Jon Dougal Editor

Welcome to the November 2007 Green InSight eNewsletter!

"... as biological knowledge grows, the ethic will shift fundamentally so that everywhere ... the fauna and flora of a country will be thought part of the national heritage as important as its art, [and] its language ... ." (E.O. Wilson 1984)

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Energy's Big Picture
These articles will help form a view of what's coming in the energy market.



Green House Emissions in California - Air Pollutiion 101
A concerned contributing Author voices his concerns!
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Peak Oil and Climate Change Q & A
There aren't many people who have analyzed whether there are sufficient hydrocarbons to produce the scenarios in the IPCC reports. The Fact is that Peak Oil is closer than we've been told, and climate change is more severe than we're expecting.  Peak Oil probably happened in 2006.
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The Future of Transportation
Over the last 20 years, passenger vehicles have become heavier and have faster acceleration but have no improvement in fuel efficiency.
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Peak Oil Websites
There is a new debate surrounding the issue of declining oil supply impacting climate change.  Information recently made available indicates that the oil companies lied to us.  Can you imagine?
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A Perspective on Bio-fuel crops
Ednote: While this farmer expresses his perspective in the following article, and his points are all valid, there is another perspective.  This rationale gives the lie to the real reason for poor farming and high prices for local produce grown in third world countries which is the dumping of heavily subsidized U.S. and EU farm produce in those countries.  It's not a fair playing field.
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Failure to Address Energy Anxiety Could Derail Global Warming Policies, Survey Finds
A new survey on global heating released by the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Breakthrough Institute people are more concerned about the price of gas and electricity than they are about global warming.
+ Read more on climate change initiatives

Ethanol's Boom Stalling as Glut Depresses Price
Ednote: Corn corn, everywhere corn.  Drive down the hiways in farm country and that's all you see.  Tortilla prices up in Mexico.  Bio-diesel plants closing from short supplies of seed oil feed stocks.  Sweet mercy, what are we going to do?
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Krill As A Source of Bio-Diesel?
Ednote: krill are loosing ground in the Antarctica where they mostly grow. Penguins are suffering and loosing populations, etc. Krill are the basic bottom of the food chain. We don t want to start another reason to use up the remaining krill populations but the info below is very interesting.
+ Read more on bio-fuels

Chevron and NREL to Collaborate
Ednote: Now both BP Oil (Beyond Petroleum) and Chevron Oil are making their stance clear.  They want a part of the future of clean, low carbon fuels, and with peak oil reallly in their face BIG Oil is looking for partners.  What's in your "Gas Tank?"
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How this 12inch Miracle Tube Could Halve Heating Bills
Amazing British invention creates MORE energy than you put into it - and could soon be warming your home!  It defies the laws of thermodynamics. Can it be True?
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Wal-Mart Goes Solar in California
Wal-Mart, Inc. is unveiling its new solar power pilot project for the first time in the Santa Ana store in Orange County. The project will include 22 stores in California.

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