http://globalcomment.com/2009/climate-change-the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-well-you-know/ where the world thinks out loud Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://globalcomment.com/2009/climate-change-the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-well-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-5694 Erik Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:44:50 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=4074#comment-5694 Right--there's no question that it's clean energy as far as climate change goes. Maybe we as a people make a choice that we are going to sacrifice the birds and bats to fight climate change. But what I'm really arguing here is that any kind of energy is going to have unintended negative consequences and that, rather than hail new technologies as our savior, we need to try to think about what those consequences might be to make intelligent choices about what acceptable impacts might be. Right–there’s no question that it’s clean energy as far as climate change goes. Maybe we as a people make a choice that we are going to sacrifice the birds and bats to fight climate change. But what I’m really arguing here is that any kind of energy is going to have unintended negative consequences and that, rather than hail new technologies as our savior, we need to try to think about what those consequences might be to make intelligent choices about what acceptable impacts might be.

]]> http://globalcomment.com/2009/climate-change-the-road-to-hell-is-paved-with-well-you-know/comment-page-1/#comment-5692 Roger Roster Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:21:11 +0000 http://globalcomment.com/?p=4074#comment-5692 I agree that wind energy has been garnering a lot of attention in the United States. There is a lot of debate on the negative impact of the implementation of wind energy but let's look at the positive aspect. Wind energy is the fastest growing sector in the US with plans being laid out to meet 20% of its electrical energy needs from wind energy in the future. Many companies like Pacific Crest Transformers have designed transformers for the wind energy sector and are indirectly helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. I agree that wind energy has been garnering a lot of attention in the United States. There is a lot of debate on the negative impact of the implementation of wind energy but let’s look at the positive aspect. Wind energy is the fastest growing sector in the US with plans being laid out to meet 20% of its electrical energy needs from wind energy in the future. Many companies like Pacific Crest Transformers have designed transformers for the wind energy sector and are indirectly helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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