Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen
EERE's view, FWIW... A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) http://www.eere.energy.gov/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The EERE Network News is also available on the Web at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfmwww.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm January 06, 2010 News and Events President Obama Spearheads a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen President Obama visited Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 18, 2009, and met with the heads of state from Brazil, China, India, and South Africa to reach a climate agreement called the Copenhagen Accord. The agreement emerged as the primary achievement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The non-binding agreement calls for deep cuts in global emissions of greenhouse gases so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2°C, and it calls for industrialized countries to determine their economy-wide emissions targets for 2020 and submit them to the United Nations by the end of January. A number of developing countries, including the major emerging economies, also agreed to list their voluntary pledges to reduce emissions by the end of January and agreed to communicate their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions every two years. The Copenhagen Accord also calls for international support of a comprehensive adaptation program and of mitigation efforts by developing countries. The accord commits developed countries to provide new and additional resources approaching $30 billion for the 2010-2012 time period, balanced between adaptation and mitigation. Developed countries also committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries. The accord establishes a new Copenhagen Green Climate Fund to coordinate the distribution of a significant portion of this funding. According to the secretariat of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Copenhagen Accord was agreed to by a majority of countries, although the entire Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (consisting of 194 countries) agreed only to take note of the accord. The next Conference of the Parties will be held in Mexico, starting on November 29, 2010. See the UNFCCC press release (http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/pr_cop15_20091219.pdfPDF 178 KB), pages 2-4 of the Copenhagen Accord (http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_cph_auv.pdfPDF 182 KB), and other products of the Copenhagen conference on the http://unfccc.int/UNFCCC home page. http://get.adobe.com/reader/Download Adobe Reader. President Obama called the agreement a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough. For the first time in history, all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change, said the president, but he also acknowledged the agreement as a first step. Going forward, we're going to have to build on the momentum that we've established here in Copenhagen to ensure that international action to significantly reduce emissions is sustained and sufficient over time. We've come a long way, but we have much further to go. See the http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-during-press-availability-copenhagenPresident's comments on the White House Web site. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen
I like your idea Darryl and I'll see if I can join in and do that. My apartment managers just added more insulation to the ceiling and around the foundation. They also replaced all the bulbs with compact fluorescent lights that I didn't get around to. Pretty nice. I've been thinking about hunting to gather some meat for the freezer come next years hunting season. I don't usually have much money leftover for meat so I thought I'd practice on paper targets and read ask around to gather more information for a extra freezer for the venison deer meat. That should help reduce some of my overall energy costs I'd think. I'm still bicycling for most of my needs with the bike trailer attached. That helps a lot in many ways with my bank account energy reduction. Best wishes you all for the new year, -Hoagy Darryl McMahon wrote: A New Year's Resolution for 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money doing it! 10 in 10! If you are with me, please let me know and spread the word. Together, we can make the difference. Reducing our energy costs by 10% should help make for a prosperous New Year! ++ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen
On 1/6/10, MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like your idea Darryl and I'll see if I can join in and do that. My apartment managers just added more insulation to the ceiling and around the foundation. They also replaced all the bulbs with compact fluorescent lights that I didn't get around to. Pretty nice. I've been thinking about hunting to gather some meat for the freezer come next years hunting season. I don't usually have much money leftover for meat so I thought I'd practice on paper targets and read ask around to gather more information for a extra freezer for the venison deer meat. That should help reduce some of my overall energy costs I'd think. I'm still bicycling for most of my needs with the bike trailer attached. That helps a lot in many ways with my bank account energy reduction. Best wishes you all for the new year, -Hoagy Darryl McMahon wrote: A New Year's Resolution for 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money doing it! 10 in 10! If you are with me, please let me know and spread the word. Together, we can make the difference. Reducing our energy costs by 10% should help make for a prosperous New Year! ++ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen
Hi Hoagy, every bit helps. Try FreeCycle or similar for the freezer. Failing that, see if there is a used appliance place nearby that will sell you something reasonably energy efficient (i.e., less than 10 years old) at a good price. We currently have two small chest freezers (approximately 7 cu.ft.) in the basement, one of which is unplugged and used for when bounties present themselves. Both of these came to us for free as a result of moving people, and the freezers were deemed surplus to need or space available. Both are sitting on pieces of 1.5-inch extruded polystyrene foam board. This has made a significant reduction in the amount of electricity they use. (Reduces the amount of warm air that convects from the 14 degree C floor into the freezer that we want to keep at below freezing.) The Web site is coming along. Most of the static content is in place now, and there are at least place holders and links for the content that will grow over the year. I will definitely be covering lighting and appliances over the course of the year. http://www.10n10.ca/e/ (English version, French version will take a while.) Darryl MH wrote: I like your idea Darryl and I'll see if I can join in and do that. My apartment managers just added more insulation to the ceiling and around the foundation. They also replaced all the bulbs with compact fluorescent lights that I didn't get around to. Pretty nice. I've been thinking about hunting to gather some meat for the freezer come next years hunting season. I don't usually have much money leftover for meat so I thought I'd practice on paper targets and read ask around to gather more information for a extra freezer for the venison deer meat. That should help reduce some of my overall energy costs I'd think. I'm still bicycling for most of my needs with the bike trailer attached. That helps a lot in many ways with my bank account energy reduction. Best wishes you all for the new year, -Hoagy Darryl McMahon wrote: A New Year's Resolution for 2010 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save money doing it! 10 in 10! If you are with me, please let me know and spread the word. Together, we can make the difference. Reducing our energy costs by 10% should help make for a prosperous New Year! ++ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Darryl McMahon The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy (in trade paperback and eBook) http://www.econogics.com/TENHE/ Journey to Forever reviews The Emperor's New Hydrogen Economy http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html#tenhe ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] 10n10 was Aftermath of Copenhagen
