Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Environment. Show all posts
Friday, August 1, 2014

Corn killed Bubba Gump Shrimp. "That's all I have to say about that". See how here.

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Source: Big Picture Agriculture Kay MacDonald over at Big Picture Agriculture has this graphic showing the "Dead Zone" in...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Nice graphic showing "what is" in terms of electricity generation as opposed to "what should be".

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Just a reminder of "what is" in terms of electricity generation in the US (a positive statement), as opposed to "what should ...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Side by side comparison of drought conditions---today and 1934, a Dust Bowl year....

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Here are side by side comparisons of drought conditions today and 1934, a Dust Bowl year. A stark reminder of how bad the conditions rea...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Nice graphic showing Americans are driving fewer miles... In general this is good, but maybe it is for the wrong reasons..

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Number of the Week: Cutting Back On Driving 4.6 Billion: How many fewer miles traveled by drivers on U.S. roads in August than a year ea...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Nice interview with Bill Gates on energy and the environment---He even uses the term Opportunity Costs...NICE!!!

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In a discussion on energy, Mr Gates invokes the important economic term " Opportunity Cost ". He uses it terms of using land to pr...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Which food source emits the most earth destroying Carbon? Sorry, Mary, the lamb has to go...Nice chart not to be missed...

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 Source: Matthew Ygleasias  Read all about it HERE ...
Sunday, July 3, 2011

Oil and Bio-Fuels clash...The winner? Better question--The loser? Answer--all of us.

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Bad energy policies equal bad outcomes...Two reminders in as to why we need to wean ourselves off of oil AND why using food-for-fuel is NOT ...
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Graphs to help explain the MAIN reasons we will have higher oil and gasoline prices well into the future...

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Which is better for the environment, fake Christmas trees or real ones? The answer may surprise you...

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Which is better for the environment, fake Christmas trees or real?  If you are trying to conserve trees, then fake is the way to go. But if ...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Ok, rationality has left the building--to pass a tax bill that increases the deficit, Senate leadership offers incentives to reluctant Senators that will, well, increase the deficit...Will it ever end?

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Why, oh, why does it have to be ethanol.  It is the one subsidy that has widespread support from the left and right to get rid of.  If they ...
Monday, December 6, 2010

A few questions for the organizers of the Climate Change Summit in Cancun...First one, "Why are you not holding this conference in Chad or Niger?"...just askin'

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 Actual Conference Center:  Lots of damage to the eco-system to build this, no?  I may be a bit critical here, but is it REALLY necessa...
Monday, November 22, 2010

Al Gore is my NEW HERO! He expresses regret for his support for ethanol/corn subsidies... Brrr...It is cold here in Hades!

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U.S. corn ethanol "was not a good policy"-Gore  From Reuters: Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based etha...
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