carbon dioxide

It has been said that Suburbia is where they cut down trees and name streets after them. As funny (and true) as this observation may be, mankind needs to start being more conscious about how we are treating the trees with which we share this precious real estate called Earth.

Of all the things we share, none is more important than Carbon Dioxide (CO2). Carbon Dioxide is used by plants during photosynthesis to make sugars and is also used to produce other organic compounds needed for plant growth and development. Carbon Dioxide is produced by humans (as we breathe). This symbiotic relationship has been a delicate symphony since life began on earth.

Too much Carbon Dioxide can be a bad thing. This colorless, odorless, greenhouse gas can be a killer. Human activities such as the combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation have caused the atmospheric concentration of Carbon Dioxide to increase by about 35% since the beginning of the Industrial Age. Many strategies have been implemented to try to decrease the levels of Carbon Dioxide that humans produce. Bio fuels, pellets, and bio ethanol are all gaining popularity as a safe, reliable means of cutting down on CO2 emissions.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “carbon dioxide”

• CO2 pumped deep underground could make geothermal energy projects more efficient

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Washington, December 30 (ANI): Scientists have proposed that carbon dioxide (CO2) pumped deep underground for storage could be used to make geothermal energy projects more efficient.According to a report in Discovery News, this combined system could double the efficiency of geothermal energy capture, while also making ...
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• French constitutional body nixes carbon tax

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Paris, Dec 30 (DPA) France’s Constitutional Council ruled that a planned carbon tax cannot come into force as it includes too many exemptions.The tax, which was planned to enter into effect Jan 1, was a centrepiece of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s climate initiative. The rejection represents a setback for the ...
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• What climate crisis? Brabus unwraps world’s fastest SUV

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Hamburg, Dec 30 (DPA) German tuner Brabus has come up with a superfast SUV which seems bound to draw ire from those keen to see climate change combated by reducing carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles.The Brabus Bi-Turbo V12 version of Mercedes-Benz’s chunky off-roader is a mean-looking monster with a staggering ...
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• The Cost of Transmission

  
  EE/RE Investing — Authority: 99
  Tom Konrad, Ph.D. I’ve been reading a report out of the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office called The REDI Report: Connecting Colorado’s Renewable Resources to the Markets in a Carbon-Constrained Electricity Sector.   I summarized the REDI report’s main conclusions and drew some conclusions for stock ...
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• Solar energy would help a lot

  
  Where's the Outrage? — Authority: 435
  I don’t talk about alternative energy enough. I need to do a better job. I’ll start with this article about solar energy. From Common Dreams : Solar power technologies could generate 15 percent of America’s power in 10 years, but only if Washington levels the playing field on subsidies, a report by the  ...
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• “Night shining” clouds getting brighter worldwide

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 741
  Washington, December 29 (ANI): A new research has indicated that “night shining” clouds are getting brighter all over the world.“Night shining” clouds, or shimmering noctilucent clouds, are very thin and wispy, which makes them almost invisible during the day.Appearing after sunset, these clouds are high ...
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• Most Americans do not understand the chokehold carbon dioxide control would give government over almost everything we do

  
  lgstarr — Authority: 143
  Giving government the power to allot carbon dioxide gives it essential control over most means of production. This is " The Road to Serfdom " that the great F.A. Hayek warned about. Clearing the Air on the Clean Air Act and Climate Change
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• A Basic Guide To Carbon

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  During the second week of COP15, it seems very appropriate, not to mention timely, to discuss all things carbon. Let’s start off with a basic fact: There is more than one type of carbon. Keep reading to find out about the rainbow of carbon ‘colors.’ Continue Reading at   TriplePundit
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• Findings on How Plants Breathe May Save Water

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  By identifying the sensors in plants that detect carbon dioxide and prompt pores to breathe, biologists may be able to engineer plants that need less water.
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• By Degrees: Turning Emissions Disclosure Into Business Virtue

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 904
  A nonprofit tracks emissions and persuades some companies to change policies before governments step in.
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• To Save the Planet, Save the Seas

  
  Pulau Hantu — Authority: 413
  Image: Tamara Shopsin and Jason Fulford December 26, 2009 The New York Times For the many disappointments of the recent climate talks in Copenhagen, there was at least one clear positive outcome, and that was the progress made on a program called Reducing Emissions From Deforestation and Forest Degradation. Under ...
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• EPA’s Tailoring Rule: A Temporary, Legally Dubious, and Incomplete Antidote to Massachusetts v. EPA’s Legacy of Absurd Results

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 568
  Today, I submitted a comment on EPA’s proposed Prevention of Significant Deterioration and Title V Greenhouse Gas Tailoring Rule .  The gist of my argument is as follows: In Massachusetts v. EPA , the Supreme Court legislated from the bench, authorizing and indeed pushing EPA to control emissions of greenhouse ...
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• Saving money on climate change

  
  Robert Kyriakides's Weblog — Authority: 127
  We are now into the time of saving money. For years nations have lived beyond their real means, What they thought was gold was merely gold played and the dreams of wealth for all created en passant by those who pursue wealth for themselves have proved to be, like all dreams, illusions. This is a game in which a ...
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• U.S. CO2 Emissions to Rise 8.7% by 2035 Unless Government Acts

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  If the U.S. government changes nothing about its approach toward energy and global warming, the nation’s energy consumption will grow 14 percent by 2035. Fossil fuels will retain a relatively high share of that total, and U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from energy will increase by 8.7 percent. Continue Reading at  ...
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• Plug-In Cars May Not Soon Cut Oil Use, CO2 Emissions

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Sales of plug-in cars, touted by the Obama administration and automakers as a way to curb oil use and greenhouse gases, may be held back for decades by battery costs, a study for the U.S. government found. Continue Reading at  Bloomberg
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• CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) Recycler!

  
  zedomax.com — Authority: 560
  The scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have found a way to recycle CO2 (carbon dioxide) into energy using the sun.  Of course, it’s true that plants and trees have been doing this for thousands of years, turning carbon dioxide into our breathable oxygen.  I think could be definitely worthwhile to keep a ...
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• Taiwan drops in global ranking on carbon dioxide reduction performance

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  Taiwan ranked the 47th among 57 countries with the world’s largest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the latest climate change performance index, dropping from its previous ranking of 32nd place, according to the index for 2010 released on Monday. Continue Reading at  ETaiwanNews
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• Boris Johnson tells climate summit to take off its carbon neutral hairshirt and cheer up

  
  Carbon Offsets Daily — Authority: 157
  The London Mayor Boris Johnson said today that people should stop “overdosing on gloom” as they try to reduce their carbon footprint. Continue Reading at Timesonline
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• Typing out loud about China’s climate … revisited / expanded …

  
  Get Energy Smart! NOW!!! — Authority: 624
  This is an expanded discussion, with some revisiting, of something written a week ago trying to step back and consider the Chinese approach to climate negotiations in Copenhagen and elsewhere. I have, since reading it, been “assured” that Copenhagen failure was China’s fault. That “assurance” and assessing ...
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• China Requires Utilities to Buy All Available Renewable Energy

  
  Features — Authority: 124
  By Susan Kraemer This weekend the main Chinese legislature adopted an amendment to the renewable energy law, requiring that utilities must buy all the electricity produced by renewable energy generators. Utilities refusing would be fined up to an amount double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy ...
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