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Could this be what's really responsible for climate change?  (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/canfield/ssu_images/sunspots.gif)78

Confessions of an eco-sceptic: how I came to believe in natural causes of global warming

I've rethought my beliefs on global warming and become one of the global warming skeptics. Global warming is not man made, and carbon trade causes more problems than it solves.

30 comments    environment global warming
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Ways to Stop Global Warming

Global warming is the recent increase in the average air and ocean temperature of the Earth as well as its expected continuation. What is so controversial about it is the actual potential for danger and its causes. Even if the emission levels stabilize, temperatures may continue rising for another thousand years or more. Many countries have been working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent global warming; some have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol for this purpose. However, others

82 comments    energy environment earth
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Hanging your clothes out to dry vs using your dryer.

Well folks, for us here in good ol' Virginie spring has sprung and what a glorious thing it is. As a child, and still as an adult, for me the advent of spring heralds the time for hanging my clothes outside...

1 comment    home clothes laundry
The National Weather Service recorded 3,239 deaths and 9,818 injuries due to lightning strikes between 1959 and 1994. Only flash floods have caused more weather related deaths during the same time period. But your chances of getting struck by lightni69

Is Lightning An Energy Answer?

By Don White This morning I noted last night’s storm had dumped a couple inches of water into my pool, filling it up. We live in Orlando and that was a violent storm, with lightning striking nearby and...

0 comments    energy savings communism
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Global Warming--The Current Status of the Debate, Post IPCC Report

There is implicit good news in the mostly bad news in the latest big global warming report: From now on, politicians will find it harder to do little or nothing to fight this problem. The release of the...

4 comments    global warming greenhouse gases
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Climate change! How about a four day week ?

Utah this summer will officially be the first State to introduce a mandatory four-day work for state employees, joining other local governments across the nation are cutting schedules to save energy and...

5 comments    energy environment united states
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Ten Easy Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Emissions.

If you want to help the planet fight against climate change, the battle starts with you and your own home. In this article, I, Sibaire, am going to show you ten easy ways to reduce carbon emissions, all of...

13 comments    home energy power
Carbon Folly by Donn Dears will make you think about the challenges faced by Cap and Trade. 66

What is Carbon Folly?

Carbon Folly by Donn Dears will make you think about the challenges faced by Cap and Trade. I am going to come out of the "I don't believe in Global Warming Closet" and let the world know that I don’t buy...

3 comments    united states global warming
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Transition Towns, Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Where Do We Go From Here?

I guess we've all begun to notice that the times, they are a-changing. First of all there was Al Gore batting on about Climate Change, and how our carbon emissions are affecting the planet and it's...

34 comments    japan skills scotland
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Climate Change~Gas will probable replace Brown Coal generation

coal fired power station Despite a lot of 'hoo-hah' from various quarters to tackle climate change brown coal fire power stations will need to be replaced. They will need to be replaced in order to tackle the...

0 comments    technology politics hubchallenge
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