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  C-Word missing from Al Gore's speech

  Easy for Gore to make that speech, especially when he avoids the biggest challenge of all: a call for all Americans to conserve more.

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  On Bloggers weigh Gore's plan in advance of 'Meet the Press' posted 1 year, 3 months ago 11 Responses

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  Green Power of Shrinking Wallets

  One of the solutions may come in the form of Americans' shrinking buying power, as evidenced by recent article in San Francisco Chronicle. I just wrote a post about this today:

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  Nothing like unavoidable limits to get people to change their behaviors . . .

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  On You can't achieve the three goals of climate policy at once posted 1 year, 6 months ago 17 Responses

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  Not sexy, but critical

  Wow! Your article gets to the heart of a huge issue. While not a sexy subject, the problem of old, energy inefficient, lower income housing deserves great attention, and solutions.

  First, because it will lead to substantial reductions in energy use, and hence GHG emissions. Second, because there is the opportunity outlined by Van Jones in his Green Collars Workforce Project, of giving jobs to many of the same people living in those lower income housing. This is a win-win proposition. I know Barack Obama briefly alluded to it in one of his speeches.

  Thanks for your thorough review of the problem.

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  On How smart climate policy can cut our energy costs posted 1 year, 8 months ago 4 Responses

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  What does have scientists have to say?

  I have been following this three-part series of exchanges between Vinod Khosla and his (mostly) critical commenters. Not being an environmental scientist, I will not dare assess Mr. Khosla's initiatives. I do however, have a question for him and his detractors. What does environmental science have to say, regarding the validity of his enterprises? My takeaway from the discussions, is that Mr. Khosla has not done his homework, and is funding ventures that may, in the long run, create more problems than solutions. Is that true?

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  On The most critical assumption on cellulosic biofuels: yields posted 1 year, 9 months ago 14 Responses

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  The Prince appeared on Dot Earth also

  Andy Revkin over at Dot Earth also wrote about the Prince, and initiated a very lively discussion. Some people got bothered that the server to facilitate the whole hologram presentation had to be flown. Still, it turns out the hologram was a good deal for the environment, since none of the Prince's entourage had to be flown for the affair.

  http://lamarguerite.wordpress.comOn Prince Charles appears as hologram to speak in Abu Dhabi posted 1 year, 9 months ago 3 Responses