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Making ethanol from corn is expensive. Better biofuels are years away from the gas tank. Farmers are reluctant to change their practices. But do we really have any alternative to biofuels? http://www.technologyreview.com/Energy/19842/page1/ food should not be fuel

The value of a forest is not only carbon sequestration, but biodiversity, and the lives of those in the forests themselves http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1694814,00.html?cnn=yes

http://www.getenergyactive.org/fuel/state.htm NY nuk natural gas hydro coal oil other (includes renewables) 2.6%

ScienceDaily (Dec. 18, 2007) — Scientists have discovered what they think may be another reason why Greenland 's ice is melting: a thin spot in Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to heat the ice. They have found at least one “hotspot” in the northeast corner of Greenland -- just below a site where an ice stream was recently discovered. The researchers don't yet know how warm the hotspot is. But if it is warm enough to melt the ice above it even a little, it could be lubricating the base of the ice sheet and enabling the ice to slide more rapidly out to sea. “The behavior of the great ice sheets is an important barometer of global climate change,” said Ralph von Frese, leader of the project and a professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University. “However, to effectively separate and quantify human impacts on climate change, we must understand the natural impacts, too. “Crustal heat flow is still one of the unknowns -- and it's a fairly significant one, according to our preliminary results.” ... The ice thickness, the temperature at the base of the ice, and ground topography all contribute to the forming of an ice stream -- a river of ice that flows within a larger ice sheet. In recent years, Greenland ice streams have been carrying ice out to sea faster, and ice cover on the island has been diminishing. Once the ice reaches the sea, it melts, and global sea levels rise. “The complete melting of these continental ice sheets would put much of Florida, as well as New Orleans, New York City and other important coastal population centers, under water,” von Frese said. ... “Recent observations indicate that the Greenland Ice Sheet is much more active than we ever believed,” van der Veen said. “There have been rapid changes in outlet glaciers, for example. Such behavior is critically linked to conditions at the ice bed. Geothermal heat is an important factor, but until now, our models have not included spatial variations in heat, such as this hotspot. “Our map is the first attempt at quantifying spatial variations in geo-heat under Greenland -- and it explains why the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream is where it is,” van der Veen added. To measure actual temperatures beneath the ice, scientists must drill boreholes down to the base of the ice sheet-- a mile or more below the ice surface. The effort and expense make such measurements few and far between, especially in remote areas of northeast Greenland. For now, the researchers are combining theories of how heat flows through the mantle and crust with the gravity and radar data, to understand how the hotspot is influencing the ice. Once they finish searching the rest of Greenland for other hotspots, they hope to turn their attention to Antarctica. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071212103004.htm eh... my concern here is that big polluting govts are going to use this as an excuse to shift the problem of global climate change off the filth they belch into the sky to natural phenomenon. That aint the case. This discovery just worsens an already existing problem and should make govts in a bigger hurry to cap co2 emissions. Man is in a big time fight with the earth here, we have to change just to survive natural cycles of the planet.

no biters on DA? that sux theres gotta be some way to advertize yer awsomeness

I think I gotta agree with Dx's This is the bible belt, it would create a end of the world scare like no other... the religious nuts would see it as the whole mark of the beast end times crap and then we'll have a shit storm of controversy with some fantasy about the end of the world at its center. If there is one thing history has shown us it is that "christians" are blood thirsty. I don't count on the nut jobs sittin still over somethin like this.

Its just a sad fact that cities need to be powered and presently nuk energy is cleaner and more sustainable then petro or coal and a lot of developing nations are turning to nuk power. *sigh*

happy b day yo

I watched some berserk too well, for the most part it sucked fuckin snow

I aint surprised

Consensus at a United Nations summit arrived after a day of high drama in which the United States drew boos for threatening to reject a deal and an angry Chinese delegation led a revolt by developing countries. Last-minute compromise resulted in a so-called "Bali Road map" - a two-year plan to seek a treaty that would replace the Kyoto Protocol in 2012. Delegates who had hoped to launch the talks with clear targets in hand were disappointed by a deal that eschewed mention of hard numbers and replaced them with fuzzy references to reducing greenhouse gases. Canada helped gut some of the substance from Saturday's deal and then expressed regret when the final agreement was ultimately watered down even more than it had hoped. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hSIPHFtqSzFk7ZCDG9dZKmdlHAMQ

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an interesting distraction, but a distraction none the less. makes me wonder if home boy don't wanna finish the story he started

Look for the gnostic gospels. Thomas Phillip Mary and Judas What didn't they want us to know? Well, God is love not some pissed off invisible man in the sky that will send you to hell, Jesus and Mary of Magdela were married in Cana, Jesus had biological brothers. Jesus wasn't poor, women are equal to men in the eyes of God. Jesus spoke to Mary about enlightenment post 'resurection' .... yada yada yada ps the writers of the canonical gospels are in heated debate. they were written after the crucification, some say decades later, some argue almost 100ish yrs later. History international channel does a lot of biblical era programing.

