The winner of the SEO World Championship 2007 is over, and the winner has been declared. The first place went to goglobalwarmingawareness2007.com. Congratulations!!!
My own contribution didn't do as well unfortunately, but then again I didn't spend enough time and resources on it as I maybe should have in order to place higher.
Wednesday, May 02, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Solar peak expected in 2011-2012
"The peak of the next sunspot cycle is expected in late 2011 or mid-2012 -- potentially affecting airline flights, communications satellites and electrical transmissions. But forecasters can't agree on how intense it will be.
A 12-member panel charged with forecasting the solar cycle said Wednesday it is evenly split over whether the peak will be 90 sunspots or 140 sunspots.
The government's Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado, tracks space weather and forecasts its changes, which can affect millions of dollars worth of activities such as oil drilling, car navigation systems and astronauts.
Half of the specialists predicted a moderately strong cycle of 140 sunspots expected to peak in October of 2011, while the rest called for a moderately weak cycle of 90 sunspots peaking in August of 2012.
"We're hoping to achieve a consensus sometime in the next six to 12 months," said Douglas Biesecker, a space environment center scientist who is chairman of the forecast panel.
An average solar cycle ranges from 75 to 155 sunspots.
During an active solar period, violent eruptions occur more often on the sun, the agency said. Solar flares and vast explosions, known as coronal mass ejections, shoot highly charged matter toward Earth."
Source: CNN
It seems we might be facing chaos in a few years. I wonder though, how did we manage before. I mean, this isn't the first time this has happened. It seems to me that scientists, helped by the media, is making this into a bigger thing than it really is.
A 12-member panel charged with forecasting the solar cycle said Wednesday it is evenly split over whether the peak will be 90 sunspots or 140 sunspots.
The government's Space Environment Center in Boulder, Colorado, tracks space weather and forecasts its changes, which can affect millions of dollars worth of activities such as oil drilling, car navigation systems and astronauts.
Half of the specialists predicted a moderately strong cycle of 140 sunspots expected to peak in October of 2011, while the rest called for a moderately weak cycle of 90 sunspots peaking in August of 2012.
"We're hoping to achieve a consensus sometime in the next six to 12 months," said Douglas Biesecker, a space environment center scientist who is chairman of the forecast panel.
An average solar cycle ranges from 75 to 155 sunspots.
During an active solar period, violent eruptions occur more often on the sun, the agency said. Solar flares and vast explosions, known as coronal mass ejections, shoot highly charged matter toward Earth."
Source: CNN
It seems we might be facing chaos in a few years. I wonder though, how did we manage before. I mean, this isn't the first time this has happened. It seems to me that scientists, helped by the media, is making this into a bigger thing than it really is.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Scientists find most Earth-like planet yet
"European astronomers have spotted what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet outside our solar system, with balmy temperatures that could support water and, potentially, life.
They have not directly seen the planet, orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. But measurements of the star suggest that a planet not much larger than the Earth is pulling on it, the researchers say in a letter to the editor of the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics."
"Gliese 581 is among the 100 closest stars to Earth, just 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra.
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km).
It is smaller and dimmer than the sun, so the planet can be close to it and yet not be overheated."
Source: CNN
Excellent! Now if Earth is destroyed due to globalwarming, we will have a refuge to evacuate to. And it's only 20.5 light-years away. It's a true find. Of course, first we have to find a way to actually get there, and that preferably before we destroy the planet we live on now.
They have not directly seen the planet, orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. But measurements of the star suggest that a planet not much larger than the Earth is pulling on it, the researchers say in a letter to the editor of the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics."
"Gliese 581 is among the 100 closest stars to Earth, just 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra.
A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles (10 trillion km).
It is smaller and dimmer than the sun, so the planet can be close to it and yet not be overheated."
Source: CNN
Excellent! Now if Earth is destroyed due to globalwarming, we will have a refuge to evacuate to. And it's only 20.5 light-years away. It's a true find. Of course, first we have to find a way to actually get there, and that preferably before we destroy the planet we live on now.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Shell's nemesis and friend of fish win green awards
"An Irish farmer who was jailed for opposing Shell's plans to build a gas pipeline on his land and an Icelandic businessman who saved north Atlantic salmon from the brink of extinction are among the winners of a top environmental honour.
Willie Corduff, from Rossport in Ireland, and Icelander Orri Vigfusson will be among six campaigners who will receive the Goldman Environmental prize at a ceremony at the San Francisco opera house this evening.
The winners of the award, which celebrates grassroots environmentalists around the world, will each receive $125,000 (£62,500) in recognition of their efforts. They have been selected by an international jury from nominations put forward by green groups and individuals.
Mr Corduff was among five men jailed for three months in 2005, for attempting to stop the oil giant Shell laying a high pressure gas pipeline under their land in County Mayo.
The men, who became known as the Rossport five, refused the company access to their land and spent 94 days in jail as a result."
Source: The Guardian
The oil giant Shell markets themselves as environmentally friendly, innovative and so on ... working for the environment. Then why do they have to go and do something stupid like this, which so obviously will cause harm on the environment? All PR is not good PR. This is clearly what I would call "badwill", and doesn't do Shell any good in the eyes of the consumer.
Willie Corduff, from Rossport in Ireland, and Icelander Orri Vigfusson will be among six campaigners who will receive the Goldman Environmental prize at a ceremony at the San Francisco opera house this evening.
The winners of the award, which celebrates grassroots environmentalists around the world, will each receive $125,000 (£62,500) in recognition of their efforts. They have been selected by an international jury from nominations put forward by green groups and individuals.
Mr Corduff was among five men jailed for three months in 2005, for attempting to stop the oil giant Shell laying a high pressure gas pipeline under their land in County Mayo.
