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Global Warming: Fact or Folly?

There are basically three ideas people have about our climate. One group believes that whatever changes that occur are all a part of a cycle as old as nature itself. They really can't see what all the fuss is...

42 comments    science environment barack obama
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GLOBAL WARMING UPDATE 12-01-09

Spinning Science is Counterproductive As the scientists denigrate critics in the e-mails, they seem oblivious to one of the greatest dangers in the climate-change debate: smug groupthink. These researchers,...

151 comments    california global warming
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The Prius Bad for the Environment?

There's a serious debate as to whether the Prius is good or bad for the environment. How can this be; shouldn't it be obvious one way or the other? Read to see the complex issues on both sides.

68 comments    technology automotive car
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Kinds of Renewable Energy and Its Benefits

Now that oil prices are getting more and more expensive different countries are focusing on Renewable energy as an alternative energy source. Many countries now are depending on non-renewable energy source...

9 comments    education energy solar energy
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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...

35 comments    japan skills scotland
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What's the Real Cost of Fossil Fuels?

Fossil fuel market prices don’t reflect the externality, or social cost, of pollutants, including carbon dioxide that causes global warming. Since the catastrophic effects of climate change will occur decades in the future, it is easier to measure the cost of preventing them than the the damage that will occur if we don’t. Internalizing the prevention cost by adding it to fossil fuel market prices makes these prices more closely reflect the real cost of fossil fuels.

4 comments    global warming taxes al gore
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Save Fuel - save money

                    Save Fuel – Save Money As the title suggests I am trying to convince, all you people to save fossil fuels. Can you Imagine world without petrol and diesel? As...

7 comments    car cars fuel
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Global Warming - Prevention and Cure

One of the major environmental issues haunting people is global warming. We need to stress what individuals can do to contribute to the prevention of global warming. The gradual increase in the temperature of...

4 comments    politics global warming cfcs
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Fossil Fuel Facts

The United States is the number one country in the world when to comes to the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuel are naturally formed from dead plants and animals over millions and millions of years. Oil,...

1 comment    technology electricity vehicles
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Factory Farming from The Factory to your Dinner Plate

Do you ever stop to think where your food comes from? Do you picture green pastures and where animals roam free? Plenty of water and food for them to eat and tons of space for them to rest. I would like to...

4 comments    health food water
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