Tag: energy
group name: energyissues
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June 10, 2008 03:07 PM EDT --
We've just launched our latest assault on the conventional wisdom that green has got to be expensive: Earth Aid Group Buys .
We're helping folks band together to force prices on helpful . . .
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May 27, 2008 01:19 PM EDT --
That renewable energy is the future is a fairly risk-less prognostication. Why? Well, sunshine and wind are free - not to mention the gush of rivers and oceans and the many other natural forces that . . .
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June 16, 2008 10:43 PM EDT --
The Washington Post reported this weekend that "beginning next month, millions of Dominion Virginia Power Customers will probably see their electric bills rise by at least 18 percent , the largest . . .
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November 19, 2008 07:41 AM EST --
Extract: As we shift away from fossil fuel and as the number of wind turbines increases, more and more people are calling for a Supergrid - high capacity links carrying electricity between the major . . .
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September 17, 2008 12:02 PM EDT --
The house passed an energy bill last night: http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/09/17.php#21306. I don't know all the details, but I know that it allows offshore drilling, extends renewable energy . . .
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September 15, 2008 05:44 PM EDT --
Energy independence and green energy are often referred to as though they are the same thing. However this is far from the truth. True, if we have 100 percent green energy we have energy independence, . . .
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June 17, 2008 09:07 AM EDT --
Renewable energy is expanding voraciously and will do so even faster, according to experts at a Worldwatch Institute panel ( Tipping Point ). Wind power is already in the midst of an explosion, . . .
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November 13, 2007 01:09 AM EST --
OK, y'all. I just saw a WalMart ad that touts their "green-ness" and exhorts us all to try putting just one compact flourescent bulb in each house. As commendable as this is, . . .
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October 06, 2008 03:56 AM EDT --
Last month, Hawaii received $1.7 million in grants to modernize its electric grids to accommodate an influx of renewable energy, with an eye toward electric cars.
Why Hawaii? The geothermal power . . .
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December 31, 2007 08:25 PM EST --
We are living in a time of escalating extremes. Climate change devastation may be arriving faster than expected, but wondrous new technologies may allow us to stop the worst.
Global climate skeptics . . .
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March 24, 2008 03:30 PM EDT --
The word is now out: many biofuels, such as corn ethanol, actually cause global warming according to two studies published in Science in February. Why? Their production leads to clearing of . . .
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May 05, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
Global warming is in the middle of a ten-year pause according to an article in Nature . Because this is a peer reviewed scientific article published in a major journal it must be taken . . .
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June 02, 2008 11:26 AM EDT --
The U.S. Senate is debating a major environmental bill: The Climate Security Act. Unfortunately this bill is fatally flawed because it uses the convoluted, easily manipulated cap-and-trade process . . .
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November 10, 2008 04:40 PM EST --
Upon swearing the oath of office on January 20, Obama will immediately face three major crises: The economy; the multiple wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and on terrorism; and the environment. Of the . . .
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August 18, 2008 01:43 PM EDT --
Unlike most environmentalists, I would support drilling for oil along America’s coastlines, as I’ve written before. However such drilling needs to be part of a comprehensive package including renewable . . .
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December 03, 2007 07:40 PM EST --
The Kyoto Treaty, intended to decrease global warming, is set to expire in 2012. Leaders from around the world are meeting in Bali , Indonesia to discuss what will replace it.
The Kyoto Treaty . . .
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October 22, 2007 10:18 PM EDT --
An array of exotic homes recently sprang up on the Washington Mall, with numerous panels and appendages and lush vegetation. This was the 2007 Solar Decathlon , which challenged twenty teams of . . .
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May 18, 2008 10:08 PM EDT --
With oil prices hitting another record, this time $128 a barrel, a voracious energy appetite worldwide, and a faltering economy, the demand is likely to grow to take any steps necessary to get extra energy, . . .
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July 13, 2008 09:32 PM EDT --
Due to galloping prices, instability in the Middle East, and environmental dangers, energy is a huge issue in the presidential campaign. So what are McCain and Obama's positions and how effective . . .
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November 23, 2007 01:50 AM EST --
Would you allow automakers to advertise on your car in exchange for a free car?
How about for a discount? If so, how much discount would you need?
What about . . .
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