Natural gas, aside from being the “bridge to another forty years of carbon fuel” is destroying fishing and hunting and clean water. Keith Olbermann speaks with Mark Ruffalo
“This is an industry that is the dirtiest, slimiest, most arrogant, and negligent that you can imagine,” Ruffalo says.
Positively No Need to Frack. Read why at Grist.org:
(Now that’s what I’m talking about!!)
“Bill Gates plans to get gas from your butt. (No, really.)”
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-06-14-bill-gates-plans-to-get-gas-from-your-butt.-no-really
“Phoenix park will turn dog poop into light”
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-14-phoenix-park-will-turn-dog-poop-into-light
“Trash trucks powered by trash gas reduce emissions by 80-90 percent”
http://www.grist.org/list/2011-07-11-trash-trucks-powered-by-trash-gas-reduce-emissions-by-80-90-perc
THERE IS NO NEED TO FRACK –
For Better Cleaner Energy and Higher Wages see the following :
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-path-to-sustainable-energy-by-2030
“A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables”
Wind, water and solar technologies can provide 100 percent of the world’s energy, eliminating all fossil fuels. Here’s how:
By Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi | October 26, 2009
“…Scientists have been building to this moment for at least a decade, analyzing various pieces of the challenge. Most recently, a 2009 Stanford University study ranked energy systems according to their impacts on global warming, pollution, water supply, land use, wildlife and other concerns. The very best options were wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and hydroelectric power—all of which are driven by wind, water or sunlight (referred to as WWS). Nuclear power, coal with carbon capture, and ethanol were all poorer options, as were oil and natural gas. The study also found that battery-electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles recharged by WWS options would largely eliminate pollution from the transportation sector…”
( Read Entire Article at Link Above.)
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-01/airlines-win-approval-to-use-plant-based-biofuels-on-commercial-flights.html
“Airlines Win Approval to Use Plant-Based Biofuels on Commercial Flights”
By Louise Downing – Jul 1, 2011 11:18 AM PT
“…Airlines won final approval from a U.S.-based technical-standards group to power their planes with a blend made from traditional kerosene and biofuels derived from inedible plants and organic waste.
The decision published today on the website of ASTM International allows airlines to fly passenger jets using derivatives of up to 50 percent biofuel made from feedstocks such as algae and woodchips. It will help carriers that account for 2 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions reduce pollution blamed for damaging the Earth’s atmosphere….”
“…Airlines already have conducted test flights using the fuel. Air France-KLM Group on June 29 operated the world’s first commercial flight using a blend including cooking oil. It’s planning 200 similar test flights from Amsterdam to Paris starting September. Boeing did a trans-Atlantic flight with fuel from the camelina plant….”
Engine Impact…
“…The 27-nation European Union is prodding airlines toward cleaner fuels by forcing them to cap emissions or buy permits for the excess, beginning next year….”
(Read Entire Article at Link Above)
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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2011-07-12-green-jobs-economy_n.htm
“Green jobs pay better as clean-tech sector booms”
By Scott Martin, USA Today
Posted 1d 16h ago
“…SAN FRANCISCO — The green jobs movement is putting more greenbacks in workers’ pockets. Clean-tech jobs offered median wages 20% higher across the United States in 2010, according to a report released today from researchers Brookings and Battelle. Such green jobs span industries ranging from solar-panel manufacturers to wind- and ocean-based energy production to electric-vehicle technologies….”
( Read Entire Article at Link Above)
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AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST…..
http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/03/04/environment-energy-cows-dc-idUSN0440606220080304
“California cows start passing gas to the grid”
By Nichola Groom
RIVERDALE, California | Tue Mar 4, 2008 6:30pm EST
“…(Reuters) – Imagine a vat of liquid cow manure covering the area of five football fields and 33 feet deep. Meet California’s most alternative new energy.
On a dairy farm in the Golden State’s agricultural heartland, utility PG&E Corp began on Tuesday producing natural gas derived from manure, in what it hopes will be a new way to power homes with renewable, if not entirely clean, energy.
The Vintage Dairy Biogas Project, the brainchild of life- long dairyman David Albers, aims to provide the natural gas needed to power 1,200 homes a day, Albers said at the facility’s inauguration ceremony…”
( Read Entire Article at Link Above)
The current fracking controversy is centered on areas underlain by the Marcellus shale geological structure, namely, the eastern half of our country.
We musn’t forget, however, about the coalbed methane project that was initiated in our area a few years ago. Exploratory wells were developed, some infrastructure was installed, but the project appears to be on hold – for now.
We must remain alert regarding this monster lurking in the weeds. If the coalbed methane recovery process were to become fully operational, it would involve fracking. In our situation, fracking would take place relatively close to the surface in areas associated with the aquifers providing water to our salmon and steelhead spawning and rearing streams.