Coal is on the way out because of market pressure from natural gas. All the cheering for it won’t bring back mining. Solar is being taxed only if you want to hook to the grid and sell back to the power companies in states such as Florida to protect the power companies that pump lobby dollars to politicians. Agreed this is bad for solar in a sunny state but I can see the power companies side also. As more and more go solar their reign is fading.
There are no guarantees fracking solutions will not pollute the water table. Natural gas is a cleaner alternative to coal but it should be considered a transition energy source.
In that MIT article I referenced, nuclear is mentioned as a fuel for the next ice age when fossil fuels are exhausted.
Simply read the very first sentence of this CIA assessment of 1974. It was real, I don’t think we need to whitewash history and pretend it never happened or that all those reporters just were making things up. Reporters back then made up a lot less stuff than the common lies we see in CNN or the NY Times these days (I’m not saying that they didn’t or that they were perfect). http://www.climatemonitor.it/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/1974.pdf
If you start looking into those links (a few for you below) you will see that reporters have quoted noted scientists extensively. I don’t disagree that Co2 is causing the planet to warm faster than if there was less co2. However, I will suggest that humans ability to predict what will occur in 50 years from now appears to be still evolving, and let’s keep an open mind. For myself, it’s obvious to me that there are large cycles at play which involve the sun and solar flares which do have a mini 11 year cycle that scientists have been tracking only since the 1800s. Given our position in the solar system and what is occurring out beyond in the far distance of space, it could be a lot of differing things at play none of which we know anything about currently. Regardless, while we study these phenomenons and crazy things like ocean acidifaction, it would certainly behoove us to be as careful with our emissions as possible.
This topic isn’t doing anything to help the peace and enjoyment of BLF for users, and it also won’t change anything related to the overarching topic being discussed. Thread closed.