The men, who became known as the Rossport five, refused the company access to their land and spent 94 days in jail as a result."
Source: The Guardian
The oil giant Shell markets themselves as environmentally friendly, innovative and so on ... working for the environment. Then why do they have to go and do something stupid like this, which so obviously will cause harm on the environment? All PR is not good PR. This is clearly what I would call "badwill", and doesn't do Shell any good in the eyes of the consumer.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Raining bats and logs
"How to replant a rainforest cheaply
SINCE the dawn of agriculture, man's most enduring relationship with forests has been to cut them down, thus taking timber and liberating land in one fell swoop. But not all cleared forest is suitable for farming—and that is particularly so when the forest in question is in the tropics. Daniel Nepstad, a forest ecologist at the Woods Hole Research Centre in Falmouth, Massachusetts, estimates that about a third of cleared tropical rainforest is quickly abandoned, having been left in a condition from which it would take decades to recover if nature were to take its course unaided. Such land is, literally, of no use to man or beast. Indeed, it is worse, for natural forest promotes cloud formation and local rainfall, and thus helps nearby farmers. The clouds themselves may even keep the Earth cooler than it would otherwise be. Cleared land, by contrast, promotes drought. Replanting it with trees by hand, however, would be ridiculously expensive."
Source: The Economist
A very interesting article about how you can use the service of bats to spread seeds in order to replant the rainforest.
SINCE the dawn of agriculture, man's most enduring relationship with forests has been to cut them down, thus taking timber and liberating land in one fell swoop. But not all cleared forest is suitable for farming—and that is particularly so when the forest in question is in the tropics. Daniel Nepstad, a forest ecologist at the Woods Hole Research Centre in Falmouth, Massachusetts, estimates that about a third of cleared tropical rainforest is quickly abandoned, having been left in a condition from which it would take decades to recover if nature were to take its course unaided. Such land is, literally, of no use to man or beast. Indeed, it is worse, for natural forest promotes cloud formation and local rainfall, and thus helps nearby farmers. The clouds themselves may even keep the Earth cooler than it would otherwise be. Cleared land, by contrast, promotes drought. Replanting it with trees by hand, however, would be ridiculously expensive."
Source: The Economist
A very interesting article about how you can use the service of bats to spread seeds in order to replant the rainforest.
Think global, calculate local
"How high is Scotland? Given that it varies between sea level and 1344 metres at the top of Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain, it might sound odd just to say 200m. But that was the height that had to be used in 2001 for the Met Office's Hadley Centre modelling of the Earth's atmosphere with its HadCM3 Global Climate Model, using the fastest supercomputers then available. The 3D world divided the Earth's atmosphere into boxes roughly 300km by 300km, and 40 "layers" (from 5km below the sea to 30km above it); the entire British Isles were covered by just five grid cells."
Source: The Guardian
This is one complicated article about a very complicated subject. No wonder there are so many heated discussions concerning globalwarming and how to calculate the effects of it.
Source: The Guardian
This is one complicated article about a very complicated subject. No wonder there are so many heated discussions concerning globalwarming and how to calculate the effects of it.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
U.N. Security Council holds climate debate
"The U.N. Security Council held a groundbreaking debate Tuesday on the impact of climate change on conflicts, brushing aside objections from developing countries that globalwarming is not an issue of international peace and security.
Britain holds the council presidency this month and organized an open meeting to highlight what its foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, said was the "security imperative" to tackle climate change because it can exacerbate problems that cause conflicts and threatens the entire planet."
Source: CNN
Finally things are starting to happen. The question is whether it will stay at just talks or will they actually do something. Bringing an issue to the Security Council usually meens loads of opinion, arguments, but no action as one or two members won't agree with the others.
Climate change in your backyard
"Climate change is already affecting Britain's green spaces - hotter, drier summers and water shortages have been forcing gardeners to abandon thirsty lawns and parched native flowers in favour of Mediterranean-style plants. Garden centres have reported a tenfold increase in the sales of cordylines, grey foliage and other species accustomed to hot, dry climates, while British garden favourites such as pansies, lupins and delphiniums have been steadily declining in popularity.
Experts are so concerned that they have launched a drive to Save Our Great British Gardens."
Source: The Guardian
The British people are crazy about their gardening. Where it takes a threat to national security to open the eyes of Americans, perhaps a threat to gardening is what is needed to make the British more aware of globalwarming.
Experts are so concerned that they have launched a drive to Save Our Great British Gardens."
Source: The Guardian
The British people are crazy about their gardening. Where it takes a threat to national security to open the eyes of Americans, perhaps a threat to gardening is what is needed to make the British more aware of globalwarming.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Death in the rainforest: fragile creatures give the world a new climate warning
"A protected rainforest in one of the world's richest biodiversity hotspots has suffered an alarming collapse in amphibians and reptiles, suggesting such havens may fail to slow the creatures' slide towards global extinction.
Conservationists working in a lowland forest reserve at La Selva in Costa Rica used biological records dating from 1970 to show that species of frogs, toads, lizards, snakes and salamanders have plummeted on average 75% in the past 35 years."
Source: The Guardian
This article was some scary reading. Read it! It will make you think!
Ex-generals: Globalwarming threatens U.S. security
"Globalwarming poses a "serious threat to America's national security" and the U.S. likely will be dragged into fights over water and other shortages, top retired military leaders warn in a new report.
The report says that in the next 30 to 40 years there will be wars over water, increased hunger instability from worsening disease and rising sea levels and globalwarming-induced refugees. "The chaos that results can be an incubator of civil strife, genocide and the growth of terrorism," the 35-page report predicts."
