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David Suzuki: Screw the Environment! The Pipeline Will Hurt Our Economy. — MY...
My comment on Dr. David Suzuki’s article which appeared in The Huffington Post – Canada – Front Page January 12, 2012...
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NASA Says Canada In ‘Hot Spot’ Of Ecological Change — MY COMMENT
My comment on article by CBC.ca which was published in The Huffington Post – Canada – Front Page January 12, 2012...
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Port Hope Nuclear Waste:10-Year Cleanup Of Radioactive Material To Cost $1.28...
My comment on an article by The Canadian Press Featured in The Huffington Post – Canada – Front Page January 14, 2012...
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Why biofuels are not a good idea – by Ugo Bardi — MY COMMENT
My comment on an article by: Ugo Bardi The article appears in: Energybulletin.net http://energybulletin.net/stories/2012-01-14/why-biofuels-are-not-good-idea ———————————————————————————————————- The...
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United States: Nuclear Energy Picking Up Momentum — MY COMMENT
My comment to an article in ENERGYBOOM: By JOSEPH BAKER ON January 20, 2012 —————————————————————————– With proper safeguards and spent-fuel disposal, nuclear can do! Under the right conditions, and...
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The Economist online — Watts Next? — MY COMMENT
My response to an article published in The Economist online January 25, 2012 What will be fueling the world in 2030? “THE world will consume 40% more energy in 2030 than it does today, according to...
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Obama Unveils Energy Initiatives In Las Vegas — MY COMMENT
My comment on an article by: Lucia Graves in The Huffington Post Obama Unveils Energy Initiatives In Las Vegas January 26, 2012...
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Biofuels 101 – with some easy to understand links
I am a biofuels advocate, but it must be recognized that corn – of all the biofuel crops uses the most water and fertilizer by a significant margin. It also must be pointed out that growing corn for...
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Biofuel a Win-Win: Green and Cost-Effective – response to comment against my...
My article appeared in The Huffington Post Canada Feb 2/12 A comment appeared detracting from my points, this is my response to that commentator. ———————————————————————– I did address both your...
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The Difference between Fossil Fuels and Biofuels – MY COMMENT
The burning of fossil fuels over the past 90 years or so, has released trillions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere over that limited timeframe. Previous to the large-scale commercial extraction of...
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Dr. David Suzuki: Tories Put Pipeline Ahead of Phytoplankton — MY COMMENT
According to Wikipedia; “Canada comprises a total area of 9,984,670 sq km, of which 891,163 sq km is freshwater. According to Canada’s Dept of Fisheries and Oceans: Canada’s salt water area, known as...
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Loading the Climate Dice — MY COMMENT
by John Brian Shannon MY COMMENT ON PROFESSOR PAUL KRUGMAN‘S ARTICLE BEGINS… It’s always a treat when the world’s leading economist writes a column about the environment — which happens to be one of my...
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“More Agreement than Not”— Canada’s Premiers in 2012
by John Brian Shannon It was heartening to see Canada‘s Premiers working together today on the challenges facing Canada, it’s provinces and citizens. A provincially-led era of common-sense has appeared...
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Canada’s Minister of the Environment, Peter Kent — Responds to My Questions
by John Brian Shannon It turns out that policy documents signed by Canadian federal government Ministers posted on this blog are quite popular, judging by the volume of visitors the past week....
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Utility-scale Solar Power — Now Cost-effective!
by John Brian Shannon New, utility-scale photo-voltaic solar power is now competitive with new, utility-scale coal. (When neither is subsidized) Timing is everything it is said. Which makes now a great...
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Will Global Sustainability Ever Be Possible?
by John Brian Shannon If you haven’t seen these two short videos on demographics and sustainability from Professor Hans Rosling take the time to do it now. Hans at his best! If you prefer to watch...
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Cited in a United Nations Development Programme Report
by John Brian Shannon In July of this year, the UN asked me to contribute an article to the United Nations Development Programme — and it is now published in a 60-page report. I’m in the credits on...
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An Assessment Just Waiting to Happen
by John Brian Shannon What is the matter with energy? A scientist might say, what is the energy with matter? There are really only two things in the universe. One is matter and the other is energy. All...
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Excerpts from the Center for American Progress Fact Sheet/Regional Energy,...
by John Brian Shannon “Developing just 54 gigawatts of offshore wind in Atlantic waters would generate $200 billion in economic activity and create 43,000 permanent, well-paid technical jobs, in...
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Clean Energy: How To Get There From Here!
by John Brian Shannon Everyone knows more electricity is needed in developed nations and electrical needs in developing nations are skyrocketing. No problem there — everyone deserves to live a good...
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To Be… or not to Be… Green!
Graphic courtesy of: Perez & Perez 2009a Comparing finite and renewable planetary energy reserves. Total reserves are shown for the finite resources. Yearly potential is shown for renewable...
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What Is New under the Sun?
Amonix 34.5% peak efficiency solar module recordVerified by National Renewable Energy Laboratory – May, 2012 by John Brian Shannon Most installed solar panels (also known as solar modules) in North...
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China’s Dream Team — MY COMMENT
by John Brian Shannon While some might think that the sky is falling now that a new President of China and a new Chinese Premier will be installed in March 2013 – Stephen S. Roach with his years of...
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Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 2 Including 19 Charts & Graphs — Reblogged...
Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 2 (Including 19 Charts & Graphs) (via Clean Technica) Continuing on from yesterday’s “Renewable Energy Big Pic” post, here’s Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 2. As...
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Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 1 Including 34 Charts & Graphs — Reblogged...
Renewable Energy Big Pic: Part 1 (Including 34 Charts & Graphs) (via Clean Technica) As I mentioned in my article covering the latest US Solar Market Insight report (which I just published a few...
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