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Maiken > For people who think coal should stay in the > ground--but especially for those who haven't > thought about it yet--come see the "I Love > Mountains" booth, shared with the Climate Change > Action Group, where we'll be pairing ways to cut > our use of coal-fired electricity with info on > the many problems with coal mining by > mountain-top removal (and the damage to all the > land and water and living things below where the > mountain used to be). > > And in case this "early July"-style weather > hadn't convinced you, we'll have some info on > climate change, too. > > We'll be in booth 17 of the Earth Day Celebration > at the Ithaca Farmers Market, Sunday from 12-5. > > Come get your "I Love Mountains" temporary > tattoo--free if you can tell us one or more ways > you're cutting your use of coal-fired electricity. > > Margaret > > >>Hear Hear Jean! >> >>If the devil existed and if he wore a disguise it would be in the form of >>coal. >> >>James Hansen recently wrote that our only hope to saving ourselves and >> the >>planetary system from irreversible climate catastrophe was to phase out >> coal >>power generation altogether by the year 2020. >> >>That and start making carbon negative energy through pyrolysis and >> biochar >>production. >> >>Think coal companies will suddenly realize that they need to change their >>ways? Those invested in the status quo are the least likely to fix it. >>Unfortunately greed, ideological blindness, and ignorance run too deep in >>our society to reason the mass of people out of their comfortable but >>vulnerable, and soon, maybe, tragic ways of life. >> >>Perhaps peak oil and the ensuing economic destabilization that it brings >>will be a necessary wake up call--a slap in the face, if you will--to >> bring >>us to the realization that either we deal with the reality of the global >>situation (too many people exploiting too many other people and too many >>resources on too small of a planet). >> >>A better world is possible. We have to tools to craft more sustainable, >>healthier and happier communities in the face of these challenges and >> Ithaca >>is an ideal place to do it... >> >>We gotta lot of good work to be done in the next couple years! >> >>Peace, >>Ryan D. Hottle >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:02 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I should hope wind power possibilities are in the air again. It's >>> only one >>> solution and it should be used to displace coal not augment it, but >>> with >>> climate news getting worse every day my already thin patience with >>> roadblocks to windpower from small to large scale, wears thinner every >>> day. >>> >>> Using windpower to purchase offsets for carbon trading doesn't work >>> either; >>> it still builds in greenhouse gas emissions. >>> >>> Coal generated carbon emissions have to reduced at the source now. >>> >>> It's scary that they're now talking about building more coal plants >>> even in >>> Europe. >>> Jeanne >>> >>> >>> >>> CO2, Methane Levels Rise Sharply in 2007. >>> >>> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080423181652.htm >>> >>> SciDaily, April 24, 2008. "Last year alone global levels of >>> atmospheric >>> carbon dioxide... increased by 0.6 percent, or 19 billion tons. >>> Additionally >>> methane rose by 27 million tons after nearly a decade with little or >>> no >>> increase. NOAA scientists released these and other preliminary >>> findings >>> today as part of an annual update to the agency's greenhouse gas >>> index, >>> which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. The burning of coal, >>> oil, >>> and gas, known as fossil fuels, is the primary source of increasing >>> carbon >>> dioxide emissions. Earth's oceans, vegetation, and soils soak up half >>> of >>> these emissions. The rest stays in the air for centuries or longer. >>> Twenty >>> percent of the 2007 fossil fuel emissions of carbon dioxide are >>> expected to >>> remain in the atmosphere for thousands of years, according to the >>> latest >>> scientific assessment by the International Panel on Climate Change. >>> Viewed >>> another way, last year's carbon dioxide increase means 2.4 molecules >>> of the >> > gas were added to every million molecules of air, boosting the global >>> concentration to nearly 385 parts per million (ppm). Pre-industrial >>> carbon >>> dioxide levels hovered around 280 ppm until 1850. Human activities >>> pushed >>> those levels up to 380 ppm by early 2006. The rate of increase in >>> carbon >>> dioxide concentrations accelerated over recent decades along with >>> fossil >>> fuel emissions. Since 2000, annual increases of two ppm or more have >>> been >>> common, compared with 1.5 ppm per year in the 1980s and less than one >>> ppm >>> per year during the 1960s. Methane levels rose last year for the first >>> time >>> since 1998. Methane is 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than >>> carbon >>> dioxide, but there's far less of it in the atmosphere -- about 1,800 >>> parts >>> per billion. When related climate affects are taken into account, >>> methane's >>> overall climate impact is nearly half that of carbon dioxide." >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From Telegraph co .UK (excerpt and link) >>> >>> Climate change 'may put world at war' >>> >>> By Charles Clover, Environment Editor >>> >>> Last Updated: 12:01am BST 23/04/2008 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/04/23/eaclimate123.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox >>> >>> >>> >>> Climate change could cause global conflicts as large as the two world >>> wars >>> but lasting for centuries unless the problem is controlled, a leading >>> defence think tank has warned. >>> >>> >>> >>> · The hidden threat from the world's water shortages >>> >>> · Food shortages: how will we feed the world? >>> >>> · Biofuel rules 'could make millions homeless' >>> >>> >>> >>> The Royal United Services Institute said a tenfold increase in >>> research >>> spending, comparable to the amount spent on the Apollo space >>> programme, will >>> be needed if the world is to avoid the worst effects of changing >>> temperatures. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Governments should be preparing for the worst................. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, >>> please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ >>> >>> RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >>> free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org >>> >> >> >> >>-- >>Ryan Darrell Hottle >> >>The Renaissance Group >>Program Manager >>www.ConserveFirst.com >> >>Global Climate Solutions >>www.GlobalClimateSolutions.org >>(coming soon!) >> >>Ohio Peak Oil Action (OPOA) >>Co-Founder, Director >>www.ohiopeakoilaction.org >> >>30 N. 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