Tuesday, October 2, 2012

the richest companies - fossil fuel guys, what do you think they want to protect?

making electricity in the North Sea
Last year the cost of global warming was calculated at 1/3 of 1% of the world GDP.  Within most of our lifetimes it will be 5%, and continue to climb.
Scientist and industrialist now say we could get 95% of our energy from renewables by 2050 using current technology.  Just do it.  But what about the costs.  2% of world GDP per year can buy it, the cost is upfront, later the cost of power will be less and the political troubles and wars for energy will be a thing of the past.  In the long term having renewable energy sources, located as local sources, will be a money maker with more  security from man made or natural disasters.
To make this work we also need to conserve, I don't mean sitting in a cold room, I mean better appliances, insulation, high mpg transport, a more pedestrian and bike friendly nation.

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  1. Indiana is subsidizing building a coal gasification plant and the state will buy the product at $6.60 a barrel while natural gas out of the ground sells for $3.03 a barrel. I have a friend who inherited a small gas and oil company in SW Ind/Il - There is mega huge amount of natural gas and oil in the Wabash River basin.

    Fuck Mitch Daniels
    Fuck Mike Pence
    Fuck Richard Murdouch
    and Fuck Larry Bucshon.

    Oh, fuck Romney, Ryan, etal....


    Sarge

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    1. coal gasification......all the GOP is for this,,,,,why? It takes the dirty coal, heavy with CO2 and every other shit, it burns part of it to turn the other part into oil to burn as gas. It is a GOP coal and oil mans dream, government welfare to develope it, do it, sell it, and we end up with a multi stage process producing more pollution using it in our cars than regular oil produces.

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