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A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030
A Path to Sustainable Energy by 2030
“This article in Scientific American shows that sustainable energy policy is possible”, Bishop Geoff Davies
Wind, water and solar technologies can provide 100 percent of the world's energy, eliminating all fossil fuels. HERE'S HOW
In December leaders from around the world will meet in Copenhagen to try to agree on cutting back greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. The most effective step to implement that goal would be a massive shift away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy sources. If leaders can have confidence that such a transformation is possible, they might commit to an historic agreement. We think they can.
A year ago former vice president Al Gore threw down a gauntlet: to repower America with 100 percent carbon-free electricity within 10 years. As the two of us started to evaluate the feasibility of such a change, we took on an even larger challenge: to determine how 100 percent of the world's energy, for all purposes, could be supplied by
wind, water and solar resources, by as early as 2030. Our plan is presented here.
22 Feb 2010
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The 24th Annual Kalk Bay Fish Fare on 27th February 2010,10:30 to 18:00
Please join us for this wonderful event and Dine in the Old Cape Tradition. The 24th Annual Kalk Bay Fish Fare will take place on the 27TH February 2010 from 10.30am to 6.00pm. Enjoy fresh sea foods such as Crayfish Curry, Braaied Yellowtail, Fried Fish and Chips, Calamari, a variety of Seafood curries and Seafood Potjies, as well as Homemade Fish Cakes...........
22 Feb 2010
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REPEAT SCREENING - A Vision of Paradise – Global Warming and Religion
SABC 2 is repeating the series ‘A Vision of Paradise’ from Monday evening 22 February 2010 at 19:30 for the next 4 weeks (during the 50/50 slot…).
19 Feb 2010
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Is There an Ecological Unconscious? By Daniel B. Smith
About eight years ago, Glenn Albrecht began receiving frantic calls from residents of the Upper Hunter Valley, a 6,000-square-mile region in southeastern Australia. For generations the Upper Hunter was known as the “Tuscany of the South” — an oasis of alfalfa fields, dairy farms and lush English-style shires on a notoriously hot, parched continent. “The calls were like desperate pleas,” Albrecht, a philosopher and professor of sustainability at Murdoch University in Perth, recalled in June. “They said: ‘Can you help us? We’ve tried everyone else. Is there anything you can do about this?’ ”
Residents were distraught over the spread of coal mining in the Upper Hunter. Coal was discovered in eastern Australia more than 200 years ago, but only in the last two decades did the industry begin its exponential rise. Today, more than 100 million tons of black coal are extracted from the valley each year, primarily by open-pit mining, which uses chemical explosives to blast away soil, sediment and rock. The blasts occur several times a day, sending plumes of gray dust over ridges to settle thickly onto roofs, crops and the hides of livestock. Klieg lights provide a constant illumination. Trucks, draglines and idling coal trains emit a constant low-frequency rumble. Rivers and streams have been polluted.
19 Feb 2010
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DISCOVER THE TRENDS THAT WILL SHAPE BUSINESS IN 2010 - Thursday 25th February 2010
The FLUX Trend Review is an opportunity to hit the “pause” button. The FLUX by-line is: “The state we’re in”, and the conference aims to provide you with a snapshot of “the state we’re in” across a number of industries that have a direct influence on our daily lives, the way we interact with each other, and ultimately, the way we do business with each other.
11 Feb 2010
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