Source: CNN
I guess it takes a "threat to US national security" to wake the Bush administration up and see the truth. Unfortunately there are people who think this report is to alarmist because the prediction is still 30 years ahead. Apparently they think nothing needs to be done about this until it actually happens. By then, and this is what they can't seem to get into their small brains, it will be too late.
The report says that in the next 30 to 40 years there will be wars over water, increased hunger instability from worsening disease and rising sea levels and globalwarming-induced refugees. "The chaos that results can be an incubator of civil strife, genocide and the growth of terrorism," the 35-page report predicts."
Source: CNN
I guess it takes a "threat to US national security" to wake the Bush administration up and see the truth. Unfortunately there are people who think this report is to alarmist because the prediction is still 30 years ahead. Apparently they think nothing needs to be done about this until it actually happens. By then, and this is what they can't seem to get into their small brains, it will be too late.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Rallies nationwide urge Congress: Step it up on climate
"Americans worried about climate change gathered Saturday on ski slopes and in cities for a nationwide day of demonstrations aimed at drawing attention to globalwarming.
More than 1,300 events were organized in every state under the banner Step It Up 2007 to push Congress to require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
"When it comes to globalwarming, I don't exactly think President Bush is doing such a hot job," said 12-year-old New Yorker Tiffany Cordero. "A lot of people are thinking just of now. But we won't have a 'now' if we don't focus on the future."
Tiffany delivered a speech for a rally in lower Manhattan's Battery Park, overlooking New York Harbor, where people dressed in blue -- some equipped with scuba gear and beach balls -- gathered to form a Sea of People human line to symbolically mark New York's future coastline.
Scientists say melting polar ice caps and glaciers will cause ocean levels to rise, although estimates vary. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected that ocean levels will rise 7 to 23 inches this century, but other scientists warn the sea level could rise 10 feet or more, enough to flood Lower Manhattan and other low-lying coastal areas.
The threatened rise in the ocean also was dramatized by a New Coast Parade in Portland, Maine, one of more than 30 observances in that state."
Source: CNN
The US public is finally waking up, and now the children are voicing their opinion as well. I don't see how the Bush administration can resist this.
More than 1,300 events were organized in every state under the banner Step It Up 2007 to push Congress to require an 80 percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
"When it comes to globalwarming, I don't exactly think President Bush is doing such a hot job," said 12-year-old New Yorker Tiffany Cordero. "A lot of people are thinking just of now. But we won't have a 'now' if we don't focus on the future."
Tiffany delivered a speech for a rally in lower Manhattan's Battery Park, overlooking New York Harbor, where people dressed in blue -- some equipped with scuba gear and beach balls -- gathered to form a Sea of People human line to symbolically mark New York's future coastline.
Scientists say melting polar ice caps and glaciers will cause ocean levels to rise, although estimates vary. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has projected that ocean levels will rise 7 to 23 inches this century, but other scientists warn the sea level could rise 10 feet or more, enough to flood Lower Manhattan and other low-lying coastal areas.
The threatened rise in the ocean also was dramatized by a New Coast Parade in Portland, Maine, one of more than 30 observances in that state."
Source: CNN
The US public is finally waking up, and now the children are voicing their opinion as well. I don't see how the Bush administration can resist this.
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Ethanol tops U.S.-Brazil talks
"President Bush and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday discussed globalwarming, ethanol and trade, as well as poverty, hunger, disease and peace in the Middle East, the leaders said.
Lula da Silva was a guest at Camp David in Maryland. It was Bush's second meeting with the Brazilian leader in less than a month. They met three weeks ago when Bush stopped in Sao Paulo during his five-nation tour of Latin America.
At the top of Saturday's agenda was ethanol.
"For me, the biofuel issue is almost like an obsession," Lula da Silva told reporters through an interpreter.
During the past four years, Brazil has been able to reduce the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 52 percent, saving some 2 million hectares (5 million acres), he said. Through the use of ethanol, carbon gas emissions have been reduced by some 400 million tons.
"Either we take care of planet Earth very carefully ... or we regret that in the future," Lula da Silva said."
Source: CNN.com
We all have a lot to learn from Brazil when it comes to ethanol. I read somewhere that about 95% of all new cars sold in Brazil are fueled by ethanol. The perhaps most dominant brand of cars is Ford with its Flexifuel system. Most of Brazil's ethanol comes from sugar canes, of which the rest product is used as furtilizer. Therefore nothing is wasted.
Lula da Silva was a guest at Camp David in Maryland. It was Bush's second meeting with the Brazilian leader in less than a month. They met three weeks ago when Bush stopped in Sao Paulo during his five-nation tour of Latin America.
At the top of Saturday's agenda was ethanol.
"For me, the biofuel issue is almost like an obsession," Lula da Silva told reporters through an interpreter.
During the past four years, Brazil has been able to reduce the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest by 52 percent, saving some 2 million hectares (5 million acres), he said. Through the use of ethanol, carbon gas emissions have been reduced by some 400 million tons.
"Either we take care of planet Earth very carefully ... or we regret that in the future," Lula da Silva said."
Source: CNN.com
We all have a lot to learn from Brazil when it comes to ethanol. I read somewhere that about 95% of all new cars sold in Brazil are fueled by ethanol. The perhaps most dominant brand of cars is Ford with its Flexifuel system. Most of Brazil's ethanol comes from sugar canes, of which the rest product is used as furtilizer. Therefore nothing is wasted.
Easter eggs weigh in heavy with packaging
"It is not just a myth spread by cheapskates who balk at paying more for a hollow chocolate shape than a solid bar of the stuff - a study has revealed that some leading Easter egg brands really do contain almost as much packaging as confectionery.
