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"Policies and regulations currently in place to reduce CO2 emissions are not likely sufficient to handle the threat of increased emission from the India, China and US.   One has to imagine that gasoline's energy density is peerless that we would have to make a nuclear plant worth of clean energy daily for the next 5 decades just to meet our energy demands at present. Wave source is also a widely adopted alternative source but it is not nearly as viable, and consistently reliable, as shale gas.   There are experts who believe that simply using less coal would solve the problem nicely. They argue that if top emitters like India and China resort to shale gas as an alternative, it could greatly affect the future of global CO2 emissions as shale gas emits 50% less carbon dioxide compared to that of coals. Naturally, players in the coal sector do not want this proposition to advance and even go as far as to propose that we might as well remove all conventional fuels of the present.   Both supporters and critics would not acknowledge that the carbon dioxide emission policies are simply not enough to deal with threat of the coal-fueled economies like US and China. So unless a viable and quickly deployable fuel alternative of coal is discovered, it would not be possible to control the rising trajectory of CO2 levels worldwide.   And although environmentalist groups might, at first sight, consider shale gas as a scam posing as a solution, widespread use of shale gas could be our best bet in securing quick reduction of CO2 emissions that the Earth desperately needs.   The shift of momentum in using alternative fuel like shale gas could additionally buy us more time in developing more effective and viable solutions to further reduce the world's CO2 emissions. Renewable power resources at present cannot give the same results of emission savings as much as with the shale gas'.  "

"Policies and regulations currently in place to reduce CO2 emissions are not likely sufficient to handle the threat of increased emission from the India, China and US.   One has to imagine that gasoline's energy density is peerless that we would have to make a nuclear plant worth of clean energy daily for the next 5 decades just to meet our energy demands at present. Wave source is also a widely adopted alternative source but it is not nearly as viable, and consistently reliable, as shale gas.   There are experts who believe that simply using less coal would solve the problem nicely. They argue that if top emitters like India and China resort to shale gas as an alternative, it could greatly affect the future of global CO2 emissions as shale gas emits 50% less carbon dioxide compared to that of coals. Naturally, players in the coal sector do not want this proposition to advance and even go as far as to propose that we might as well remove all conventional fuels of the present.   Both supporters and critics would not acknowledge that the carbon dioxide emission policies are simply not enough to deal with threat of the coal-fueled economies like US and China. So unless a viable and quickly deployable fuel alternative of coal is discovered, it would not be possible to control the rising trajectory of CO2 levels worldwide.   And although environmentalist groups might, at first sight, consider shale gas as a scam posing as a solution, widespread use of shale gas could be our best bet in securing quick reduction of CO2 emissions that the Earth desperately needs.   The shift of momentum in using alternative fuel like shale gas could additionally buy us more time in developing more effective and viable solutions to further reduce the world's CO2 emissions. Renewable power resources at present cannot give the same results of emission savings as much as with the shale gas'.  "

"Policies and regulations currently in place to reduce CO2 emissions are not likely sufficient to handle the threat of increased emission from the India, China and US.   One has to imagine that gasoline's energy density is peerless that we would have to make a nuclear plant worth of clean energy daily for the next 5 decades just to meet our energy demands at present. Wave source is also a widely adopted alternative source but it is not nearly as viable, and consistently reliable, as shale gas.   There are experts who believe that simply using less coal would solve the problem nicely. They argue that if top emitters like India and China resort to shale gas as an alternative, it could greatly affect the future of global CO2 emissions as shale gas emits 50% less carbon dioxide compared to that of coals. Naturally, players in the coal sector do not want this proposition to advance and even go as far as to propose that we might as well remove all conventional fuels of the present.   Both supporters and critics would not acknowledge that the carbon dioxide emission policies are simply not enough to deal with threat of the coal-fueled economies like US and China. So unless a viable and quickly deployable fuel alternative of coal is discovered, it would not be possible to control the rising trajectory of CO2 levels worldwide.   And although environmentalist groups might, at first sight, consider shale gas as a scam posing as a solution, widespread use of shale gas could be our best bet in securing quick reduction of CO2 emissions that the Earth desperately needs.   The shift of momentum in using alternative fuel like shale gas could additionally buy us more time in developing more effective and viable solutions to further reduce the world's CO2 emissions. Renewable power resources at present cannot give the same results of emission savings as much as with the shale gas'.  "

