Comment by: PT (David Alexander) (Apr-17-2009) Web site
It seems likely there will be some development of renewable energies that will be helpful, and there is already a lot going on to increase conservation. However, it will not be enough nor soon enough, so the rest of the reduction will be forced on the society. And yes, it could get ugly -- but no one can honestly say they know EXACTLY how this will play out.
Comment by: auntiegrav (auntiegrav) (Apr-17-2009)
I seem to have learned to ignore global warming arguments lately. Mostly because it's too late and kind of a moot point: we can't 'fix' a problem so big that it would take 2 planets worth of resources to save the one we have. It's much like the 'energy' plans to use windmills to 'save' our system of systems. Too much effort to argue little details with people who don't care that the overall effort is simply not going to happen or is being spent to save the wrong things. The carbon reduction plans ignore the overall consumption aspect of our behaviors. The Big Wind energy plans ignore the overall waste that electric power grids entail. (Keeping the lights on 24/7 when we only need electricity for a few hours a day....buy batteries and limited local power, not power lines and right of ways).
Comment by: PT (David Alexander) (Apr-17-2009) Web site
This series by Peter Sinclair (you can see links to the other posts so far at the bottom) is terrific if you have ever seen or heard an argument you knew was inaccurate but spouted in a facile way, and you did not have the facts to refute it. This happens frequently on the Internet. Peter has done the work to bring together the facts related to each of these denier myths, and is now implementing that research as a video series.
Peter Sinclair is a long-time advocate of environmental awareness and energy alternatives. An award winning graphic artist, illustrator, and animator, Mr. Sinclair runs Greenman Studio from his home in Midland, MI.
Mr. Sinclair's cartoons and illustrations have appeared in newspapers around the world, and his work has been profiled in numerous publications, including the New York Times, The Utne Reader, and HaAretz of Jerusalem.
Constantly updated information, made vivid with striking, clear graphics and animations, many derived from NASA, The National Snow and Ice Data Center, and top international sources, an expert knowledge of the issues of energy and environment, and an informal, good humored delivery, make difficult concepts easy to see and grasp.
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