Sunday, August 8, 2010

Solar Energy

“We’ve got a major problem to solve,” Woolard said. “We’ve got to build 50 gigawatts a year of carbon-free power. That’s a lot of power to build and we’re failing miserably at doing it.”


BrightSource CEO John Woolard

HT Climate Progress

OK, today I'm going to look for some good news.

Found some

Exxon Sinks $600M Into Algae-Based Biofuels in Major Strategy Shift

If big Oil recognizes itself as buggy whip manufactures in the age of the Model T, and that a major transformation is required, maybe we'll have a chance.

4 comments:

  1. Sorry, I can't see this as encouraging unless somebody is testing to see what effects the emissions have on plant and animal health.

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  2. Gail-There isn't much encouraging to find. I looked and looked.
    Biofuels are nearly carbon neutral, and if we can produce them without impacting the food supply, they will help us reduce C02 emissions.

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  3. But ozone will affect the food supply by killing it directly!

    Think how much we could save if everybody just conserved! We don't HAVE to fly to go on vacations. We don't HAVE to watch big-screen teevees. That would be an excellent start, I think.

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  4. Oh, we need to conserve big time. No arguing with that.

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