"I've spent the past few days reading a couple of page-turners that I recommend strongly to every Indian who cares about her country: the CAG's audit report on coal block allocations, and a new report released by Greenpeace, titled 'How Coal-Mining is Trashing Tigerland'. Both are freely available online, at the CAG and the Greenpeace websites respectively. Till now, the media has focused primarily on the CAG report. But you have to read both together to get the full picture about the implications of coalgate. The CAG's audit report makes three things amply clear: one, in the last seven years, the government of India has given a major push to coal-based power; two, a lot of private players have made a lot of money out of coal, and more through speculation than by actually producing coal; three, the office of our beloved incorruptible prime minister was right in the thick of coalgate, having chosen to avoid a transparent process of competitive bidding - opting instead to award coal blocks through a 'screening committee' - despite being advised by its own legal experts that a competitive bidding process would not contravene the existing mining laws. Yes, the corruption in the coal block allocation is mind-boggling. I mean, can someone even explain what Rs1,800,000,000,000 means - on a human, as opposed to a cosmic, scale? But corruption is only half the coalgate story - the half that's easier to tell, because it doesn't challenge any of our assumptions. "

http://sunnyfitness.tumblr.com/post/24189560649/lawrence-solomon-solamon-energy-scam-safety-news  Lawrence Solomon is a columnist with The Financial Post, the National Post (Toronto) and has been a columnist for the Globe and Mail (Toronto) a contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and the editor and publisher of The Next City magazine. Solomon describes himself as "one of Canada's leading environmentalists," am advisor to President Carter's Task Force on the Global Environment (the Global 2000 Report) in the late 1970's, and one who has "been at the forefront of movements to reform foreign aid, stop nuclear power expansion, save the world's rainforests and convert free roads to toll roads." He authored a book in 2008 titled The Deniers: The world-renowned scientists who stood up against global warming hysteria, political persecution, and fraud based on a series of articles he wrote for the National Post. Solomon is a founder and managing director of Energy Probe Research Foundation and the executive director of its Energy Probe and Urban Renaissance Institute divisions. Source: The Energy Probe. STANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE "After writing 10 columns on the subject, one for each 'denier' and his theories, one fact is undeniable: The science is not settled. Not on man's role in causing the warming we've seen this century. Not on the consequences of this warming. Certainly not on the extent of warming - or cooling- to come." Source: "End the Chill." National Post. April 17, 2007. Solomon has promoted the views of numerous climate skeptics in his "Deniers" series: "The alignment of the planets, and especially that of Jupiter and Saturn, control the climate on Earth." Source: "Climate change by Jupiter." National Post. November 10, 2007. "The sun's increased irradiance over the last century, not C02 emissions, is responsible for the global warming we're seeing, says the celebrated scientist [Habibullo Abdussamatov], an

"Rejecting BJP's charge that bribes were paid to it in coal blocks allocation, Congress on Monday dared it to make public any proof it had and asked the opposition party to "look within" as its former president had been jailed for graft. Stung by the Opposition's continued tirade against Government on coal block allocation, the ruling party also questioned the legal mandate of the CAG to prepare such reports and accused BJP of making "very crude attempts" to gain "very cheap popularity". Hitting out at BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's remarks that Congress has got a "fat sum" from coal block allocation, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said it could be "BJP's culture" and pointed to the case former BJP President Bangaru Laxman, who was convicted of accepting bribe from a fictitious arms dealer to facilitate a defence deal. "BJP seems to be remembering old traditions. 24 out of 39 coal blocks allocated between 1998 to 2004 (NDA regime) were given to private companies. Did this happen in lieu of some political donation. This 'mota maal' and 'chhota mal' (fat sum or small sum) can be in BJP's culture. "That is not Congress culture. One of their former President was sentenced to jail term for such 'chhota maal' (small sum). One should look within first before casting aspersions on others," Tewari said, adding "we want to give BJP a challenge to make public if they have any such proof". Replying to questions on whether the government has any plan to bring a confidence motion, Tewari said, "At this point what we want is a discussion. We have got a mandate for five years...If somebody is feeling a bit itchy after remaining out of power for last eight years, there are constitutional instrumentalities. They are free to explore the instrumentalities." A party leader speaking separately on the condition of anonymity said that BJP is free to bring a no-confidence motion if it is so sure of its strength of toppling the government. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar B

"Solamon Renewable Energy blog is created by a private organization, composed of various professionals, that strives to inform and disseminate info about a number of renewable energy sources (which are more viable) and environmentally-friendly than the widely-popular sources these days. We feature geothermal heat, wave power and hydroelectrical power. Solamon Renewable Energy wants to practically give information away to people so they would become more open to suggestions that they think are too radical for our time. Our group was founded with the aim to make countries see the relevance of starting to switch to renewable energy sources from the ones that we are used to. Not only because of the high prices and depleting availability, but more importantly, for the sake of environmental sustainability and nature preservation. "