http://www.earth-ship.org/blog It's Time to Join the Fight to Stop Global Warming! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:57:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The title says it all, provided you know the story. If you don't it goes like this. The emperor was fooled into buying a suit of clothes that were invisible. Obviously when he wore invisible clothes he appeared naked. Unfortunately he was constantly surrounded by his loyal subjects, all of ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=40 Thankfully the mood of this country seems to be changing. Some people are getting a little nervous, and rightfully so. I still think we need to do more and we need to move faster. I know it is difficult to react to something when it is not slapping you in ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=37 Who started the Russian Revolution? It wasn’t the Czar and it wasn’t the Government. It was the people; the Bolshevists. They changed Russia forever. Who started the movement to decrease cigarettes use? It wasn’t the US Government and it wasn’t corporations. It was the people of Alabama who sued the tobacco ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=39 We are unlikely to stop climate change at this point based on the very simple observation that both ice caps, and virtually every glacier on earth, are melting and decreasing in size. Furthermore, the tundra has warmed sufficiently to begin to release methane. The more ice that melts in the Arctic, ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=38 In the wake of Gustav, three more tropical storms are lining up to pummel U.S. coasts. The increased frequency of hurricanes and tropical storms this season has stirred up the debate about whether global warming causes violent weather. Many scientists and climatologists believe that global warming is not only creating ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=36 The X Prize Foundation will host a discussion of alternative energy ideas at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Wednesday, September 10, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. EDT. Some of the world's most renowned leaders in alternative energy and the environment will share their views. ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=35 There's an environmental time bomb ticking beneath the Arctic soil. Scientists warn that global warming could release huge stores of carbon dioxide trapped in Arctic soils, immediately accelerating climate change and disastrously impacting the environment. Scientists have long known that organic carbon frozen in the world's permafrost, which blankets one-fifth of Earth's land mass, will release ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=34 Global warming is melting Arctic ice and opening up new navigable ocean in the extreme Arctic north. The day is soon coming when Arctic Ocean waters the size of the United States will be ice-free and navigable for most of the summer. In anticipation of coming commercial traffic, the U.S. Coast ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=33 The world just got one step closer to affordable, clean hydrogen fuel. Scientists at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio have developed an efficient way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen. The new catalyst uses ethanol to make hydrogen, producing a 90% yield. Even better, the process uses ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=32 Like many of us, California Attorney General Jerry Brown is concerned about the world's energy appetite and its repercussions for the environment (see our Aug. 20 post). Brown is one of several national leaders invited by "The Wall Street Journal" to share his ideas on how to allocate dwindling resources ... http://www.earth-ship.org/blog/?p=31