As I mentioned in a recent article, what we normally call “biomass,” while it’s technically renewable energy, is nowhere near an ideal energy source; most of it is really just deforestation, the cutting and incineration of wood for cooking, lighting, …
Tag: deforestation
Renewable Energy Infographic
I’m always on the lookout for good infographics on renewable energy. I just came across the one I linked above, but it’s flawed for several reasons: • It treats as separate items things like “hydro” and “biomass” (sources of energy) with …
Preserving and Protecting Arable Farmland
Here’s an article on desertification, in particular, holding the line against the Kubuchi Desert, that contains a message, variations of which I predict you’ll hear a great deal over the coming years: “The top 6 – 8 inches of top …
Tagged with: arable farmland, biomass energy, deforestation, desertification, Dr. David Doty, dust bowl conditions, global climate change, global warming, Kubuchi Desert, mismanagement of agricultural land, preserving and protecting arable farmland, reduction in rainfall, removal of trees for firewood
Jared Diamond's "Collapse"
In the course of the few years that 2GreenEnergy has been doing its thing, I’d estimate that at least two dozen people have asked me what I think about Jared Diamond’s writing — especially his book “Collapse.” I always reply …
Tagged with: anthropogenic climate change, book “Collapse”, deforestation, environmental issues, environmental problems, fossil fuels, global climate change, global warming, habitat destruction, Jared Diamond, melting of icecaps, overpopulation, rainforests, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, sea level rise, soil fertility loss, water management
FedEx Chairman Fred Smith on Energy, Environment, World Trade
Here’s a recently recorded hour-long interview with Fred Smith, CEO and Chairman of FedEx. He’s always impressed me with his extremely astute viewpoints on world trade. Obviously, I’m not as appreciative of his anti-regulation position as it applies to environmental …
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Tagged with: alternative fuel vehicles, anti-regulation, CNG, coal plants and lung disease, deforestation, electric transportation, Electric Vehicles, emotions and environmentalism, energy, environment, environmental issues, environmental regulation, EVs, FedEx, Fred Smith, global climate change, global warming, LNG, ocean acidification, plummeting biodiversity
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Rainforest Destruction
Question: At what rate are we losing the world’s rainforests? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732. Relevance: According to rain-tree.com: If nothing is done to curb this trend, the entire Amazon could well be gone within fifty years. Massive deforestation …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, Amazon, biodiversity, clean energy, deforestation, extinction, global warming, green energy, indigenous Indian tribes, malaria epidemics, rain-tree.com, rainforest, rainforest destruction, release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, Renewable Energy, soil erosion, take a cool guess, water pollution
