RE: Wind farms
Patsy - I agree, there are natural cycles of polar reversal which are geologically recorded - and these are sudden changes! how else does one explain wooly mammoth which were so quickly frozen thousands of years ago, that they were able to be defrosted and eaten in Russia? however our CO2 emissions are causing an acceleration of trends.
The Orton website I linked above gives an excellent argument for solar energy being the way forward - and recent environmentally friendly housing design is starting to incorporate that. however, we need to embrace these technologies, rather than always pick the cheapest [&:]
xxx Doq
RE: Wind farms
Yes Tim, our CO2 emissions aren't helping with global warming, definitely not. This is why we must use our natural resources a bit more.
However, I think that in the West, we are more environmentally-minded. It is eastern Europe and Asia who need to cut back on the fossil fuels. This is where we can come in as educators, but how many of those people will resist it?
This is what owrries me, Tim. We're preaching to the converted in the West - it's the East that needs our preaching!
Love,
Patsy.
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RE: Wind farms
Patsy - I agree that countries like China are polluting on a frightening scale. However I do not agree that it is preaching to the converted re the West.
Look at this quote from [link= http://www.greenpeace.org/international/ ]Greenpeace [/link] site ( I am a longterm member )
The US refuses to sign the climate treaty and take action to reduce emissions. With less than 5 percent of the world's population, the US is the world's largest producer of greenhouse gases and is responsible for 25 percent of global emissions. Also, governments continue to subsidise the fossil fuel industries, keeping dirty energy cheap while clean energy solutions remain under-funded.
the truth is we all (the whole world) need to be working together on this, and I am afraid the US is not giving the lead it might be expected to do, instead choosing to focus on terrorism as the threat to our way of life - when they are a much bigger threat to us all!
with love and emissions [8D] - Doq xxx
RE: Wind farms
Agreed, 100%.
Love,
Patsy.
xxxxx
RE: Wind farms
the truth is we all (the whole world) need to be working together on this, and I am afraid the US is not giving the lead it might be expected to do, instead choosing to focus on terrorism as the threat to our way of life - when they are a much bigger threat to us all!
Oh well said Doq;)
Love
Amy