Two intriguing stories about unusual ways of contributing to the fight against climate change caught my attention yesterday. The first was an article in Christian Science Monitor about physicist Hashem Akbari’s formula “to determine how...
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McCain’s Energy Plan: The Lexington Project
Here is the link to John Sydney McCain III’s energy plan known as the Lexington Project. There are a few big headings including Oil Speculation, Expanding US production, Reforming our transportation sector, Investing in clean energy...
We talk often of the benefits of burning ethanol over petroleum-based fuels but what of methanol? The initial benefits may not seem overwhelming but there is a major advantage that is just now being explored. Methanol production requires CO2 which...
Alberta premier Ed Stelmach recently announced that the oil-rich region plans to invest $2 billion in Carbon Capture and Storage (CSS) as a way to reduce greenhouse emissions. The initiative also aims at reducing Alberta’s negative reputation...
(Via Earthfirst): There’s nothing like a success story to put a smile on our faces. This article from the New Yorker magazine about the Danish island of Samsø, where its community decided to become self-sufficient in terms of energy and...