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The Green Fail

THE GREEN FAIL Take a look at green alternatives from the other side: the downside. Are these growing pains, or signs of a failing movement? BIO-FUELS PRINCETON FINDS THAT USING PREVIOUSLY UNTILLED LAND FOR BIOFUEL CROPS UNLEASHES NEW CARBON INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE ACROSS BRAZIL, SE ASIA AND THE US, CONVERSION OF NATURAL BIOMES FOR BIOFUEL CROPS CREATES 17-240x MORE CO2 EMISSIONS THAN FOSSIL FUELS ROW CROPS (CORN, SOY), USED FOR BIOFUEL, CAUSE INCREASED ETHANOL PRODUCTION HIGHER PRICES FOR FOODS, PROCESSED OR 50х MORE EROSION THAN GROWN SOD CROPS LIKE HAY CONTINUOUS CORN GROWTH INCREASES: 80% EUTROPHICATION 189% GLOBAL WARMING 71% OF LAND FOR CORN CROPS IS RE-TILLED EACH YEAR, FURTHER INCREASING EROSION 6% ACIDIFICATION BY 2030, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WANTS BIOMASS TO PROVIDE: 20% 5% 25% OF OUR CHEMICALS REPLACING 6% OF PETRO OF OUR OF OUR FUEL POWER CONSUMPTION (DOE BIOMASS PLAN, DOE FEEDSTOCK ROADMAP) COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHT BULBS 2001 - 2003: CFL USAGE INCREASED FROM: 1 UNIT 100M 1.8B TO 3.5B CFLS ARE OFTEN IMPROPERLY DISPOSED OF CREATING TOXIC WASTE FROM THE MERCURY INSIDE 1MG MOST CFLS HAVE EVEN "ECO 3-5 мо FRIENDLY" CFLS HAVE AROUND OF MERCURY EACH MASS RETAILERS ARE SETTING A POOR EXAMPLE: IKEA RECYCLES CFLS, BUT WAL-MART DOESN'T YET AT THIS RATE, WHEN WILL AVERAGE CITIZENS HAVE SIMPLE ACCESS TO PROPER DISPOSAL FACILITIES? 3.5B CFLS x 5MG EACH MERCURY 17.5 мG 38,580+ LBS OF TOXIC WASTE IF DISPOSED OF IMPROPERLY EVEN SOME PRODUCERS OF CFLS ADMIT THEY'RE UNLIKELY TO REPLACE INCANDESCENT BULBS: THE LIGHT QUALITY IS DIFFERENT, MANY CAN'T BE DIMMED, AND THE BUILDUP OF TOXIC WASTE COULD BE PROBLEMATIC GEO-ENGINEERING OCEAN FERTILIZATION: GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD: ARTIFICIALLY INDUCING ALGAE BLOOMS WITH IRON DUST BOOSTS CARBON UPTAKE CARBON CAPTURE/STORAGE: PLANTING: COULD INCREASE OXYGEN OUTPUT/CO2 NEUTRALIZATION, BUT OFTEN LACKS BIODIVERSITY HARNESSES THE CO2 FROM COAL PROCESSING FOR REUSE SOLAR RADIATION BLOCKING: INDUCED VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS: ONE OPTION, PROPELLING SEAWATER INTO THE SKY, SPURRING CLOUD FORMATION OVER SUBTROPICAL OCEANS RELEASING 5M TONS OF SULPHUR DIOXIDE ONCE A YEAR FOR 4 YEARS BIODIVERSITY THE OCEAN MAY BECOME MORE ACIDIC AS UNCONTROLLED CO2 EMISSIONS INCREASE- AND CAN'T BE REMOVED "ANYONE WHO SAYS THAT GEOENGINEERING OFFERS A POLICY SOLUTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IS DECADES AHEAD OF THE SCIENCE, AND THAT'S NOT A SAFE PLACE TO BE." -JAY GULLEDGE, CARBON CYCLE ECOLOGIST PEW CENTER ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE BEAMING SOLAR ELECTRICITY TO EARTH FROM SPACE STILL A PIPE DREAM UNTIL MORE ADVANCED BEAM TECHNOLOGY EMERGES EST. COST OF SOLAR ELECTRICITY FROM ORBIT: $1B/MEGAWATT • 62 MILLION TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE