Question: What role can (and should) basalt play in the subject of carbon sequestration? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Our civilization, as denizens of planet Earth, is badly losing the battle to hold the concentration of …
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Question: Has there been a point in the history of the world that the total private investment in research and development for renewable energy exceeded that for fossil fuels? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: The more money …
Question: Are there cases in human history in which changes made in environmental regulation have made a dramatic and measurable positive difference? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Perhaps too many believe that man’s continuing assault against the natural environment …
Question: How cheaply can we generate electricity if we don’t care what we do to the planet in the process? Answer: Can be found at here: Relevance: A friend told me about his trip to Inner Mongolia (see photo linked …
Question: How much trash does the average American generate daily? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: As suggested in this brilliant video, The Story of Stuff, our ultra-consumer society is on a crash course with sustainability.
Question: Approximately how many trees are ground up each year to make junk mail? Answer: Can be found here. Relevance: A big part of the business I ran for almost 30 years was direct mail. Note that I refer to …
A two-fer! Questions: How long does it take for some plastic bottles to break down in landfills? How many plastic bags are used worldwide every year? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: Most plastics are derived from petroleum and …
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Question: The dozens of flavors of biomass technologies are all rooted in making use of the chemical energy stored in the bonds of complex, organic molecules, which, in some processes, is released to reform biofuels, normally in the form of …
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Question: 2GreenEnergy client Canefields USA, LLC has negotiated a supply of 50,000 metric tons per month of raw sugarcane (waste) “bagasse” fiber from major sugar producers in Brazil, from which it will produce eco-friendly carbon-neutral paper. Approximately how much per …
Question: What is the world’s total energy consumption, in Watts? Answer: Can be found HERE. Relevance: 80% of the Earth’s energy (the total you see on the Answers page) is generated by burning hydrocarbons – a process that’s clearly unsustainable. …
