Posts Tagged ‘fossil fuels’

Copenhagen Climate Conference, December 2009: ways to seal the climate deal

Sunday, November 1, 2009 19:59 By GSerrano

The Kyoto Protocol is an obvious failure in its mandate to enjoin countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, and quite ironically, ‘global carbon-dioxide emissions have grown by 25% since the protocol was adopted in 1997.’
There are glaring reasons why the soon-to-expire Kyoto Protocol did not succeed. This treaty left out of the [...]

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2100 as the final century of civilization: an underestimation of mankind

Thursday, June 4, 2009 17:33 By GSerrano

 

The caveat hangs over our heads: unless we make drastic changes, conditions on this planet will get even worse in terms of population explosion, depletion of natural resources that are inescapably finite, and the ever-growing problem on global warming that has been altering the climate and changing physical and social conditions on earth. 
Now, latest scientific [...]

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Obama’s Upcoming Stringent Rules on Emissions and Mileage

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:48 By GSerrano

US President Barack Obama will soon clamp down on those people who have been loosely generous with their automobile emissions and mileage standards. The rules will apply nationwide and will follow the standards being enacted in the state of California. Both the Bush government and the auto industry had rejected these stringent levels.
Emulating the toughness [...]

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Deadly pollution levels can be seen in leaves of trees

Monday, May 25, 2009 12:20 By GSerrano

When power plants or car engines burn fossil fuels, they emit a lethal mixture of chemicals in the form of particulate air pollution. This fine dust that enters the lungs, proceeds to the bloodstream, liver, and brain contains a deadly mixture of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hyrdrocarbons (PAHs), and toxic heavy metals. That [...]

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Kyoto Protocol and the United States: Never the Twain Shall Meet

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 9:54 By GSerrano

The Kyoto Protocol is intended to cut global emissions of greenhouse gases. This is an agreement among nations to reduce their carbon emissions. According to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the objective is to achieve “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference [...]

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Biofuels Are Not New Discoveries

Thursday, January 8, 2009 17:59 By GSerrano

Contrary to popular thought, biofuels are not new scientific and technological innovations. They were around since the discovery of the automobile. Henry Ford’s Model Ts were planned to run on ethanol. This was as early as the beginning of the 20th century. The first diesel engines were said to be fueled on peanut oil.
Gasoline and [...]

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