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sciencedaily.com - 4/13/2009

Climate Change Effects In California

— sciencedaily.com — ScienceDaily: A biennial report released April 1 by a team of experts that advises California's governor suggests that climate changes are poised to affect virtually every sector of the state's economy and most of its ecosystems. Significant impacts ... (more) Climate Change Effects In California

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wwwp.dailyclimate.org - 4/20/2009

California takes on King Corn

— wwwp.dailyclimate.org — Daily Climate: California regulators, trying to assess the true environmental cost of corn ethanol, are poised to declare that the biofuel cannot help the state reduce global warming. As they see it, corn is no better – and might be worse ... (more) California takes on King Corn

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supereco.com - 4/21/2009

California to ethanol: You're not helping

— supereco.com — The California Air Resources Board (CARB), a governmental agency and part of the California EPA, is about to announce that the corn ethanol math just doesn't make sense. Months (and years in some cases) after mainstream media outlets have declared that it might actually take more than one ... (more) California to ethanol: You're not helping

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One more reason you’ll be driving electric vehicles and plugs in soon — not hydrogen fuel cell cars
The Energy Collective — Fueling stations for fuel cell cars — even ones that generate hydrogen from fossil fuels and emit large amounts of greenhouse gases — cost 1000 times what charging stations for electric vehicles and plug in hybrid electric vehicles cost. There are countless reasons hydrogen fuel cell cars are not going to achieve significant market penetration or be a major contributor to reducing CO2 or oil use for many decades, if ever (see “The Last Car You Would Ever Buy — Literally” and links below). One of those reasons is the incredible cost of charging stations — especially relative to the competition (see “California Hydrogen Highway R.I.P.“).  Two ...

No country for cold fusion
The Energy Collective — ... As an energy technologist, however, I didn’t see anything that would suggest we’re going to see some big game changer anytime soon — and the featured scientist/advocate was guilty of some particularly unconvincing and counterproductive hype.  I’d say cold fusion may have moved from junk science to the realm of hydrogen or fusion — decades away, at best, but possibly never very useful. ...