Buy many of the eggs on sale this year and at least one-third of what you take home will be tinfoil, plastic and - probably unrecycled - cardboard, research by Oxfordshire county council has shown."
Source: The Guardian
Easter eggs - the greatest threat to the environment, the number one cause of globalwarming. In the spirit of globalwarming awareness2007 we need to boycott Easter eggs. Seriously speaking, is there nothing more important going on in the World today? Are Easter eggs really such a big threat to the environment that it requires a headline in The Guardian?
Buy many of the eggs on sale this year and at least one-third of what you take home will be tinfoil, plastic and - probably unrecycled - cardboard, research by Oxfordshire county council has shown."
Source: The Guardian
Easter eggs - the greatest threat to the environment, the number one cause of globalwarming. In the spirit of globalwarming awareness2007 we need to boycott Easter eggs. Seriously speaking, is there nothing more important going on in the World today? Are Easter eggs really such a big threat to the environment that it requires a headline in The Guardian?
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
US supreme court overrules Bush's refusal to restrict C02
"The US supreme court yesterday issued a landmark ruling in favour of environmentalists and against George Bush's stance on globalwarming. The court judged that the federal Environmental Protection Agency had the power through a clean air law to restrict exhaust emissions, and told the agency to re-examine the issue.
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by 12 states and 13 environmental groups frustrated with the Bush administration's lack of action. Individual states, led by California, have been imposing regulations of their own. Car makers, public utilities, and others responsible for carbon dioxide emissions opposed the lawsuit. The decision opens the way for a new president in 2009 to curb emissions - all the Democratic and Republican candidates have made climate change a major part of their platforms."
Source: The Guardian
Is it only me, or do more people like to read how George W. Bush is overruled? It's time for Bush to join the real world, instead of sticking to his own where it's apparently ok to not sign the Kyoto treaty and other agreements in favour of the environment. To see how his own (partly) appointed Supreme court overrules him is a delight!
The ruling was in response to a lawsuit filed by 12 states and 13 environmental groups frustrated with the Bush administration's lack of action. Individual states, led by California, have been imposing regulations of their own. Car makers, public utilities, and others responsible for carbon dioxide emissions opposed the lawsuit. The decision opens the way for a new president in 2009 to curb emissions - all the Democratic and Republican candidates have made climate change a major part of their platforms."
Source: The Guardian
Is it only me, or do more people like to read how George W. Bush is overruled? It's time for Bush to join the real world, instead of sticking to his own where it's apparently ok to not sign the Kyoto treaty and other agreements in favour of the environment. To see how his own (partly) appointed Supreme court overrules him is a delight!
Monday, April 02, 2007
Sir Alex Ferguson joins Gore's climate A-team
"The scientists have warned of the dangers and the politicians have promised to act, but Al Gore is still not satisfied the world is taking climate change seriously enough. The answer, the former US vice-president has reasoned, could be Sir Alex Ferguson. The Manchester United manager was one of 150 or so high-level individuals brought to Cambridge this week to meet Mr Gore, who taught them to deliver their own version of An Inconvenient Truth, his Oscar-winning film on globalwarming."
Source: The Guardian
I can see that from a publicity point of view it make sence to have a guy like Ferguson on the team, but what is he supposed to contribute with, really?
Source: The Guardian
I can see that from a publicity point of view it make sence to have a guy like Ferguson on the team, but what is he supposed to contribute with, really?
Friday, March 30, 2007
Power station emissions soar
"Carbon emissions from UK power stations have increased by nearly 30% over the past eight years, putting the government's climate change targets under threat, a report showed today.
The report, compiled for environmental group WWF, shows that in 2006 alone emissions rose by 6% to reach 178m tonnes, as high gas prices led to an increased use of coal to produce electricity.
The power sector's emissions have now reached the highest level since 1992, cancelling out all of the gains from the so-called "dash for gas", which saw emissions fall from 201m tonnes in 1990 to 139m in 1999, the report said."
Source: The Guardian
Who in their right mind use coal to produce electricity? Don't they see the connection between the use of coal and high emissions of carbon dioxide? Idiots!!!
The report, compiled for environmental group WWF, shows that in 2006 alone emissions rose by 6% to reach 178m tonnes, as high gas prices led to an increased use of coal to produce electricity.
The power sector's emissions have now reached the highest level since 1992, cancelling out all of the gains from the so-called "dash for gas", which saw emissions fall from 201m tonnes in 1990 to 139m in 1999, the report said."
Source: The Guardian
Who in their right mind use coal to produce electricity? Don't they see the connection between the use of coal and high emissions of carbon dioxide? Idiots!!!
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Fighting for air: frontline of war on globalwarming
"In the most polluted city on earth, the smog is so thick that it seems to consume its source. Iron foundries, smelting plants and cement factories loom out of the haze then disappear once more as you drive along Linfen's roads. The outlines of smoke stacks blur in the filthy mist. No sooner are the plumes of carbon and sulphur belched out than the chimneys are swallowed up again."
"The effects have been dramatic. By 2009 China is predicted to overtake the United States as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. India has recently become the fourth biggest polluter, but its steeply rising emissions will see it in third place within a few years.
China's three decades of industrial blitzkrieg has extracted a heavy price. Seventy percent of its rivers are contaminated. In the southern Himalayas, ancient glaciers are melting. Further north, encroaching deserts threaten the livelihoods of 400 million people."
Source: The Guardian
The sad effects of progress. You'd wish that these up and coming countries, like China and India, would try to take advantage of what the western world has already experienced, in order to save their environment. However, what is happening right now, in especially China, might very well be the beginning of the end of the world as we've known it. They still have a chance to do something about it, but time is running out, and fast. Globalwarming is not a myth, it's fact. We need to be aware of our actions. Awareness2007 is essential as a start.