Hi Darryl, Thank you for your response but... I'm not sure what kind of freezer space would be needed for freezing 75 pounds of deer meat what size it would take up. We have so many deer and I thought rabbit meat might also help supply the regular refrigerator freezer when things get tough for me which is pretty regular. Thank you so much for helping me and others out! -Hoagy Darryl McMahon wrote: Hi Hoagy, every bit helps. Try FreeCycle or similar for the freezer. Failing that, see if there is a used appliance place nearby that will sell you something reasonably energy efficient (i.e., less than 10 years old) at a good price. We currently have two small chest freezers (approximately 7 cu.ft.) in the basement, one of which is unplugged and used for when bounties present themselves. Both of these came to us for free as a result of moving people, and the freezers were deemed surplus to need or space available. Both are sitting on pieces of 1.5-inch extruded polystyrene foam board. This has made a significant reduction in the amount of electricity they use. (Reduces the amount of warm air that convects from the 14 degree C floor into the freezer that we want to keep at below freezing.) The Web site is coming along. Most of the static content is in place now, and there are at least place holders and links for the content that will grow over the year. I will definitely be covering lighting and appliances over the course of the year. http://www.10n10.ca/e/ (English version, French version will take a while.) Darryl ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen
I think the industrialized nations have tacitly entered a Faustian bargain, a hundred years of fossil fuel driven excess and gluttony for potentially untold years of chaos. Maybe that's overstating things, but it's clear that if we want to make any substantive changes regarding CO2 emissions and energy use, we'll have to take care of matters as individuals with the support of local and state governments. I am incredibly cynical about the ability of the US government to implement a meaningful policy; too many compromises, backdoor deals and self-interest throughout the federal government. But some states and, most definitely, some local governments are taking concrete actions and making real changes to encourage energy conservation and reduce emissions. Anyway, cheers to you and the biofuels list for leading the way. -Gordon - Original Message From: Darryl McMahon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Wed, January 6, 2010 2:55:36 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Aftermath of Copenhagen I guess it will surprise no one that I am skeptical to cynical of the value of this bit of spin. I suppose some will want to credit Obama with putting lipstick on a pig for the agreement reached at Copenhagen. That the agreement is non-binding, and the targets are essentially set for higher emissions than under Kyoto, despite the evidence amassed since that accord, strikes me as a Faustian deal. Because the agreement is non-binding, it's just a screen to hide behind while we play out a climate change version of the tragedy of the commons. Darryl www.10n10.ca Keith Addison wrote: EERE's view, FWIW... A weekly newsletter from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) http://www.eere.energy.gov/Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). The EERE Network News is also available on the Web at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfmwww.eere.energy.gov/news/enn.cfm January 06, 2010 News and Events President Obama Spearheads a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen President Obama visited Copenhagen, Denmark, on December 18, 2009, and met with the heads of state from Brazil, China, India, and South Africa to reach a climate agreement called the Copenhagen Accord. The agreement emerged as the primary achievement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. The non-binding agreement calls for deep cuts in global emissions of greenhouse gases so as to hold the increase in global temperature below 2°C, and it calls for industrialized countries to determine their economy-wide emissions targets for 2020 and submit them to the United Nations by the end of January. A number of developing countries, including the major emerging economies, also agreed to list their voluntary pledges to reduce emissions by the end of January and agreed to communicate their efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions every two years. The Copenhagen Accord also calls for international support of a comprehensive adaptation program and of mitigation efforts by developing countries. The accord commits developed countries to provide new and additional resources approaching $30 billion for the 2010-2012 time period, balanced between adaptation and mitigation. Developed countries also committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries. The accord establishes a new Copenhagen Green Climate Fund to coordinate the distribution of a significant portion of this funding. According to the secretariat of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Copenhagen Accord was agreed to by a majority of countries, although the entire Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (consisting of 194 countries) agreed only to take note of the accord. The next Conference of the Parties will be held in Mexico, starting on November 29, 2010. See the UNFCCC press release (http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/pr_cop15_20091219.pdfPDF 178 KB), pages 2-4 of the Copenhagen Accord (http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_15/application/pdf/cop15_cph_auv.pdfPDF 182 KB), and other products of the Copenhagen conference on the http://unfccc.int/UNFCCC home page. http://get.adobe.com/reader/Download Adobe Reader. President Obama called the agreement a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough. For the first time in history, all major economies have come together to accept their responsibility to take action to confront the threat of climate change, said the president, but he also acknowledged the agreement as a first step. Going forward, we're going to have to build on the momentum that we've established here in Copenhagen to ensure that international action to significantly reduce emissions is sustained and sufficient over time. We've come a long way, but we have much further to go. See the
Re: [Biofuel] 10n10 was Aftermath of Copenhagen
I think I've found a answer to my question. 30 to 35 pounds per cubic foot of freezer space is needed for meat. -Hoagy MH wrote: Hi Darryl, Thank you for your response but... I'm not sure what kind of freezer space would be needed for freezing 75 pounds of deer meat what size it would take up. We have so many deer and I thought rabbit meat might also help supply the regular refrigerator freezer when things get tough for me which is pretty regular. Thank you so much for helping me and others out! -Hoagy ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
