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Donning FDR's cape, Eisenhower's stripes and JFK's boat shoes, President Obama observed in Florida on Tuesday that his "clean energy economy" will require "mobilization" on the order of fighting World War II, building the interstate highway system and going to the moon. Of course, the only ...
examiner.com - 27 days ago
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examiner.com —
Photo by David Herron During a speech by
President Obama on Tuesday (Oct 27, 2009) about a...
new program of funding for smart grid technology he talked about the need for an all-hands-on-deck mobilization such as the ones which won World War II or the...
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Are biofuels truly carbon neutral wonder fuels?
7gen.com - 27 days ago
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7gen.com —
Photo by David Herron During a speech by
President Obama on Tuesday (Oct 27, 2009) about a...
new program of funding for smart grid technology he talked about the need for an all-hands-on-deck mobilization such as the ones which won World War II or the... ...
(more)
Are biofuels truly carbon neutral wonder fuels?
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Counting All the Carbon
Energy Outlook —
An editorial in this morning's Wall St. Journal reminded me that I had intended to update my readers on the latest installment in the ongoing saga concerning the global land-use impact of biofuels. The Journal's comments referred to a paper in the latest issue of Science entitled, " ...
The WSJ tries to use biofuels fear factor to urge climate inaction
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... The Wall Street Journal got the basic idea of that this loophole is a big deal in an editorial Thursday, but then jumped to the wrong conclusion suggesting that rather than fix this biomass loophole, we should just be afraid of the future. As a friend of mine put it, it’s like we’re tied to the tracks with the coal powered steam engine of climate change barreling towards us. The loophole will make it harder for us to get off the tracks, most people are focused on how to make getting off the tracks as profitably as possible, but the WSJ would just have ...
The WSJ’s tries to use biofuels fear factor to urge climate inaction
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... The Wall Street Journal got the basic idea of that this loophole is a big deal in an editorial Thursday, but then jumped to the wrong conclusion suggesting that rather than fix this biomass loophole, we should just be afraid of the future. As a friend of mine put it, it’s like we’re tied to the tracks with the coal powered steam engine of climate change barreling towards us. The loophole will make it harder for us to get off the tracks, most people are focused on how to make getting off the tracks as profitably as possible, but the WSJ would just have ...
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