"The effects have been dramatic. By 2009 China is predicted to overtake the United States as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. India has recently become the fourth biggest polluter, but its steeply rising emissions will see it in third place within a few years.
China's three decades of industrial blitzkrieg has extracted a heavy price. Seventy percent of its rivers are contaminated. In the southern Himalayas, ancient glaciers are melting. Further north, encroaching deserts threaten the livelihoods of 400 million people."
Source: The Guardian
The sad effects of progress. You'd wish that these up and coming countries, like China and India, would try to take advantage of what the western world has already experienced, in order to save their environment. However, what is happening right now, in especially China, might very well be the beginning of the end of the world as we've known it. They still have a chance to do something about it, but time is running out, and fast. Globalwarming is not a myth, it's fact. We need to be aware of our actions. Awareness2007 is essential as a start.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Pill stops cow burps and helps save the planet
"Cut down on flying, sell the car and recycle your bottles. But if you really want to tackle globalwarming, you should stop your cow from burping.
According to scientific estimates, the methane gas produced by cows is responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. And now, German scientists have invented a pill to cut bovine burping."
Source: The Guardian
Really? As much as 4%? Can you really compare that to the pollution from cars, airplanes and heavy industry? I don't see it to be honest. Just leave the poor cattle alone, and concentrate on the heavy industry as they are responsible for a much larger portion of greenhouse gas emissions than the cows. All in the spirit of Globalwarming Awareness2007!
According to scientific estimates, the methane gas produced by cows is responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. And now, German scientists have invented a pill to cut bovine burping."
Source: The Guardian
Really? As much as 4%? Can you really compare that to the pollution from cars, airplanes and heavy industry? I don't see it to be honest. Just leave the poor cattle alone, and concentrate on the heavy industry as they are responsible for a much larger portion of greenhouse gas emissions than the cows. All in the spirit of Globalwarming Awareness2007!
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Republicans accuse Gore of environment hype
"Al Gore's environmental credentials came under fire from Republicans yesterday as he appeared before Congress to urge America to take a lead in tackling climate change.
The former vice-president, fresh from winning an Oscar for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, faced tough questions from congressmen and senators who doubt that globalwarming is man-made.
They listened as Mr Gore appealed for the US to start framing federal legislation to cut carbon emissions.
His passionate performance did nothing to calm speculation in Washington's political circles that he may yet seek the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008, despite the shadow of defeat in 2000 that hangs over him.
Mr Gore has always been most sure-footed on the environment, which he championed early in his career.
"The US is the natural leader of the world and the world is facing a truly planetary crisis," he said. "There is hope in the whole country that the US Congress will rise to the occasion and present a meaningful solution to this crisis."
The whole country evidently does not include Joe Barton, a Republican from oil-producing Texas, who questioned Mr Gore about several claims in his film, the third highest grossing documentary ever."
Source: The Telegraph
Any surprice the Republicans attack Al Gore? Not really!
The former vice-president, fresh from winning an Oscar for his documentary An Inconvenient Truth, faced tough questions from congressmen and senators who doubt that globalwarming is man-made.
They listened as Mr Gore appealed for the US to start framing federal legislation to cut carbon emissions.
His passionate performance did nothing to calm speculation in Washington's political circles that he may yet seek the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008, despite the shadow of defeat in 2000 that hangs over him.
Mr Gore has always been most sure-footed on the environment, which he championed early in his career.
"The US is the natural leader of the world and the world is facing a truly planetary crisis," he said. "There is hope in the whole country that the US Congress will rise to the occasion and present a meaningful solution to this crisis."
The whole country evidently does not include Joe Barton, a Republican from oil-producing Texas, who questioned Mr Gore about several claims in his film, the third highest grossing documentary ever."
Source: The Telegraph
Any surprice the Republicans attack Al Gore? Not really!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Looking for life on the ocean wave
"The man who cracked the human genome is trawling the high seas for his next challenge, reports Roger Highfield
How to save the world: put one buccaneering entrepreneur-cum-bioscientist on a luxury yacht. Using some mighty fine nets, let him trawl the world's oceans for the smallest creatures.
Catalogue the genetic diversity of this, the most abundant form of life in the largest habitat on Earth. Then hijack the molecular machinery of these microbes to make clean energy, new drugs or boost the ability of the Earth's lungs to "breathe" more carbon dioxide, and so limit globalwarming."
Source: The Telegraph
How to save the world: put one buccaneering entrepreneur-cum-bioscientist on a luxury yacht. Using some mighty fine nets, let him trawl the world's oceans for the smallest creatures.
Catalogue the genetic diversity of this, the most abundant form of life in the largest habitat on Earth. Then hijack the molecular machinery of these microbes to make clean energy, new drugs or boost the ability of the Earth's lungs to "breathe" more carbon dioxide, and so limit globalwarming."
Source: The Telegraph
Monday, March 19, 2007
Spring is blown away as Arctic wind sets in
"Britain has been thrust back into the grip of winter by snowfalls that brought an end to a week of sunshine.
Much of the country was hit by cold winds and snow showers overnight and the Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the next few days.
Arctic winds are expected to predominate before being dislodged by a milder westerly airflow later in the week.
Gritting lorries were out in force in the north of England and Scotland as police warned of dangerous driving conditions, and possible damage to power lines."
Source: The Telegraph
This is yet another example of the extremely confused weather conditions we have in the northern parts of Europe right now! Is it a result of globalwarming? It is really difficult to say, but I think most people tend to believe so.
Much of the country was hit by cold winds and snow showers overnight and the Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the next few days.
