Air Pollution in China Is Shortening Lives, Study Says
Occasionally I hear that the Chinese government is very concerned about keeping its huge population content – or at least sufficiently calm that the people don’t riot in the streets. I don’t really understand this, as the government hasn’t been particularly afraid of rounding up protesters and putting bullets through their heads.
But now I’m starting to see that these protesters may feel that they don’t have much to lose. If I read a scientific report that said that my life had been shortened by 5.5 years because my government hadn’t addressed the air pollution coming from its coal-fired power plants, and had been less than forthcoming in telling me the truth, I might be mad enough to take to the streets myself. The article linked above tells this shocking and heartbreaking story.
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If you’re one of those people who want to go eco-friendly and you can’t stand the amount of food that is usually being thrown away every day, all the money and work can just go to waste if it goes bad in the fridge or is just not good enough after you forget it somewhere deep inside of your fridge.
In an email conversation I had with a reader I noted my surprise that General Motors seems to be headed in the direction of hydrogen, and I expressed my belief that the “hydrogen economy” is not a solid idea.
I had a conversation at a party a few weeks ago in Central California that I wanted to relate. I should preface this by saying that I don’t habitually go around interviewing people at parties about their views on controversial issues; if that were the case, I’d be staying home a lot for want of invitations. But sometimes the situation simply presents itself, as it did that night when the gentleman I was talking to, a career farmer, began to explain how the American West is suffering from the most terrible drought he’s seen in his entire lifetime. 
I’ve often written that we’ll see the day when 
I couldn’t make this year’s Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Wall Street, though I did peruse the notes that my colleague 
Environmentalist, entrepreneur and author 
I’m having a conversation in email with a reader who asks me if I think America will be able to survive economically past the next few years.
Here’s an article based on a survey of Americans, and, frankly, most of its findings are unremarkable. But one thing that would raise any reader’s eyebrows is the amazing 
