"Animals Only" Conference on Global Warming hosted by Animal-Internet.com
Animal-Internet.com (http://Animal-Internet.com), a humorous social networking site that publishes animatorials (editorials written by animals) is holding the world's first animals only conference on global warming. Humans are encouraged to browse but participation is limited to those with no thumbs.
Pizza Fusion Awarded Co-op America Green Business Certification
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Habbo, Greenpeace Survey Reveals Teens Worldwide are More Concerned about Global Warming than Drugs, Violence or War
Nearly 50,000 teens were polled on environmental issues leading up to the United Nations climate change conference.
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AtlantaFineLiving.com Prepares for Luxury Real Estate Shifts Caused by Global Warming
To prepare for luxury real estate market shifts caused by global warming, Atlanta Fine Living announces a new website designed to help luxury home buyers research and purchase Atlanta Luxury Real Estate in regions unaffected by rising sea levels and areas not targeted for increased severe weather.
Global Warming & Hybrid Cars
Global Warming is a considerable increase in the climate temperature of the earth in a short period of time due to human activity. Global warming could result in the arctic ice thinning which would increase the sea level, as well as other extreme weather such as floods, hurricanes etc. Climate change is a major problem in the twenty first century, and a lot has to be done in order to turn things around for future generations. Car producers have been forced to develop new technologies to reduce the level of gas emissions that go into the air. Vehicles on the road are responsible for nearly one quarter of yearly emission of carbon dioxide ? the principal global warming gas ? in the United States. With the exception of three other countries, ...
Global Warming is predicated to increase the severity of servere weather.
Global warming is expected to increase the intensity of power of nature, such as storms, hurricanes, tropical cyclones and tornadoes. It is determined not by various weather events, such as heat periods or cold snaps or hurricanes, but by the planetary mean above ground temperature. It is already progressing the intensity of hurricanes in the North Atlantic, increasing the possibility of devastating impact when a storm strike.
Global Warming: Why Consumers and Insurers Are Getting Hot Under the Collar Over Life Insurance.
Global warming may have been lurking on our horizon for a number of years and historical records of terrorists have existed for thousands of years, but we are coming into a new age where we try and financially protect ourselves against such problems and if we're honest ..
Father and Son Duo Decide to Fight Global Warming With a Reusable, All-Purpose Cotton Bag
The idea for Dave and Ryan Beaumont's Earthsack, a reusable, all natural cotton bag, started with Earth Day. The father and son team wanted to find a way to help the environment and contribute to the fight against global warming.
Noah's Ark and reducing Global Warming
There can be no doubt what so ever. Global Warming is very, very serious - probably the biggest threat to our environment since the Noah and the biblical floods. One of the main contributors to global warming is greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide. When natural gas or oil or coal is burnt, it increases the quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The same thing happens when oil is burnt, as well as coal. It is important that we reduce the amount of these types of substances being burnt. Back in the days of the Old Testament, God wanted to teach us a lesson, and gave Noah detailed instruction how to save the creatures on our planet. It may well take divine intervention to fend off the threat to our existence due to Global War...
Recently when asked "What is the best currency in the world to own right now?", billionaire Warren Buffet replied, "Not the u.S. dollar."
It was recently reported that supermodel Gisele Bundchen refused to be paid in U.S. dollars, because of uncertainty over its strength. She instead, asked to be paid in euros.
In his new music video for the movie "American Gangster," best selling rapper Jay-Z flaunts the euro, not the dollar, to showcase his wealth.
The examples above speak volumes about what many people with money, lots of money, think about the value of today's dollar. And many of them are beginning to hedge their bets with respect to the dollar. But what does all of this have to do with renewable energy resources?
If the dollar continues to be weak against other currencies, it will produce many unpredictable side effects. But one side effect that is almost certain to happen is a rise in the prices of traditional energy resources. All imports, but specifically oil and gasoline, will become more expensive. The days of $1.20 a gallon for gas are probably gone forever.
Grid Parity and Energy Prices
Grid parity is the point at which it becomes cheaper to produce your own electricity, from photovoltaic cells using solar power, than it is to buy it from power companies off of the electrical grid. As energy prices rise, more and more people will find themselves reaching grid parity.
Until very recently, the prospect of a community reaching grid parity any time soon seemed like a remote possibility. However, as energy prices have risen, some places in the U.S. have already reached that point. As of 2007, Hawaii has reached grid parity with the peak charging rates. Parts of California, particularly Northern California, have reached gird parity as well. As energy prices continue to rise, in large part due to the dollars devaluation, we'll see many more communities reaching grid parity.
But there is also an inverse price relationship happening with solar power and oil. As the price of oil slowly increases, the prices of photovoltaic cells are slowly decreasing. Companies are becoming more efficient at producing solar cells thus enabling them to be sold at lower price points. In addition, the solar cells themselves are becoming more efficient solar collectors, which let's the home or business owner save even more money.
And, of course, other factors pushing us towards greater uses of solar cell technology are the looming worries of global warming and the pressing need to decrease greenhouse gasses being released into the atmosphere.
Are corporations betting on solar power? One such company, SunPower, which makes photovoltaic panels for businesses, expects to pull in over one billion dollars in sales next year. Solar Power Inc. had revenues of over 8 million dollars in it's third quarter alone. Solar power companies in foreign countries such as Germany, Japan, and China have ramped up their solar power production facilities dramatically in the past few years.
For the past several years the U.S. has been borrowing money with reckless abandon. We have a national debt of over 9 trillion dollars. Now, the rest of the world is slowly deciding that they no longer want to bankroll us. For us, that means a continued low valued dollar and increased energy costs.
John Kuzniar is a freelance writer who writes articles relating to solar power fountain pumps / solar panels and other energy saving resources and tips. Visit his site at http://www.solarpowerfamily.com .