Greenhouse Solar Plan

Climate change is an amazingly simple phrase for such a complex subject. Following, we have a go at defining climate change in today s terms.

Climate Change What is it?

In the current day lexicon of scientists, climate modification isn t really a term of use anymore. The reason for this is that we have come to understand that the effect of the changes we make to our environment will increase the temperature in many locations on the planet, but will also cool a few places. In light of this, the thing you know of as climate modification is actually referred to as global climate change. Over all, however, the world is definitely warming.

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On the front page of the World Nuclear Association website prominently rests a quote from what some consider the world s leading environmentalist and among the world s top scientists, Dr. James Lovelock:

There is no sensible alternative to nuclear power if we are to sustain civilization. - James Lovelock, preeminent world leader in the development of environmental consciousness

At age eighty-six, Dr. Lovelock has just published his fourth book, The Revenge of Gaia (Penguin Books, 2006). Gaia is Dr. Lovelock s belief that earth is a living, evolving organism, not just a hunk of rock we all live upon. Through his book, Lovelock refers to Gaia, when he is discussing our third planet from the sun.

His latest book is a MUST read for anyone who is following the renaissance in nuclear energy. Environmentalists won t read this book. Perhaps their bosses will BAN them from reading this book. Those environmentalists who carefully read Lovelock s latest book may very well become nuclear power lobbyists, if they would bathe, shave and spiff up a bit. Chapter Five, Sources of Energy, will instantly disintegrate every ridiculous argument propounded by the na ve and antediluvian anti-nuclear movements across the world.

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Solar power has long been a minor power source compared to mighty oil. As oil prices rise and conflicts occur in oil countries, perhaps the issue needs to be revisited.

Solar vs. Oil

The industrial revolution was built on the back of oil and coal. There is no denying that solar played no part whatsoever. This is particularly true since solar cells were not invented until the 1950s! That being said, it appears indisputable that we have reached or are approaching a new debate about how we deal with our insatiable thirst for power.

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Much of the discussion of renewable energy sounds great, but what are the practical numbers? Well, wind power started to show tangible results in 2006 in the US.

Wind power is simply the harvesting of the wind currents to create energy for our electrical needs. Wind power is really a form of solar energy. Wind is created by the sun heating up surfaces on the earth at different rates. The hot air rises and cool air rushes in to fill the gap, thus creating win.

In 2006, the use of wind power as an energy platform grew by over 25 percent in the United States. The total megawatts now produced by wind power equate to more than 11,000. One megawatt of energy

production can handle the electrical needs of approximately 275 homes, depending on the energy needs of the specific residences.

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The surprise Northeaster blowing across the eastern United States may have confirmed the final bottom for hibernating natural gas and coalbed methane (CBM) company shares. The winter storm followed this past Tuesday s Energy Information Administration (EIA) Short-Term Energy & Summer Fuels Outlook.

The EIA forecast higher natural gas prices, this summer, while spot WTI crude oil prices are expected to decline. On an annual basis, the Henry Hub spot price is expected to average about $7.83 per mcf in 2007, an 89-cent increase from the 2006 average, and $8.11 per mcf in 2008. The EIA expects summer 2007 natural gas prices to rise by 17.7 percent over the past summer. For this year, natural gas prices would increase

by 12.8 percent over 2006.

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