Tue 22 Apr 2008 |
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Earth Day 2008 is here |
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ECOstrive - Earth Day is like the liberal environmentalist's Christmas, New Years, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Fourth of July wrapped up in one. Earth day does highlight the state-of-the-planet to see where we are and help us to remember to be a little more careful with our resources.
So we here at ECOstrive felt that there was no better time than today to talk about the positive and negative things that have happened over the last year, including global climate hype and more. We would love to see your comments posted below the article.
Con - Al Gore wins Nobel Prize for his panic mongering.
Pro - Tesla begins regular production of an all-electric sports car with performance rivaling Ferrari.
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Sat 29 Mar 2008 |
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Earth Hour blackout highlights global warming |
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 by Madeleine Coorey
Sat Mar 29, 7:55 AM ET
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's largest city was shrouded in darkness on Saturday night as it launched a worldwide campaign stretching from Sydney to San Francisco to highlight global warming.
Sydney was the first major metropolis to mark Saturday's 'Earth Hour', a self-imposed 60-minute black-out, with the lights on landmark buildings, corporate skyscrapers, businesses and homes switched off from 8:00 pm (0900 GMT).
From there the initiative, which aims to engage the community in combatting global warming, will see lights dimmed or turned off at 8:00 pm local time in Asian cities such as Bangkok and Manila, before spreading further to Europe and the Americas. Tel Aviv marked the event on March 27 for religious reasons.
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Tue 11 Mar 2008 |
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Environmentalists target blind people |
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 ECOstrive - According to an AP article this morning, Hybrid and electric vehicles are too quiet for the blind.
This complaint by the NFB has caused the radical environmentalists to send threats to NFB President Marc Maurer suggesting that the members of his group should be the first to drown when sea levels rise from global warming. This is a perfect example of the lack of tolerance of these supposedly tolerant environmental groups.
Because hybrids make virtually no noise at slower speeds when they run solely on electric power, blind people say they pose a hazard to those who rely on their ears to determine whether it's safe to cross the street or walk through a parking lot.
The National Federation of the Blind's Committee on Automotive and Pedestrian Safety performed unscientific tests to determine the safety of these vehicles. These tests involved people standing in parking lots or on sidewalks who were asked to signal when they heard several different hybrid models drive by.
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Tue 11 Mar 2008 |
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Biofuels maker says airlines worried about survival, not CO2 |
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 By Nichola Groom
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. airlines are too worried about survival to address the big impact their planes are having on the environment, the company behind the world's first commercial bio jet fuel plant said on Tuesday.
Solena Group, which is developing a facility in California to make renewable jet fuel from municipal waste, is banking on the European Union's proposal to cap airlines' emissions of greenhouse gases to drive demand for its product.
"The U.S. obviously is still struggling with CO2 issues, so I don't see the airlines making a big effort to buy this," Robert Do, Solena's chief executive, said in an interview. "Airlines are struggling to stay afloat and CO2 issues are not a big interest for them, except for a few leaders in the industry like Virgin."
Last month, a Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam powered partly by biofuel. It was the world's first such commercial flight. Virgin founder Richard Branson called the flight "a vital breakthrough," and Solena's Do said Branson had already expressed interest in his product.
"Last week Sir Richard Branson made a statement to our partner, Rentech, that whatever we make they will buy it all," Do said.
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Tue 11 Mar 2008 |
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2008 is the Year of Solar Energy According to New ChangeWave Survey |
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Copyright © 2008 Jim Woods and Paul Carton
"Keep your face to the sunshine..." -- Helen Keller
No matter where you look, alternative energy is the topic du
jour. Driven by the economics of record-high crude oil, the
spotlight is shifting to non-traditional renewable energy
sources, particularly solar power.
But while solar stocks were some of the biggest gainers for much
of last year, recently the solar power industry has taken big
hits – with several key leaders such as First Solar (FLSR)
SunPower (SPWR) and Evergreen Solar (ESLR) down as much as 50%
off their 52 week highs.
To find out what's going on with solar energy and the other
renewable energy sources, we recently surveyed 182 respondents
working directly in the alternative energy industry.
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