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The next generation will deal with global warming, we promise

The next generation will deal with global warming, we promiseEmission cuts promised unfeasible without clean coalWithout clean coal, the emission cuts promised by the G8 puny though they are are unfeasible: "The vast majority of new power stations in China and India will be coal-fired; not "may be coal-fired"; will...

Tags: global warming, emission cut

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

Iceland buses come clean with hydrogen

Iceland buses come clean with hydrogenNow this is an example ofan earlier comment I made about Europe producing some awesome technologies. Now granted Iceland is not technically Europe, the cities that are participating in the experiement are. And where is the US? Oh yes that's right, falling behind the rest...

Tags: poverty, environmentalism, global warming, Bottom line is fossil fuel, pollution, U.S. Government, Kyoto Protocol, Iceland, hydrogen

Discussion threads 2005-01-12

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Copenhagen countdown

Will he or won't he? To go, or not to go? That is the question. Some MSM outlets say Obama will skip Copenhagen. Yet political leaders in the U.S. and abroad are urging him to attend. The international climate change...

Tags: Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-25

Can anybody here play this game?

Kyoto Protocol miscalculated on deforestation and biofuel production. Big mistake. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Game, Biofuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Copenhagen may not see any real agreement on greenhouse gases

That's the conclusion of Britain's lead environmental official. He thinks the barriers to reaching agreement on how to pay for reduction of emissions is too high a hurdle to overcome in less than fifty days. The British Prime Minister already tried scolding fellow heads of state. That got...

Tags: Alternative Energy, Greenhouse Gas, Agreement, Copenhagen, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Some prepare for Copenhagen climate meeting

Here in the U.S. most folks don't even know where Denmark is. Hint, it's just a little east of Kennebunkport. But elsewhere the positioning before the December climate talks in Copenhagen has begun. In Britian, for example, all three major political parties actually admit there's global warming. ...

Tags: Copenhagen, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Before Copehagen, there'll be Pittsburgh, and then there'll be...

a whole string of international meetings aimed at coming to some kind of globally acceptable agreement on global warming. Consider this a warm-up for the sci fi imagined event of the killer asteroid headed our way. Can humans really co-operate on the mega-scale? We haven't so far....

Tags: Agreement, Climate Change, Global Warming, Pittsburgh, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-17

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Those are some of the words from the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Geneva this morning. He was at a World Climate Conference, having just paid a personal visit to to the Arctic where melt is happenin'. Ban says the Arctuic is warming faster than anywhere else...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Is Wal-Mart changing the color of commerce to green?

If you and I and all our friends and relations got together and decided to only buy certain products, or buoycott others, nobody would notice except us. But if the world's largest wholesale shopper, Wal-Mart, does something...well, everybody in the retail and manufacturing world will take notice. Wal-Mart...

Tags: Sustainability, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-18

One more voice AGAINST geo-engineering to combat global warming

Fuller, you are spamming ZDNet.Every day your alarmist short blurbs, without any intelligent analysis, becomes boring.Have you ever considered taking a real job?Oh, btw, what happened to your standard 'disclaimer'? Wrong on that also?And what is it, global warming or climate change? You keep on flip flopping.Seriously, get an honorable...

Tags: geo-engineering, global warming, everyday live, green technology, too-often

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

Congress, China, Copenhagen and climate change connected

Here's a summary of how the Waxman-Markey bill before Congress relates to the Copenhagen climate change conference in December and how that in turn depends on what China does, or doesn't do, which in turn will push or pull Congress. Here's link to the Copenhagen conference website. It's...

Tags: U.S. Congress, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-25

G-8 not so great?

Didn't the "G" in G-7, then G-8, once stand for "great?" Well, the G-8 leaders today took a great step forward on global warming. But so what? They didn't include some of the key national economies, like China and India which control a major fraction of the...

Tags: China, Degree, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Web 2.5: Is it time we elected an Internet government?

As I watched the BBC News last night after getting in from London, I saw riots in China with death tolls surpassing those of the 1989 Tiananmen Square tragedy. Mobile phones have "stopped working" and Internet access is "limited" in the area, according to the news reports. ...

Tags: China, Web, Nation, Agreement, Internet, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-07

Global warming: what will American politicians do? Rest of world?

Now that federally-funded researchers, government and academic, are no longer pulling their punches, the questions arises: what now? Will the national government act? What'll happen? There's a proposed energy and climate bill before the House of Representatives. Named for two Congressmen sponsoring the bill, it's the...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Americans do not agree on global warming

Americans do not agree on global warmingFamous Lenin quote...Yes, the Communist Leader Lenin is known for this quote; 'A lie told often enough becomes the truth'....Obama is nothing more than a closet Communist, he wants Americans to suffer, look at the damage he has done telling GM & Chrysler to...

Tags: global warming, survey

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

Sun power could be really cooking

A solar cooker that can be made for a few dollars has won a prize for best eco-idea. An inventor in Kenya came up with the cardboard-based cooker. It can be used for bloiling water, baking or boiling food. He named it "Kyoto Cooker"...

Tags: Emission, Sun Microsystems Inc., Food & Beverage, Network Technology, Manufacturing, Networking, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-10

The Sierra Club's "Air" Knowledge Cards 1.05 (Mobile)

This quiz application from the Sierra Club offers exciting information on that basic of most human needs - air, and its impact in our daily lives. Air is good: it''s all that stands between us and outer space. This application explores our atmosphere with wide-ranging inquiries and casually erudite answers....

Tags: Card, Mobile, Knowledge, Sierra Club, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales

Software downloads 2009-03-30

Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?

As it looks more and more like the U.S. government might actually take action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, the proponents and opponents of any action are getting more strident. The politics are getting more brutal. President Obama is hosting a conference on global warming...

Tags: Spain, Wind Farm, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-28

Cool, clear water

This week's international water conference concludes: there's not enough for every body. Fresh water delivery looks to be a booming business. There are already an estimated billion humans without access to safe drinking water. Global warming will increase that number. The Istanbul conference also...

Tags: Conference, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-22