Arctic winds are expected to predominate before being dislodged by a milder westerly airflow later in the week.
Gritting lorries were out in force in the north of England and Scotland as police warned of dangerous driving conditions, and possible damage to power lines."
Source: The Telegraph
This is yet another example of the extremely confused weather conditions we have in the northern parts of Europe right now! Is it a result of globalwarming? It is really difficult to say, but I think most people tend to believe so.
Friday, March 16, 2007
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Could This Asteriod Solve GlobalWarming, Iraq And Poverty?
Could This Asteriod Solve GlobalWarming, Iraq And Poverty?
Monday, March 12, 2007
Scientists threatened for 'climate denial'
"Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community.
They say the debate on globalwarming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.
Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change.
One of the emails warned that, if he continued to speak out, he would not live to see further globalwarming."
Read the whole article
While it might seem ridiculous to deny mankind's role in globalwarming, it's probably even more ridiculous to post death threats to people simply for questioning a well known fact. If they want to ignore the signs it's really up to them, just as it is up to us to ignore them.
They say the debate on globalwarming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians, scientists and environmentalists who have stifled all questioning about the true environmental impact of carbon dioxide emissions.
Timothy Ball, a former climatology professor at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, has received five deaths threats by email since raising concerns about the degree to which man was affecting climate change.
One of the emails warned that, if he continued to speak out, he would not live to see further globalwarming."
Read the whole article
While it might seem ridiculous to deny mankind's role in globalwarming, it's probably even more ridiculous to post death threats to people simply for questioning a well known fact. If they want to ignore the signs it's really up to them, just as it is up to us to ignore them.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
The Green Grouse effect
Green Grouse
4 cl The Famous Grouse whisky
2 cl Sourz Apple liqeuor
6 cl white cranberry juice
0,5 cl sourmix
garnish: sugar and cinnamon
Shake Famous Grouse, Sourz Apple and white cranberry juice with a splash of sourmix in a shaker. Wet the rim of a chilled cocktail glass and dip lightly in a cinnamon and sugar mix for a tasty and decorative rim. Pour the drink.
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Does smoking cause globalwarming?
In the spirit of globalwarming awareness2007 I have to ask the question, don't you agree? Smokers spew out their smoke all the time. Millions of them, hundreds of millions of smokers world wide. Every day, every minute, every second. What's in that smoke? Carbon dioxide most likely, the same carbon dioxide we blame the auto industry for. Shouldn't we start paying attention to the tobacco industry as well?
Sure, we already blame them for such things as lung cancer and second hand smoke, but what about their obvious part in polluting the planet?
I welcome any thoughts on the matter!!!
Sure, we already blame them for such things as lung cancer and second hand smoke, but what about their obvious part in polluting the planet?
I welcome any thoughts on the matter!!!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Electric cars: Little juice coupes
"The electric car, left for dead in the 1990s, is charging up for a comeback. Give it a few minutes.
A handful of automotive giants and start-ups are racing to bring to market a mass-produced electric vehicle free from the limitations that doomed previous efforts. Once derided for their golf cart-size engines and limited range between charges, this latest generation of vehicles promises performance that rivals premium sports cars and sports-utility vehicles on the road today.
The next 18 months figure to be critical in determining whether the electric car is a viable alternative to internal combustion or just more science fiction.
General Motors, the company blamed in a 2006 documentary for killing off the electric car's last incarnation, put the spotlight on the technology earlier this year when it announced it would bring the concept back to showrooms as soon as 2010. But a handful of smaller companies, some backed by A-list technology investors, intend to beat GM to market by putting cars on the road as soon as this year. The momentum is part of a wider trend toward using electricity to help power vehicles. The success that Toyota and, to a lesser extent, Ford Motor have had selling gasoline-battery hybrids, coupled with improvements in electric car design and high gas prices, has caused the entire industry to reconsider the virtues of going electric."
Source: The New York Times
What took them so long? I'll tell you what! Greed!!! That's what took them so long! But now when they see that the consumer prefers buying more environmentally friendly cars, they are simply forced to reconsider. It's not that they want to, they have to!!!
This year is Globalwarming Awareness2007. It's time to open your eyes to the reality of globalwarming and the threats to our environment!
A handful of automotive giants and start-ups are racing to bring to market a mass-produced electric vehicle free from the limitations that doomed previous efforts. Once derided for their golf cart-size engines and limited range between charges, this latest generation of vehicles promises performance that rivals premium sports cars and sports-utility vehicles on the road today.
The next 18 months figure to be critical in determining whether the electric car is a viable alternative to internal combustion or just more science fiction.
General Motors, the company blamed in a 2006 documentary for killing off the electric car's last incarnation, put the spotlight on the technology earlier this year when it announced it would bring the concept back to showrooms as soon as 2010. But a handful of smaller companies, some backed by A-list technology investors, intend to beat GM to market by putting cars on the road as soon as this year. The momentum is part of a wider trend toward using electricity to help power vehicles. The success that Toyota and, to a lesser extent, Ford Motor have had selling gasoline-battery hybrids, coupled with improvements in electric car design and high gas prices, has caused the entire industry to reconsider the virtues of going electric."
Source: The New York Times
What took them so long? I'll tell you what! Greed!!! That's what took them so long! But now when they see that the consumer prefers buying more environmentally friendly cars, they are simply forced to reconsider. It's not that they want to, they have to!!!
This year is Globalwarming Awareness2007. It's time to open your eyes to the reality of globalwarming and the threats to our environment!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Cleaner Coal Is Attracting Some Doubts
"Within the next few years, power companies are planning to build about 150 coal plants to meet growing electricity demands. Despite expectations that globalwarming rules are coming, almost none of the plants will be built to capture the thousands of tons of carbon dioxide that burning coal spews into the atmosphere.
