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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Lead Waste
Biellow, David. 9 Aug 2012. Recycling Reality: Humans Set to Trash Most Elements on the Periodic Table. Scientific American Almost all lead is recycled, among the only elements on the periodic table to earn that distinction. With good reason, mind … Continue reading
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Our interlinked infrastructure is so vulnerable one piece can take the others down with it
This article by Robinson et al is a very prescient article written back in 1998, long before 9/11 and he also points out how vulnerable U.S. infrastructure is to cyberwar and cyberattacks at a time when our infrastructure wasn’t nearly … Continue reading
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Hazardous Waste Overview
To give you an idea of how much waste is generated, here are some 10+ year old stats from the Department of energy Table AF-2. WASTE FUN FACTS 1 ounce = NOx emissions generated from 3.6 gallons of gasoline 3 … Continue reading
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Land invasive species
25% of U.S. agricultural gross national product is lost to foreign plant invaders and the costs of controlling them. Exotic species have contributed to the decline of 42 percent of U.S. endangered and threatened species. The chestnut blight fungus, which … Continue reading
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Groundwater depletion consequences
Robert. Glennon. 9 Oct 2002. The Perils of Groundwater Pumping. The excessive “mining” of our aquifers is causing environmental degradation on a potentially enormous scale. Issues in Science and Technology. National Academy of Sciences. Groundwater is more than 25 percent … Continue reading
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Aquatic Invasive species
Allegra Cangelosi. 9 Jan 2003. Blocking Invasive Aquatic Species. Federal law must be updated to stop introductions of nonnative organisms, especially by ships. Issues in science and technology. National Academy of Sciences. Examples of invasive aquatic species Voracious snakehead fish … Continue reading
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Oceans in danger: excessive fishing, pollution, bioinvasion, acidification, oil spills, eutrophication
Carl Safina, Sarah Chasis. 9 Oct 2004. Saving the Oceans. Two major commissions have proposed far-reaching reform of ocean policy. It’s time for Congress to act. Issues in Science & Technology. National Academy of Sciences. Oceans have been suffering from … Continue reading
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Alternative Energy Reading List
Why Alternative Energy can’t replace fossil fuels Book and Article list below Introduction to alternative energy reading list Scale. Oil is the densest form of energy on the planet next to uranium. To replace the one cubic mile of oil, … Continue reading
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Déjà vu – Lessons learned from the “Peak Oil” crises of 1973 & 1979
A book review by Alice Friedemann of: Howard Bucknell III. 1981. Energy and the National Defense. University of Kentucky Press. About the author: Bucknell was once the director of the energy and national security project at Ohio State University. At … Continue reading
Carbon capture and storage
Capturing even a small portion of CO2 emissions requires a compression + transportation + storage industry with greater throughput than oil extraction; but without the benefit oil provides as an energy input. Coal-fired plant capital costs could rise 40%-75% (as … Continue reading
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