January 2012
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“New York is such a good newspaper town… One of the reasons I’ve been successful...”
– NY1 morning anchor Pat Kiernan on curation tactics, getting up early, and calling it done. (via curiositycounts)
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It's Full of Stars: Russia and NASA plan to... →
itsfullofstars:
‘We want to do more than just step on it’
Russian, American and European space agencies are in talks to create a human colony on the moon, according to Russian news source Rianovosti.
Russia wants to build either a space base on the surface of the Moon itself or a space station that…
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The Books -realclimate. →
You can find a wide variety of handsome books in Real Climate Archives.
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It's Okay To Be Smart: The Atlantic Got a Bit... →
jtotheizzoe:
The Atlantic published an alarmist story yesterday morning trying to link a Chinese study from last year about small RNA molecules passing from plants to humans to the “need” to ring the alarm bells when it comes to GMO food toxicity (if the food in question is even “toxic”).
Thankfully,
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'Doomsday Clock' Ticks One Minute Toward... →
discoverynews:
Security experts update the hands of doom — one minute closer to imminent destruction.
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Kia introduces Korea’s First Production Electric...
by CGR Staff Writer
(SEOUL) December 22, 2011 – Kia Motors introduced Korea’s first electric vehicle today (Thursday), with the launch of the new Kia Ray EV – a zero-emissions city car with lively performance and a range of up to 139 km (86 miles) on a single charge.
For supply exclusively to the domestic Korean market, the Kia Ray EV is a close relative of Kia’s 1.0-liter gasoline...
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Shale oil extraction
Shale oil extraction
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shale oil extraction Shell’s experimental in situ shale oil facility, Piceance Basin, Colorado, United States Process type Chemical Industrial sector(s) Chemical industry, oil industry Main technologies or sub-processes Kiviter, Galoter, Petrosix, Fushun, Shell ICP Feedstock Oil shale Product(s) Shale oil Leading companies Royal...
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“On climate, the group noted that “the International Energy Agency projects that,...”
– U.S. News - ‘Doomsday Clock’ moved closer to midnight
More and more people and organizations are saying this. It is out of the realms now, of conspiracy theorists and doomers. Quiet, peace, thoughtful people of both liberal and conservative natures are saying this.
(via stopkillingourworld)
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acckkii comment on Urban Development Rules: How...
For the greater cities like Mumbai, air pollution is one of the main important issues. I’m not going to discuss about CO2 bad/good, only that part of this matter in relation to the air pollution is my point. Simply, the reason is Fossil Based Fuels (FBF), is bringing us CO2, SO2, CO, and others, which when these gases are trapped in a city environmental system they would become harmful to the...
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Urban Development Rules: How C40 -City rules can...
by:oyeta936
The C40 Cities( http://live.c40cities.org/about-us/ )Climate Leadership Group (C40) is a network of large and engaged cities from around the world committed to implementing meaningful and sustainable climate-related actions locally that will help address climate change globally. The C40 was created in 2005 by former Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, and forged a partnership in...
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SHUT DOWN THE TAR SANDS!
http://oilsandstruth.org/
OIL SAND TRUTH is saying:
The Tar Sands “Gigaproject” is the largest industrial project in human history and likely also the most destructive. The tar sands mining procedure releases at least three times the CO2 emissions as regular oil production and is slated to become the single largest industrial contributor in North America to Climate...
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Athabasca oil sands
This article is about the oil reservoir. For the corporation, see Athabasca Oil Sands Corp. Athabasca oil sands Extent in Alberta, Canada Country Canada Region Northern Alberta Offshore/onshore Onshore, mining Coordinates 57.02°N 111.65°WCoordinates: 57.02°N 111.65°W Operator(s) Syncrude, Suncor, CNRL, Shell, Total, Imperial Oil, Petro Canada, Devon, Husky, Statoil, Nexen Partners Chevron,...
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Oil Sands Unlocking Untapped Energy
Oil sands contain a mixture of sand, water, clay and bitumen, an extra-heavy oil that is too thick to be pumped without first being diluted or heated.
Massive trucks haul bitumen-bearing ore for processing at the Muskeg River Mine, part of Chevron’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada.
What Chevron Is Doing
Effectively retrieving oil from sand is a tough challenge....
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Energy potential of Alberta's oil sands places... →
Guardian, as usual, is in deep trouble about environmental issues this time ” Oil Sands of Alberta in Canada.
According to Chevron data, there is 1 barrel of oil from two tons sand excavation.
http://www.chevron.com/deliveringenergy/oilsands/?gclid=CN7D89mKxK0CFQOIDgodpVkyAQ
Here you’ll find extra ordinary detail on Athabasa oil sands mining projects.
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WUWT Peak Oil - the R/P Ratio re-visited →
Freddy Hutter, TrendLines Research says:
January 4, 2012 at 2:27 pm
TRENDLines has tracked and published the world’s recognized oil depletion forecasts on a monthly basis since 2004. Back then its consensus inferred a Peak of 95 Mbd in 2020. Today the 16 tier-1 practitioners project 97 Mbd in 2025. My own PS-2500 model suggests PEAK DEMAND will occur upon crude price attaining $113/barrel in...
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acckkii commented on Peak Oil - the R/P Ratio...
Peak Oil - the R/P Ratio re-visited by acckkii
The Fossil Based Fuels (FBF) have been and would remain for many years as a sustainable energy resource. The life time of this source would be extended however by means of efficient fuel consumption technology. Today, energy price and the reality to having efficient power productivity has forced the manufacturers to give a satisfactory declining...