Environmentalists are worried, but they put their faith in a technology that gasifies the coal before burning. Such plants are designed, they say, to be more adaptable to separating the carbon and storing it underground.
Most utility officials counter that the gasification approach is more expensive and less reliable, but they say there is no need to worry because their tried-and-true method, known as pulverized coal, can also be equipped later with hardware to capture the globalwarming gas.
But now, influential technical experts are casting doubts on both approaches."
Source: The New York Times
Seriously, why would anyone want to build 150 coal plants? I realise some people don't think the threat of globalwarming is real, but this is just ridicolous. Anyone with half a brain would abandon these plans.
Environmentalists are worried, but they put their faith in a technology that gasifies the coal before burning. Such plants are designed, they say, to be more adaptable to separating the carbon and storing it underground.
Most utility officials counter that the gasification approach is more expensive and less reliable, but they say there is no need to worry because their tried-and-true method, known as pulverized coal, can also be equipped later with hardware to capture the globalwarming gas.
But now, influential technical experts are casting doubts on both approaches."
Source: The New York Times
Seriously, why would anyone want to build 150 coal plants? I realise some people don't think the threat of globalwarming is real, but this is just ridicolous. Anyone with half a brain would abandon these plans.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Biodiesel Fuel Raises Hopes of Greening Cars
"With renewable fuels seen as a way to end the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, more drivers are turning to biodiesel, a fuel made from the chemical reaction of mixing animal fat or vegetable oil — even recycled grease from French fries — with methanol and lye.
Emissions can be substantially lower than those from a petroleum-powered vehicle — up to 78 percent less carbon dioxide, according to a study by two federal agencies, the Departments of Energy and Agriculture. That may account for its growing popularity: 225 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in 2006, up from 75 million in 2005, according to the National Biodiesel Board. Enthusiasts were pleased when President Bush, in his State of the Union address last month, called for the expanded use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel."
Source: The New York Times
When you think of it ... it's really easy, isn't it? So why won't people understand. It's time to stop talking, and start acting. It's simply a matter of money. The car industry and the oil industry depends on our (the consumers) money. If we refuse to give them our money, they will be forced to make some changes.
Emissions can be substantially lower than those from a petroleum-powered vehicle — up to 78 percent less carbon dioxide, according to a study by two federal agencies, the Departments of Energy and Agriculture. That may account for its growing popularity: 225 million gallons of biodiesel were produced in 2006, up from 75 million in 2005, according to the National Biodiesel Board. Enthusiasts were pleased when President Bush, in his State of the Union address last month, called for the expanded use of clean diesel vehicles and biodiesel fuel."
Source: The New York Times
When you think of it ... it's really easy, isn't it? So why won't people understand. It's time to stop talking, and start acting. It's simply a matter of money. The car industry and the oil industry depends on our (the consumers) money. If we refuse to give them our money, they will be forced to make some changes.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Oil Company to Pay $200 Million in Toxic Dumping in Ivory Coast
"An oil trading company based in the Netherlands has agreed to pay almost $200 million to the government of Ivory Coast to settle claims that it illegally dumped toxic petrochemical waste in Abidjan last August.
The company, Trafigura, said the payment was not an admission of fault by any party. It said the money would help pay for a new waste disposal plant, a new hospital and an audit to determine the cause and effects of the dumping."
Read the whole article
So how are we supposed to combat globalwarming if big oil companies like this one keeps dumping their toxic waste wherever and whenever they want to. It's up to us to clean up after them. This is why we need to come away from using fossil based fuels, and start taking advantage of the renewable energy sources we have like wind power and solar energy.
The company, Trafigura, said the payment was not an admission of fault by any party. It said the money would help pay for a new waste disposal plant, a new hospital and an audit to determine the cause and effects of the dumping."
Read the whole article
So how are we supposed to combat globalwarming if big oil companies like this one keeps dumping their toxic waste wherever and whenever they want to. It's up to us to clean up after them. This is why we need to come away from using fossil based fuels, and start taking advantage of the renewable energy sources we have like wind power and solar energy.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Canada’s House Backs Steep Emission Cuts
"The House of Commons passed a bill Wednesday intended to force the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to achieve the steep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions required by the Kyoto Protocol on climate change."
Read the whole article
A promising action taken by the Canadian House of Commons. Let us just hope that the Liberal majority in the Senate can see it through. It's an important step in the battle against globalwarming.
Read the whole article
A promising action taken by the Canadian House of Commons. Let us just hope that the Liberal majority in the Senate can see it through. It's an important step in the battle against globalwarming.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Virgin's Branson offers $25 mln globalwarming prize
"Airline tycoon Richard Branson announced on Friday a $25 million prize for the first person to come up with a way of scrubbing greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere in the battle to beat globalwarming.
Flanked by climate campaigners former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and British ex-diplomat Crispin Tickell, Branson said he hoped the prize would spur innovative and creative thought to save mankind from self-destruction."
Read the whole article
Is this what's needed? Let's hope this grabs enough attention in the media to make people take notice. A big part of the solution to globalwarming is to make the public aware of the problem.
Flanked by climate campaigners former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and British ex-diplomat Crispin Tickell, Branson said he hoped the prize would spur innovative and creative thought to save mankind from self-destruction."
Read the whole article
Is this what's needed? Let's hope this grabs enough attention in the media to make people take notice. A big part of the solution to globalwarming is to make the public aware of the problem.
Thursday, February 08, 2007
The EU surrenders to automakers in the fight against globalwarming
The fight to impose a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new cars was lost on Wednesday when the European Commission gave in to the European automakers' lobbying. This is a loss for all of us, all though not a great surprise. Money talks, we all know that. However, in this case it's a tragedy for the environment. The fight to stop globalwarming has suffered a set-back. Hopefully it's just temporary.
