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You see it time and time again. Stories about climate change are always overwhelmed by deniers about ten to one. If nothing else, they are organized. One is tempted to tell them, "Fine. Keep on polluting and using fossil fuels and don't worry. We can't do anything about it any way. PS, I hope you don't own sea shore property that disappears because of climate change. Yes, it's all Al Gore's fault because he is becoming a billionaire on his movie, An Inconvenient Truth...
The journal Nature, in it's recent issue, tells us that air pollution from Asia is showing up over the western states in the skies over California, Oregon and Washington. It comes as no surprise and it has likely been going on for a long time...
Today's Article from the New York Times, written by Matthew L Wald, makes the statement that wind energy can replace coal and natural gas for 20 to 30 percent of our electric power needs in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024. He throws in the caveat, however, that it will be expensive. He says we will have to build a new power grid. Guess what, Mr. Wald, we need to rebuild the decrepit old power grid anyway, regardless of what fuel we use. Yes, we will have to battle tooth and nail the deniers and NIMBYs every step of the way, but it has to be done. Mr. Wald, you are no Thomas Friedman...
The tiny town of Coldwater Kansas once again proves that Kansas is in the forefront of the state of denial. From passing laws prohibiting the installation of wind turbines in the Flint Hills to forcing schools to teach Creationism, Kansas carries the banner for denial of anything that has happened since the dark ages. The tiny Western Star newspaper, "The Official Newspaper of Coldwater, Kansas," has written an open letter in a two page spread to Al Gore. Why they think he would read it is a mystery...
Back in October of 2009 I wrote a blog on so-called "Clean Coal". In the February issue of Popular Mechanics Editor in Chief James B. Meigs wrote an excellent two page article on the same subject, titled The Myth of Clean Coal. It was an excellent article and covered the case against Clean Coal in a clear and straightforward way.
The e-Book version is the same as the paperback version except the illustrations are in color in the e-book. Use as an immediately accessible electronic form of the handbook once you have purchased it. Chapters may also be downloaded separately as a handy reference, especially the energy and money saving tips in Chapter 20.
