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A friend of mine brought this little animated video to my attention.

Wow … here I have been trying to explain global warming, global climate change and not even come yet to the point of explaining what this can do to us and the planet. This short animated film about the feedback loops likely to lead to catastrophic climate change, by Leo Murray does it so well and so much better than a 1000 words can do. Continue Reading »

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Alternative Energy Sources

It’s actually funny that we today talk about alternative energy sources. It just shows how habituated we are to think that fossil fuel is the main source of energy. The truth is that man has known about many of these “alternative” energy sources for a very long time. So maybe we should take a look on how to define alternative energy. Continue Reading »

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Conventional or Alternative Energy Sources

Factory Smoke over City

Global warming and climate change are results of the accumulation of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, in the atmosphere. The accumulation of these gases can from natural causes but also man-made causes. Continue Reading »

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do u think wind energy is viable if the government decides to stop extending subsidies?

House with wind and solar energy

Someone by the name of pritanshjain asked the above question on Yahoo Answers. This is my answer: Continue Reading »

Generate your own energy - reply and suggestions

With all this talk about alternative fuel and energy it is a good idea also to take a look at what is available.

One thing we could do, of course, is put pressure on our utility company to become more environment friendly. With enough people pushing I am sure that will happen.
But maybe we don’t want to wait so long, and we would rather stand up for ourselves and create our own solutions … and put some money in our pocket Continue Reading »

This is the second article in my series on what global warming and climate change. In the first I explained what global warming is and asked some questions about this. To read the first one click here.

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In this articles I explain how the earth gets warmth, how global warming affects climate and causes changes, and also what kind of changes we see and can expect.

The Earth Gets Warmth and There is Life

The earth is warmed by the sun. The sun’s activities and the earth’s position to the sun have a direct natural effect on our climate. Continue Reading »

If there is global warming then will there also be global climate changes

This is the first in a series of articles on global
warming and climate change, on what are the causes, on the solutions. These articles are in answer to Yahoo Answers and YouTube questions without too scientific explanations.

Questions We Should Ask Ourselves

Is global warming happening?

If yes, then: Why is this warming taking place, what are the causes? Are they natural or are they man made?

What impact will this warming have on the climate globally?
Is there anything we can do, as a global community or individually, to stop the warming, slow it down, or reverse it?

The biggest question of all:
Can we, the most successful species on the planet ever, allow ourselves to be ignorant and not take action, one way or the other? Can we allow ourselves to leave behind something different than we received? (Would we do that we anything else in life that we receive?)

What Is Global Warming

Global warming is the gradual increase of the earth and ocean temperature as a result of the build up of certain gases which trap heat in the atmosphere. These heat-trapping gases, also called greenhouse gases, occur naturally and are produced naturally in certain areas of the planet, but they are also produced in very large quantities through the use of fossil fuels.

One reason it is difficult to pinpoint if global warming and climate change is taking place is that it is a slow process, and a process that has occurred many times before man came on the scene.

Should I Be Concerned About This

And so what if the ice caps are melting? I am nowhere near an ice cap. What does that have to do with me?

This should be obvious. What happens on one side of the globe affects people on the other side. Most of us strongly believe that, when it comes to politics and economics, and it is as true for the climate as well.
We also know that a natural phenomenon, such as an earthquake, can take place in mid-ocean and kill tens of thousands of people at distances of thousands of miles (such as the December 2005 tsunami).
Eruptions of major volcanoes have profound impact, not only on the people in its vicinity, but also on people far away and the climate even on the other side of the globe.
At the end of the Gulf War in the Middle East in 1991 many of the oil wells in Kuwait were put on fire deliberately. The emissions from these fires caused major climate changes in many parts of the world.

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Reduce and Have More

Often as I surf the internet, I come across blog postings or YouTube
videos that express my message.

The message is about alterntive energy. But it is also about how we can reduce our use of energy without changing our life style. Going green is about reducing, re-using and recycling, as well as more intelligent ways of using existing energy whether this energy comes from conventional … fossil … fuel sources, or from alternative energy source.

And in the process we will end up having more money in the bank account or to have fun with.
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The whole issue of alternative energy is not just about creating more energy in different, greener ways. It’s also about reducing use of energy, but in such a way that we will not feel deprived.

Sometimes good old ways can be great energy savers without Continue Reading »