A week in Paris has opened my eyes on how inevitable the autonomous driving future really is. I live in the South of Holland and try to live a Practice What You Preach live because I am very concerned by the prospect of what our continued Western lifestyle will mean for the future of planet …
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The NegaWatt – unknown source of Renewable Energy
My regular readers know it, I’m a Treehugger. Actively proclaiming the end of the fossil fuel era because I have seen CO2 levels rise from 320 to 400 ppm during my lifetime, and coal and oil are to blame. Most denyists think Treehuggers want massive government subsidies so those beloved windfarms can kick coal plants …
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An inconvenient truth about solar panels?
Yesterday I came across this article, pointing to the ugly downside of solar energy: to create the panels you apparently need * to burn coal to create electricity to make silicon. * use chemicals to clean the panels that are 24.000 times more heat capturing than CO2 * toxic metals like Cadmium to change the …
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Non stop renewable that would end the nuclear debate
The IPCC proved this week that mankind is changing earth’s climate at an alarming rate. Greenhouse gases are the culprit. We need to act really really fast if we want to have a chance of staying within 2 degrees temperature rise compared to pre-industrial times. “Wind power and solar are going to save us” was …
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Could our world run on nuclear fuel?
Reposted blog by Luis Baram Introduction : With IPCC’s latest report is has become 100% clear that our Fossil Society is totally unsustainable. It is Force Majeur, we need to act now or else…. I’ve been reluctant to think about the nuclear option, but I think our problems are so dire that we have to …
An energy source for the industry ? : Lifter Plants – Thorium
Households will have no issue whatsoever to decarbonize. Their rooftops will catch all the energy they need from Fusion reactor number 1, and community windmills will fill in the gaps when the sun is down. Our Tesla batteries store energy for half a neighborhood and in case we want to go all the way in …
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Everything you need to know about methane but were afraid to ask
“Listen, the North Pole is starting to tilt towards the sun, so of course it melts, and that’s also why the Antarctic is growing so fast now” This is the kind of rubbish I find on my replies when I tweet about Climate Change. Good thing I have my blog where I can spend more …
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