Global Warming: Bad News, Energy and Actions

Global Warming remains the biggest threat to our children. Here is a round up of climate related articles from Daily Kos:

First off, a front page article describes the up coming IPCC Report...which apparently is not good news. Not surprisingly, inaction hasn't been working. A quote from the NY Times sums it up:

Even though the synthesis report is more alarming than its predecessors, some researchers believe that it still understates the trajectory of global warming and its impact. The I.P.C.C.’s scientific process, which takes five years of study and writing from start to finish, cannot take into account the very latest data on climate change or economic trends, which show larger than predicted development and energy use in China.

"The world is already at or above the worst case scenarios in terms of emissions," said Gernot Klepper, of the Kiel Institute for World Economy in Kiel, Germany. "In terms of emissions, we are moving past the most pessimistic estimates of the I.P.C.C., and by some estimates we are above that red line."

And here is an article on which nations have the most carbon emissions and discusses the Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) website. Needless to say, as we all know, the US emits the most, which is why we need to act. but the worst power plants are NOT American power plants. The power plants with the worst emissions are in Taiwan, South Korea, China and Russia. The diary also has a link to an action page where you can do to reduce your carbon emissions. For the record, we have managed to make our family not only carbon neutral this year, but we are also making up for other people's emissions as well.

I recently have written about how I am making lots of money investing in solar and wind energy. Well stocks have taken a hit in the last week, alternative energy stocks as well, but I am still making lots of money on solar and wind energy stocks. You can read about the peak of my profits on this Daily Kos diary, though these stocks have backed off a tad in the last week. And for some other ideas, and some great background, on solar energy, read this Daily Kos diary. And from the same author, here is a piece on wind and landfill methane.

We have to keep working hard to preserve a reasonable standard of living for our children and grandchildren. The path the world has been taking quite honestly condemns our children and grandchildren to a much lower standard of living than what we have experienced.