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| KevWalters | coal, carbon capture and storage | 6 | Nov 10 2008, 11:45 AM EST by Lollorosso | ||||
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Thread started: Oct 7 2008, 5:26 AM EDT
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Several people have questions about coal and carbon capture and storage (CCS) so would be good to have a discussion on these issues. Oxfam has just released a 44 page report entitled "The forecast for tomorrow: the UK's climate for change". Here is a relevant paragraph from it. It pretty much summarizes how I feel.
"In the meantime, with no timetable for fitting power stations with CCS, and no commercial reason to do so, BERR is on the cusp of approving a new unabated coal-fired plant at Kingsnorth in Kent (see E.ON section). If approved, Kingsnorth will open the way for at least five other coal plants that could threaten the UK’s emissions-reduction obligations and undermine the UK’s political leadership on climate change. The government’s former Chief Scientific Adviser, Sir David King, has warned, ‘If we can manage [CCS] then of course we can continue to use coal to drive our economies, but frankly I haven’t seen the proof that can be done. This is still unproven technology, and I think until it’s proven, it’s dangerous to assume that we can continue to use coal.'" The full document is available from http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/policy/climate_change/downloads/forecast_for_tomorrow.pdf
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| Apple_Gilly | Review of Leonardo's 11th Hour | 0 | Jul 5 2008, 9:54 AM EDT by Apple_Gilly | ||||
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Thread started: Jul 5 2008, 9:54 AM EDT
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Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour ( www.11thhourfilm.com ). A friend went to see a screening of this film last week and recommended it... Impactful images and a formidable army of experts from a variety of disciplines and organisations discuss their take on the challenge of climate change. Leonardo asks us if we're going to allow this to be our darkest hour or choose it to be our finest moment. Good question. What's your answer? What inspired him most were the solutions put forward. As well as the top ten of switching off lights and cycling to work, we had the likes of William McDonagh, Time Magazine's 'Hero for the Planet'. William is an architect and designer and he comments: 'If we think about the tree as a design, it's something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distils water, provides a habitat for hundreds of species, accrues solar energy, makes complex sugars and food, creates micro-climates, self-replicates. So, what would it be like to design a building like a tree? What would it be like to design a city like a forest? So, what would a building be like if it were photosynthetic? What if it took solar energy and converted it to productive and delightful use?' www.mcdonagh.com The idea of looking deeply at nature, recognising we're not remotely separate from it, and learning how to change our world in alignment with it, is an extraordinarily inspiring vision for the future. It makes this the most amazing time to be alive. It means we can develop and evolve to reverse what damage we've generated. We have the choice to become a more inclusive breed and sustain humanity or not. "I have found that if you love life, life will love you back." Arthur Rubinstein (GT Emails 15/01/08)
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