing nations deserve to industrialize.

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Tuesday, 20 July 2010 03:11

The horrendously expensive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is our wake up call. It will likely change how we obtain oil, where it comes from and what it costs. We know that at some future time it will cost more than it does to get it out of the ground. At that point we must be well on our way to replacing it as the cheap alternative. Oil will not totally go away, as there are many applications that really can't easily replace it, such as flying. We can make airplanes much more efficient, however. There are many promising ways to make fuel like gasoline and many alternatives to the internal combustion engine.

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Thursday, 15 July 2010 19:58

The big oil, coal and gas lobbies have set up a website to spread climate change manure. The site, CO2 is Green.org, is devoted to convincing the American public that the more CO2 the fossil fuel polluters spew out the better it will be for humankind. It's all aimed at preventing cap and trade legislation. They claim that CO2 is not a greenhouse gas and isn't bad for people or plants. This is a half truth...

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