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SOS from the Copenhagen, Sir

December 18, 2009 by Jonathan Smith
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Subtitle: Save Our Soot… Why, what did you think it meant? This blog previously noted a concise explanation of global and regional climate changes due to black carbon: 40% of soot comes from power sources, mainly coal and oil. Quickly reducing soot could have substantial short-term effects on the rate of climate change. Such reduction... [read more]

Critique of ‘A path to sustainable energy by 2030′

November 2, 2009 by Barry Brook
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The November 2009 issue of Scientific American has a cover story by Mark Z. Jacobson (Professor, Stanford) and Mark A. Delucchi (researcher, UC Davis). It’s entitled “A path to sustainable energy by 2030” (p 58 – 65; they call it WWS: wind, water or sunlight). This popular article is supported by a technical analysis, which the authors... [read more]