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August 9, 2010   10:25 pm,  The post writted by admin

Fixing Climate: What Past Climate Changes Reveal About the Current Threat–and How to Counter It

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The product of a unique collaboration between a pioneering earth scientist and an award-winning science writer, Fixing Climate takes an unconventional approach to the problem of global warming—and offers a possible solution. Hailed by his colleagues as “one of the our greatest living geoscientists,” Wallace S. Broecker, a longtime researcher at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, warned about the possible consequences of global warming de… More >>

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  4:40 am,  The post writted by admin

Some Facts about Solar Energy

Solar energy is for everyone simply because the sun shines in every corner of the planet. In fact, the history of solar energy can be traced back to the Greeks that were then passed on to the Romans which marked the first people to ever use the passive solar design.

Passive solar design is a way to warm the home based on the dwelling’s design. They may not have had glass windows back then but their architecture made it possible for the people to use the sun’s rays to light and heat indoor spaces. As a result, there was no need to burn food that often which was in short supply.

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July 30, 2010   2:07 am,  The post writted by admin

A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids: Understanding Climate Change and What You Can Do About It

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Kids, parents, and teachers will find the very latest information about the causes and effects of climate change, how people are working to reduce it, and ways kids and their families and schools can join the fight. A Hot Planet Needs Cool Kids teaches and inspires through clear and accessible writing, engaging illustrations, hands-on activities, cool and hot facts, eco-hero features, and a hopeful and empowering message to get kids involved in confronting global wa… More >>

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July 25, 2010   1:37 pm,  The post writted by admin

Solar Energy For The Home: The Facts About Solar Panels

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This guide to solar panels for the home covers information about the installation and building of your own panels. The basics are laid out in an easy informative manner with tips on how to find wholesale panels, getting solar panels if you are a renter, use of solar energy for your pool and much more…. More >>

Solar Energy For The Home: The Facts About Solar Panels

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  3:50 am,  The post writted by admin

Requiem for a Species: Why We Resist the Truth About Climate Change

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Clive Hamilton offers a compelling description of a world transformed by climate change—and explains why we won’t stop climate change even though we know it will destroy us.

This book does not set out to raise the alarm again to encourage us to take radical measures to head off climate chaos. There have been many books and reports in recent years explaining just how dire the future looks and how little time we have left to act.

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July 23, 2010   3:06 am,  The post writted by admin

Pros And Cons About Solar Energy

Solar energy has many advantages over conventional power energy. That energy is free and the only expense is from recovering it. The cost of recovering the suns energy is of a very small portion and recovered faster compared with conventional energy. The recovering units are not connected to natural gas or power grids, they stand alone with no fees. The supply of solar energy is limitless. It has no emission gases to harm the earth’s atmosphere, it is earth friendly.

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July 20, 2010   2:10 pm,  The post writted by admin

All About The Swift Wind Turbine

After having much success installing over 250 home wind turbines in Scotland, Cascading Engineering is bringing the Swift wind turbine to America and Canada.

The company that specializes in plastics, partnered with Swift’s Scottish designer, Renewable Devices, to install the revolutionary small wind turbine in the U.S. households.

What sets the Swift apart from other small wind turbines is the reduced noise it produces. In addition, the turbine can be attached to rooftops instead of towers.  With it’s five blades and “outer diffuser” ring, the company claims vibration is reduced, resulting in only 35 decibels of noise.

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July 13, 2010   7:54 am,  The post writted by admin

Lying About Lying About Climate Change

Alan Caruba, in a piece titled The High Cost of Climate Lies, which is available at http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=132147 tries to counter the claim that human action is responsible in some measure for climate change. He cites a number of scientists who are critical of this claim. One of them is Dr. Vincent Gray, a New Zealand-based climate scientist, but the reasoning he cites is very curious. Dr. Gray, he writes, claims that “No average temperature of any part of the earth’s surface, over any period, has ever been made.” And so, “If the earth’s “average temperature” cannot be determined, how can you know that it’s dramatically heating? How can you predict anything about an unknown?”

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June 30, 2010   1:49 am,  The post writted by admin

Greeting Cards – Cinderella couldn’t help but worry about her carbon footprint

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Greeting Cards – Cinderella couldn’t help but worry about her carbon footprint

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June 25, 2010   11:34 pm,  The post writted by admin

Educating People About Alternative Energies

Perhaps one of the most effective ways through which young people can learn about alternative energies would be to use PicoTurbine kits, books or even projects. This company, called PicoTurbine, is the main promoter of alternative energies, a company that has created awareness throughout the whole world of the numerous benefits of the large scale usage of such energies. The environment needs to be protected and alternative energies definitely take into account this aspect. Therefore, if humanity wants to benefit from the environment in the future, then active steps of protection need to be enforced.

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