Ethanol ethics, quite frankly, I never saw the point of ethanol. It does, however, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 20 percent. It also reduces gas mileage, by as much as 33 percent (E10), and it also costs as much as .74 btu of fossil fuel for every 1 btu of energy, so that is only a 26 percent gain in energy produced, and that energy is fossil fuel based, so that means more greenhouse gases to produce it. Another factor to consider is that for every increase in ethanol mixtures for our gasoline, there also comes a reduction in miles per gallon, thus, more cost to us as consumers. It also is a conflict of interests, and serious conflicts for that matter. The battle for food resources comes into play, as more resources are being used to produce ethanol for energy, less can be used for human and animal food production. That conflict alone must bring ethics into the management of ethanol policies for the U.S. and what impact our policies have on the worlds food supply. Continue reading “Ethanol Ethics” »

Originally posted 2010-04-10 16:24:03. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The 2010 Climate Bill appears to be dead according to a dozen of our senators out of 16 surveyed. With the economy still a mess and jobs scarce, lawmakers see little chance of passing legislation which might hinder economic recovery and growth. The amount of people whom believe climate change and global warming are a hoax has more than doubled, and those whom do believe that global warming is real and caused by humans is at 10 percent. So now they are talking about expanding offshore drilling, building more nuclear power plants and requiring a portion of the U.S. electric supply to be generated by renewable sources.

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Originally posted 2010-04-10 15:48:10. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Not In My Back Yard Courtesy of Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY): “NIMBY or Nimby is an acronym for not in my back yard. The term (or the derivative Nimbyism) is used pejoratively to describe opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development close to them. Opposing residents themselves are sometimes called Nimbies. The new project being opposed is generally considered a benefit for many but has negative side-effects on many local residents who want it to be located elsewhere. The term was coined in the 1980s by British politician Nicholas Ridley, who was Conservative Secretary of State for the Environment. Continue reading “Not In My Back Yard” »

A Sense of Urgency is Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, According to New UNEP Report.

According to an article from the UNEP dated February 23, 2010 “Countries will have to be far more ambitious in cutting greenhouse gas emissions if the world is to effectively curb the rise in global temperature by 2°C or less. This is the conclusion of a new greenhouse gas modeling study based on the estimates of researchers at nine leading centers, compiled by the UN environment program (UNEP).” Continue reading “A Sense of Urgency is Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time” »

Climate change hoax – global warming myth are just that, a hoax or myth according to many these days. It is in their best interest to be in denial of such a preposterous conspiracy theory that the planet is warming, especially by mans doing. These individuals are more then likely from the same gene pool that thought is was a good idea to dump toxic waste into our drinking water supplies and oceans. Does anyone here remember the love canal, or the super fund, which by the way we are still paying for and still cleaning up for many of our past mistakes. CO2 is also toxic, remember those whom did themselves in with their exhaust pipe emissions plugged into a sealed car? It is also toxic to the planet in high amounts, but no need to worry because we won’t have to worry about it in our lifetimes. Proceeding forward with the same disregard and lack of responsibility to protect our planet from detrimental toxic substances is a recipe for disaster. It reminds me of an old article I saw about the Bush Administration,
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