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Archive - Jan 30, 2008
Submitted by David Roffey on January 30, 2008 - 5:32pm.
"The perception that coal is the fossil fuel of last resort may well be an illusion." Energy Watch. Professor David Rutledge of CalTech in a lecture last October, suggests that world coal reserves are grossly overstated and could be substantially exhausted this century.
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Submitted by John Pratt on January 30, 2008 - 4:38pm.
Last month may have been the most important yet in the two-decade history of the fight against global warming. ... But what may turn out to be the most crucial development went largely unnoticed. ... A NASA scientist named James Hansen offered a simple, straightforward and mind-blowing bottom line for the planet: 350, as in parts per million carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It's a number that may make what happened in Washington and Bali seem quaint and nearly irrelevant. It's the number that may define our future. (Jim McKibben)
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Submitted by Bob Wall on January 30, 2008 - 3:42pm.
"Not a good start for reality. And that's just the first paragraph. Starting
there, there should be plenty of opportunities for 'Diarists to provide their
views on the validity (or otherwise) of Bush's claims."
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