Read the article in The New York Times
Read the article in The New York Times
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
China says globalwarming in hands of wealthy nations
Rich nations are responsible for greenhouse gases fuelling globalwarming, China said on Tuesday, urging them to cut emissions and deflecting questions about whether Beijing will accept limits.
Spokeswoman for China's Foreign Ministry, Jiang Yu, said Beijing was willing to contribute to curbing greenhouses gases from industry, agriculture and vehicles, which a U.N. scientific panel last week reported was almost certainly behind rising average temperatures threatening wrenching climate change.
It's sad to see how China won't accept responsability for its own problems. China is one of the World's fastest growing economy with all that entails. They need to set an example, where countries like the US has failed in the past.
Spokeswoman for China's Foreign Ministry, Jiang Yu, said Beijing was willing to contribute to curbing greenhouses gases from industry, agriculture and vehicles, which a U.N. scientific panel last week reported was almost certainly behind rising average temperatures threatening wrenching climate change.
It's sad to see how China won't accept responsability for its own problems. China is one of the World's fastest growing economy with all that entails. They need to set an example, where countries like the US has failed in the past.
Friday, February 02, 2007
A report on globalwarming
The world's leading climate scientists, in their most powerful language ever used on the issue, said globalwarming is "very likely" man-made, according to a new report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
The report provides what may be cold comfort in slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100. But it is tempered by a flat pronouncement that global warming is essentially a runaway train that cannot be stopped for centuries.
"The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and ocean, together with ice-mass loss, support the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past 50 years can be explained without external forcing, and very likely that is not due to known natural causes alone," said the 20-page report.
Human-caused warming and rises in sea-level "would continue for centuries" because the process has already started, "even if greenhouse gas concentrations were to be stabilized," said the 20-page report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The report by a group of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments contains the most authoritative science on the issue.
Source: CNN
The report provides what may be cold comfort in slightly reduced projections on rising temperatures and sea levels by the year 2100. But it is tempered by a flat pronouncement that global warming is essentially a runaway train that cannot be stopped for centuries.
"The observed widespread warming of the atmosphere and ocean, together with ice-mass loss, support the conclusion that it is extremely unlikely that global climate change of the past 50 years can be explained without external forcing, and very likely that is not due to known natural causes alone," said the 20-page report.
Human-caused warming and rises in sea-level "would continue for centuries" because the process has already started, "even if greenhouse gas concentrations were to be stabilized," said the 20-page report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
The report by a group of hundreds of scientists and representatives of 113 governments contains the most authoritative science on the issue.
Source: CNN
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Peace Prize for fight against globalwarming
Former Vice President Al Gore has been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of globalwarming.
Other announced nominations for the 2007 prize include Vietnamese Monk Thich Quang Do and Sail Training International, a British-based charity helping young people develop through sailing.
However, my favorite by far is Al Gore. The work he's done to make people aware of the problem of globalwarming is extremely important.
Other announced nominations for the 2007 prize include Vietnamese Monk Thich Quang Do and Sail Training International, a British-based charity helping young people develop through sailing.
However, my favorite by far is Al Gore. The work he's done to make people aware of the problem of globalwarming is extremely important.
Monday, January 29, 2007
The Terminator takes on GlobalWarming
The California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is taking a firm stand in the fight against global warming. Approximately 8.000 people every year die from diseases caused by the bad environment. Steps have been taken to change these horrific numbers, but there is still a lot to be done. One major problem is the almost 30 million cars in California alone. People need to be convinced to switch to transportation that runs on alternative fuels, such as E85 and natural gas.
Other problems include wild fires, earthquakes and floodings. Perhaps not something we can do much about, but by decreasing our own pollution it will certainly make a difference.
Other problems include wild fires, earthquakes and floodings. Perhaps not something we can do much about, but by decreasing our own pollution it will certainly make a difference.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Does planting trees fight globalwarming?
In a TIME article on January 9, 2007, this is discussed. So called "Carbon offsetting" in the form off tree planting. This meens that trees are planted in order to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the Earth's athmosphere. According to the article this works to some degree, but there is in fact no real scientific proof on its effectiveness.
This has caused many big companies, that used to invest in tree planting, to look for other options such as investing in wind power and solar power, thus helping to turn away from fossil-fuel-based energy. I personally believe this is the right way to go, as I myself have invested some money in companies that are researching alternative energy sources.
Trees need to be planted as well to replace the ones we cut down, but it's not the whole solution to the problem.
Read the article here!
This has caused many big companies, that used to invest in tree planting, to look for other options such as investing in wind power and solar power, thus helping to turn away from fossil-fuel-based energy. I personally believe this is the right way to go, as I myself have invested some money in companies that are researching alternative energy sources.
Trees need to be planted as well to replace the ones we cut down, but it's not the whole solution to the problem.
Read the article here!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Bush admits globalwarming exists
The US president, George W Bush, finally admits in his State of the Union speech the existens of global warming. Having refused to sign the Kyoto treaty due to concerns about US interests, he finally had to give in. It's funny how the self proclaimed "Greatest democracy" in the World is so far behind when it comes to the environment. Just look at Brasil where as many as 95% of all cars sold are of the type "Flexifuel" and run on ethanol (E85). There's a lesson to learn here.
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
GlobalWarming Awareness2007
With this first post I announce my parttaking in the SEO World Championship of 2007. The Keyphrase to optimize for is "globalwarming awareness2007". The target is to rank as high as possible on all three major search engines Google ,Yahoo and MSN.
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