THAN TODAY'S PRICES • WOULD LIKELY REQUIRE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, ASSEMBLY IN SPACE AND THE IMPRACTICAL DEPLOYMENT OF MASSIVE ANTENNAS THE GREEN JOBS DEBACLE 2009 STIMULUS PACKAGE $90 BILLION FOR GREEN INITIATIVES: • GUARANTEED LOANS FOR GREEN ENERGY ORGANIZATIONS • HOME WEATHERIZATION FUNDS • TRAINING FOR GREEN OCCUPATIONS PROGRAM $500M GENERATED JUST 1,336 JOBS AS OF SEPT 2011, ONE LASTING HALF A YEAR OR MORE 1 UNIT=100 WAS SPENT, PER TRAINED $163M EQUALING $121,856 EMPLOYEE OBAMA LOANS AND GRANTS TO GREEN COMPANIES TWO MAJOR COMPANIES WITH NEARLY $3B IN DOE FUNDING COMBINED UNDERWENT RESTRUCTURING AND JOB CUTS OTHER COMPANIES WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DOE AND PRIVATE FUNDING ENTERED BANKRUPTCY PROTECTION– SOME THEN MANUFACTURED FAULTY PRODUCTS OR FILED REPORTS INCORRECTLY RESULTS OF OTHER GREEN SUBSIDIES THE GM BAILOUT FUNDED THE PRODUCTION OF THE CHEVY VOLT, GM AN EXPENSIVE AND UNPOPULAR, BUT ECO-FRIENDLY VEHICLE SOLD 3,200 UNITS IN FIRST 8 MONTHS, ONLY ABOUT 13 A DAY GM LOSES $49,000 ON EACH VOLT PRODUCED, OR $157 MILLION IN THE FIRST 8 MONTHS OF SALES SEATTLE GOT $20 MILLION IN MOST OF THE MONEY WENT INTO FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT TRAINING... FOR NONEXISTENT JOBS!!! HOME MODIFICATIONS CREATED 114 JOBS 1 UNIT=10 AND MODIFIED HOMES IN FIRST 16 MONTHS PROVIDED BY: MASTER-OF-ENGINEERING.ORG SOURCES HTTP://WWw.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/WP-DYN/CONTENT/ARTICLE/2008/02/26/AR2008022602827.HTML HTTP://ENERGYBULLETIN.NET/NODE/28610 HTTP://Www.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/WP-DYN/CONTENT/ARTICLE/2008/02/26/AR2008022602827.HTML HTTP://Www.WORLDWATCH.ORG/NODE/5920 HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/COMPACT_FLUORESCENT_LAMPHENVIRONMENTAL_IMPACT HTTP://WwW.NPR.ORG/TEMPLATES/STORY/STORY.PHP?STORYID=7431198 HTTP://www.DAILYMAIL.CO.UK/SCIENCETECH/ARTICLE-1222614/THE-LIGHT-BULB-LASTS-25-YEAR-ITS- ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY-BRIGHT-OLD-ONES--COST-30.HTMLFIXZZ253KSRKYH HTTP://WwW.GUARDIAN.CO.UK/ENVIRONMENT/2005/DEC/23/FRONTPAGENEWS.CLIMATECHANGE HTTP://WwW.THEBULLETIN.ORG/FILES/064002006_0.PDF HTTP://WwW.NKGCF.ORG/FILES/PDF/GEO NKGCF.PDF HTTP://PHYS.ORG/NEWS172224356.HTMLAJCP HTTP://SSI.ORG/READING/PAPERS/SUN-POWERED-LASER-BEAMING-FROM-SPACE-FOR-ELECTRICITY-ON- EARTH/HTTP://OVERSIGHT.HOUSE.GOVWP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2012/06/111-2-11-SUBCOMMITTEE-ON- REG AFFAIRS-HE ARING TRANSCRIPT.PDF HTTP://WwW.AMERICANTHINKER.COM/2012/04/0BAMAS_EPIC_GREEN_FAIL.HTML HTTP://WwW.HUMANEVENTS.COM/2011/09/24/TOP-10-GREEN-JOB-FIASCOES/ HTTP:/TOWNHALL.COM/TIPSHEET/KATIEPAVLICH/2012/09/10/CHEVY_LOSING_49000_PER_VOLT

The Green Fail

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Take a look at green alternatives from the other side: the downside. Are these growing pains, or signs of a failing movement?

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