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 [Resourceinsights.blogspot.com] Resource Insights: Peak Oil 'To Do' List: Why We Should Do These ...: Why we should do it anyway: Even if we weren't facing hydrocarbon energy shortages, the dangers of global warming are so great that moving to renewable energy sources is crucial. Now, do I need to convince anyone that we need non-polluting energy sources? Besides this, the use of local distributed energy sources such a wind and solar would give communities and individuals more control over their lives.

 [Jsblog.blogsome.com] j’s blog :: Science: eyes to see whether they were paying attention. Even when a scientist was facing them, if the scientist’s eyes were averted, the monkeys took the grape, appearing to realize that the scientists were not looking.

[Pamitha.net] Science News Now: April 2004 Archives: Using NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies general circulation model, they found that those cirrus clouds formed by airplane contrails would increase surface and lower atmospheric temperatures by 0.36 to 0.54 F degrees per decade. Weather service data shows surface and lower atmospheric temperatures across North America rose by almost 0.5 degree Fahrenheit per decade between 1975 and 1994.

[Blogforamerica.com] Blog for America: I'm not much of an environmentalist, but I do think many foreign affairs problems could be improved by stopping the flow of oil money to the Middle East. This may not be the sexiest policy to discuss when you're promoting Dean, but it sure is one of the most important! This energy policy can improve: foreign relations (no more conflicts of interest when dealing with the Saudis), the environment (obviously), the economy (think of all the jobs we could create by installing new energy technology), and even the foundation of our government (when oil interests no longer play a role in choosing and buying candidates!)

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