Coming Undone...not just a song by Korn
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| Global Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions |
According to the National Academy
of Sciences, the number of heat records that have been broken this year across
the United States is over 40,000. Since the year 2000, we have witnessed 9 of
the 10 hottest years EVER recorded (NASA), and signs are not pointing toward
this pattern getting any better. “The U.S. National Academy of Sciences
completed an exhaustive
review of scientific research and concluded more forcefully than ever
in a landmark 2011 report that pollution from smokestacks and tailpipes is
destabilizing our climate.” So…what can we do to change the course of this foreboding
pattern? For the full story and tips on how you can make a difference, go here.
There is a simple explaination for why there are so many fossil fuels being burnt during this time period. Like the time before fossil fuels were being found out to provide energy when burned. Now a century later since they've been found where burning them more than ever. The energy business does not do complete front flips like a fashion industry. The energy business takes time to develop something new and get the new energy source to start providing adequately. Over the next decade or so I believe that we will start seeing a larger drop in fossil fuels burned, due to the new introduction of wind, solar, and nuclear energy. (Although Nuclear energy isn't the best option for environmental safe energy).
ReplyDeleteAnother article on climate change. It would seem that this may be what is in store for us. It doesn't look promising. The coal companies are currently engaged in a massive advertising campaign describing the cheap price of energy when coal is used. I wonder if the American people can understand the lingage between burning coal and the heat wave we are experiencing. It is unfortunate we do not see the other side. Good article.
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