Headline News:
- “The Best Trees To Plant For Global Warming Have Three Blades And Generate Electricity” • What is better, a forest or a wind farm? Calculations show a wind farm is about eight times more effective at reducing CO₂e annually than a forest. Also, it eliminates a bunch of other air and water pollution, and reduces habitat destruction. [CleanTechnica]
Hybrid wind-solar farm (Washington State Department of Commerce)
- “A Fungus Is Now Infecting Humans And Global Warming May Be To Blame” • A fungus is beginning to infect human beings for the first time. Three distinct strains appeared in three continents, as the fungus had to adapt to ambient temperatures closer to the body temperatures of mammals. It also became resistant to drugs. [CleanTechnica]
- “Amazon Deforestation Is Fast Approaching A ‘Tipping Point,’ Studies Show” • New satellite data shows that the rate of deforestation is increasing in the Amazon, prompting fears that the rainforest could reach a tipping point beyond which it could not recover. The rainforest plays a vital role in stabilizing the global climate. [The Weather Channel]
- “A Wind Turbine Farm The Size Of Delaware Could Power The Entire United States” • What if we wanted to generate all the primary energy that the US uses for everything, heating, cooling, industry, and transportation, with wind generation? How many wind turbines would that take? How much land? It turns out, it is not much. [CleanTechnica]
- “Republican Politicians May Start Accepting Climate Change” • In the US, Republican politicians could actually start to accept the science of global warming and attendant climate change, and offer actual solutions. That’s probably because Republican voters are much more aware of reality than the party’s political rhetoric makes it seem. [CleanTechnica]
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July 28 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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