Welcome to the February 2009 Green InSight eNewsletter!
Jon Dougal
Editor, Green InSight |
"Everybody, soon or later, sits down to a banquet of consequences." Robert Louis Stevenson
This insightful and progressive newsletter is concerned with present energy issues and technologies as well as the future of energy. The information is brought to you in living color, on widescreen digital HD format, and sparing paper use with our long shelf-life, greedy little electrons to deliver the latest from the far corners of the alternative and renewable energy empire to foster sustainable development. We exalt your feedback and contributions of your latest experiences and reactions to our content. Sustainability is not just our mission, it is our passion.
Oil in Your Coffee
A new source of fuel production
Date: February 4, 2009
Source: Economist.com
Finally the “comeupins” has come up. The largest ethanol plant in the country has closed it’s doors. The result is that many farmers are left with expanded acreage for growing corn with no market. So the rise of food prices has maybe ended with the drop in demand for ethanol and that opens another opportunity for other more enviro-friendly fuels like – bio-diesel.
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China Facing Log Shortage
Date: Vancouver, BC, February 05, 2009
Source: International WOOD MARKETS Group
The world per capita demand for life sustaining commodities like corn, beans, rice, & ereal grains is about 238 gms/person/day. The demand for wood fiber is ca. 1900 gms/person/day. In order to supply that demand for wood fiber the entire Canadian forest would have to be replaced every 10 years. Traditional wood fiber is going to be a commodity that shows every weakening supply world wide. Here you can see some of the mechanisms for that shortage as countries start to prop up pricing. Currently lumber is shipped from all over the world to China to be processed into flooring, furniture and other goods. Then shipped to the US and Europe. This pressure on wood fiber will hopefully result in a shift to the use of bamboo fiber which grows plentifully worldwide.
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 Post Peak Preparation Checklist
Date: February 13, 2009
Source: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com
Andre is a very intelligent successful man who has studied the energy future for several years. In short he is not a person prone to emotional thinking. You may think after reading this that he wears a sandwich board running around the streets of San Francisco proclaiming the "end of the World is near". Far from the case. His message is one of preparation.
Most people want to move into emotional avoidance when hearing news they don't want to compute. "No that can't happen to me" their mind keeps telling them. Because the news is too dire for them to accept. Think Global Warming (scorching). The debate has raged for years when science has said unequivocally that it is happening and man made. Economic collapse is here. How far will it go before it stops. Andre is giving warning to be prepared. If he is wrong - so be it . We all win.
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 Societal Collapse Predicted
Date: February 13, 2009
Source: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com
In keeping with our philosophy of presenting all sides to an issue we submit the following ideas from history. You know? - about history repeating itself. The prediction may have some modern day implications and wisdom.
The following talk was given on February 13, 2009, at Cowell Theatre in Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, to an audience of 550 people.
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 Green Schools Get Greener
Date: February 12, 2009
Source: ACORE
Contact: Cheri Olf, ACORE Olf@acore.org or 202-509-6434
Anybody with a brain in their head knows that fuel prices are going up and up and UP! Coupled with the fact that there could be fuel shortages. Peak Oil has arrived even with all the claims of huge new oil deposit finds. If you were smart you’d buy a diesel vehicle. Yes, diesel vehicles cost more now, but they will probably be more available than gas-o-line for a couple of reasons: less refining needed; stores without its potential energy diminishing and that vehicle could be altered to use “bio-diesel for very little money.
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 The One-Stop Shop Renewable Energy ETF
By: Sam Hopkins
Date: February 14, 2009
Source: Green Chip Stocks (www.greenchipstocks.com)
Only in California? No this idea is taking hold all over the country. Colorado and many forward thinking state and municipalities are endorsing free power from the sun. Essentially they’re bottom line oriented. Solar energy is not about the environment it’s about cost effective electrical security.
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 Math and Awareness
By: Jon Dougal
Date: February 9, 2009
Many people avoid numbers. They think they’re not math inclined so they go into avoidance. BUT numbers are important. Just as you need to review your budget occasionally to see if there is any adjustments necessary to stay afloat, so too are numbers necessary to get a grip on the true costs of a society.
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 Design 21: Social Design Network Announces Wood, Paper, Checkmark and Going with The Grain
Two Initiatives Focused on Saving the World’s Forests
Source: DESIGN21 (www.design21sdn.com)
Dania Ahmad/Kristin Coleman
dania@novitapr.com/kristin@novitapr.com
There are as many conferences, expos, and tradeshows as there are days in the week, a few are worth mentioning in large print, this is one:
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 Green Industry A Field with A Future
Green jobs, we're told, will save America.
Date: February 10, 2009
Source: SFGate (www.sfgate.com)
Many green jobs don’t show up on any job search engines. The mainstream job searches – Monster, Jobs,com, Ladders, CareerBuilder, etc. Search for key words, like energy, green, green building, sustainable, etc. The agents that use these searches to send you and email posing a job just for you don’t have a clue what a green job is. HERS raters, energy consultants, home audits, green mortgages & lenders, biological pest management specialists, gray water plumbers, and algae farmers are just a few of the greener jobs coming on line that aren’t classified yet. Solar and wind of course are getting a lot of play, but many green collar jobs are going to be jobs just like any other jobs working in a factory, but assembling photovoltaic arrays, or building factory homes.
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Interested in sponsoring our next eNewsletter issue? Contact Jon Dougal at (415) 798-1933 or editor@greenmotion.org.
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