Sounds like tons of fun and slightly chaotic Any toy landmines on the stairs? And dont worry soon enuff you'll be able to donate the vacuume breaking toys to another family (I went thru 2 hoovers cuz of marbles and now I have a windtunnel) Mike started goin in to get Morgan up when he was 2. I could hear him comin down the hall in his duck boots

BALI, Indonesia (CNN) -- Negotiations over a new agreement on global warming were expected to go down to the wire as the United States and the European Union remained at loggerheads over how to replace the 10-year-old Kyoto Protocol. The United Nations climate change conference in Bali is in its final hours, and negotiations are expected to last well into the night as the summit wraps up mid-day Friday local time. The Europeans are pushing for an agreement that contains specific numbers for emissions cuts, but Washington wants to leave room for future negotiations, including next month's U.S.-sponsored climate talks in Hawaii. The EU delegation has balked at that stance, saying it would render January's major emitters meeting "meaningless."Watch efforts to encourage fruitful talks » "We are disappointed that having reached this stage of the negotiations we still haven't heard from the United States -- what is their exact level of ambition or of engagement in the Bali roadmap?," said Humberto Rosa, a member of European delegation and Portuguese secretary of state for the environment. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, fresh from accepting the Nobel peace prize for his work on climate change awareness, sided with the Europeans. "My own country, the United States, is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali. We all know that," he said. "But my country is not the only that can take steps to ensure that we move forward in bali with progress and with hope." Gore accepted the Nobel peace prize on Monday, alongside the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . In an interview with CNN, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaned toward the United States' position, stressing that Bali negotiations have to be "based on realistic and practical assessment." "Somewhere down the road, quantifiable targets on emissions reductions" would be discussed, he said, adding that "launching the process (is) very important." Japan and Canada have taken positions in line with the United States, while Australia's position is uncertain. Washington is balking at suggestions by the EU that any agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol on global warming should require developed countries to cut their emissions by 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels by 2020. The Bush administration says Europe is moving too fast in its efforts to find a replacement for the Kyoto treaty, which expires in 2012. "The main effort here in Bali is to get all of the countries to agree, in concept, that they will collectively support a long term global goal for reducing emissions," said James Connaughton, the chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. "That's the first step before you can then sit down and work through the specifics of what that goal might be." The shrill tone of Thursday's public statements indicated the behind-the-doors negotiations were difficult. Rosa said the European delegation said it is not "blackmailing" Washington, but said it is "logic(al)" that if no deal is completed in Bali, it can not be built upon in Hawaii. The Kyoto Protocol was passed 10 years ago by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with the goal of limiting greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. While 175 parties -- including the European Union -- have ratified it, the United States has not. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/13/climate.conference/index.html man.... someone needs to get shot in the fuckin face

hi to you too

time is yet another reason I find the bible and related texts to be unreliable bs

snowin its ass off here alllllllllll frickin day

recycling and bottle redemption should be federal law support the carbon tax outlaw standard light bulbs make Exxon pay for what they did to Glacier Bay and set a new enviro precedent that punishes polluters with heavy fines Support green energy end the wars for oil force auto industry to make cars get more mpg to name a few

No I will not. Not now and not until we cut back on the pollution and waste; not until we are using clean energy on a large scale and not just dreaming about it. 1 country. 1/4 of the entire globes pollution and our toxic waste spills over into developing nations. No, no credit and no gold stars. I stand by my

his theory went directly against the work he was being paid to do and no laws were broken by firing him

exactly

I was just wonderin if anyone else has watched this. http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/ I watched it again today, it depressed me and of course pissed me off. >.< though I do believe Yeshua son of Joseph and Mary did live and teach I can see where most religions (espically the Christian ones) originated. The 911 stuff makes me so sick and angry I wanna shoot George W in his fuckin face. I learned shit about our financial institution they never taught in school and it made me pretty ill too