What is the best policy solution to global warming?
In order to address the threat from global warming we need significant greenhouse gas emissions reductions. A lot of people think we need to put a price on carbon emissions to accomplish this. Many also believe this will spur innovation and create ‘green jobs’. Fossil fuel technologies are already well developed, but renewable and alternative fuel technologies can continue to develop and become more advanced for a long time.
Taking everything into consideration – the climate, environment in general, economy, jobs, etc. – what do you think the best policy solution is for addressing global warming? Does it involve a carbon tax? A cap and trade system? Something else entirely?
Read MoreDid you know that Mr. and Mrs. Gore’s home is operated almost entirely on alternative fuel?
that is, solar, wind, thermal. Most people don’t know this because the Gore’s are extremely private people at home. However, there is very little, if any, fossil fuel used to power the Gore’s home in Tennessee.
Read MoreIs the Wood burning car the greenest of the alternative fuel vehicles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi7Yf8-sAxM
Perhaps this is more efficient ecologically than fossil fuel, and can be reproduced more efficiently.
Read MoreWhy is Ethanol the targeted choice Alternative Fuel?
I just saw an article that gives a bunch of reasons NOT to use corn-based Ethanol. Especially since it’s one of our base grain foods. Why aren’t they going with Biodiesel – the veggie van, that was a great example. Plus in Texas, there’s a ton that runs all of their garbage trucks off greenenergy made from their landfill. Which they’ve in turn made into a fuel processing area. If you watch YouTube there are tons of alternative energy choices we could be making in the US. How do we get more people to discover what we have the ability to do now; then while we set it up and use it, continue to try improving it.
Why is it that things that make sense are so hard to get acted upon?
The largest problem with Ethanol is that it uses up fossil fuel to produce it. It isn’t efficient in production or in use. It doesn’t equal out production cost/energy to consumption/usage. So besides taking away a food source (read labels – corn, corn syrup, etc ) it also is more costly to produce it. Especially since they’re using old energy to create it. While biodiesel has been used for decades on farms and is cheaper to produce. So political seems to be the key to backing it would seem. How about a grassroots movement to choose biodiesel? Just as many states have chosen to honor the Kyoto plan dispite the gov’t not signing it. If they won’t do what we want, we enforce it state by state. If the gov’t has stopped working for the people – then the people need to start working for themselves.
how much fossil fuels does it take to create an alternative fuel?
I need solid proof! I am a college student doing a research paper for a class so please include references ie. websites where I can pull up the information.
Now let be real! It cost fossil fuel to plant, harvest, transport, and produce most if not all alternative fuels including solar energy. I am looking for the report or study that gives the information.
Thank you