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William asks…
how do I approach companies , to fund my carbon offset projects in southern africa. Our charity is reg in UK?
we want to set up projects in rural areas that use renewable energy
admin answers:
You need a web site that shows your letters of endorsement from existing organizations saying this program is needed, data that demonstrates your target group is in need whatever service it is that you want to provide and that they are not served otherwise, and a draft of what your first year’s budget would look like (what expenses you expect to incur, what you expect to pay staff, etc.). Your web site should also have a profile of those staffing your nonprofit and showing their qualifications for engaging in these type of projects. Once you have all of this, you can let representatives from international NGOs, international corporations, universities and others in the immediate area of where you are located know about this web site and your plans, and ask to meet with them about possible partnerships. Potential donors are best cultivated if you can meet with them face-to-face, and show them transparent accounting and credible data about what you are proposing and why it’s a good investment option for them. And that means looking for donors who are nearest to you geographically-speaking.
Paul asks…
What do you think is the biggest problem in our world?
For me its the fact that most countries are not getting along and there is war. Also I think that the non renewable energy resources are also a big problem.
admin answers:
Humans are animals in a constant state of denial.
Our biggest problem is our xenophobic instinct. It came in very handy when we were living as small bands of apes which competed for food. Killing strangers increased our food supply and also helped us pass on our own genes. Dead apes don’t bear children.
Sadly, our culture has become far more sophisticated than our biology has. Religion is an attempt to force us to live unnatrually as peaceful strangers, but it is just an imperfect fix. Even sadder is how humans use their intellect to pervert this stopgap into just another excuse to kill.
Perhaps it will be our culture which eventually saves us, but at a rather frightening cost. I believe we are now standing on the threshold of a new era where humans will physically begin to merge with their own technology. Genetic engineering and bio physics will probably be the forces which allows humans to live peacefully together, but we will no longer be human.
Those of us who still are will probably be on display in some future zoo. Groups of humans will wander in separate enclosures. Every now and then groups will be allowed to view one another and I suppose the visitors will enjoy watching these apes verbally assalt one another with racial hatred. Male chimpansees have to “go ape” every now and then to maintain their sanity, and I suppose humans are no different.
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Maria asks…
What are the different viewpoints on the use of fossil fuels?
Hello, I am struggling to find viewpoints of the following people:
– Environmentalist
– MEDC (More Economically Developed Countries) Governments
– LEDC (Less Economically Developed Countries) Governments
– Energy Companies
– Consumers
– Oil Producing Countries
– TNC’s Shell? BP?
Can you please give me a few websites which:
-explains why different groups have opinions on the consumption of fossil fuels
– says whether they think fossil fuels should be used in the future and given reasons why
(considers advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels vs renewable energy sources)
admin answers:
Smart: They’re useful, effective and can be used responsibly.
Hypocrisy: You shouldn’t use fossil fuels. I’d like to talk more, but I have to put my family on two different private jets to fly to Hawaii for a 17 mllion dollar taxpayer funded vacation. (You Americans have just gotten soft and lazy.) Electricity prices are going to skyrocket to when I drive coal out of business.
Idiot: We should all ride bicycles and not use any oil at all. (Oh… You mean my clothes, computer and bike tires are made of oil…. Oh.)
Sharon asks…
What is a good Current Event to give a speech on?
So my partner and I are assigned to create a collaborative speech on a current event/ issue. The speech needs to have some kind of debate within to allow group discussion after. For example We were thinking of doing Renewable Energy Sources but we couldnt find anything to argue against it or something,
Thanks for the help!!
admin answers:
With renewable energy source here are so cons: Cost is to high, not enough technology available to make it worthwhile, how long will it take for it to be profitable, and not enough big business is behind to make research worth the effort.
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Donald asks…
Why is there never any mention on television of geothermal electricity production?
I now the National Renewable Energy Laboratory has done the Homework on this, It works it is clean, you could make money selling it, so whats the problem?
admin answers:
WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
GENERAL ELECTRIC –(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)
Television Holdings:
* NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
* NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
* CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
The “MS” in MSNBC
means microsoft
The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected.
Other Holdings:
* GE Consumer Electronics.
* GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants.
* GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment.
* GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.
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Gates Wants Nuclear Power Plant
George asks…
What are the different viewpoints on the use of fossil fuels?
Hello, I am struggling to find viewpoints of the following people:
– Environmentalist
– MEDC (More Economically Developed Countries) Governments
– LEDC (Less Economically Developed Countries) Governments
– Energy Companies
– Consumers
– Oil Producing Countries
– TNC’s Shell? BP?
Can you please give me a few websites which:
-explains why different groups have opinions on the consumption of fossil fuels
– says whether they think fossil fuels should be used in the future and given reasons why
(considers advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels vs renewable energy sources)
admin answers:
A brief answer from this consumer… If you believe that humans are causing global warming by using fossil fuels, then fossil fuels should be abandoned. If you believe that humans control their own destiny by changing their environment to serve their needs by using fossil fuels, among other resources, to do so, and that it is essential that humans control their own destiny, then the use of fossil fuels can be justified. If you believe that fossil fuels do not contribute in any way to climate change, or in an only very limited way, and that the use of fossil fuels benefits man, there is no need to justify their use. So, to begin with, let’s agree to admit there are a number of ways to look at this question.
How can we resolve the question, then? Aside from the climate issues, I only can see one other issue that will separate the users from the non-users. Fossil fuels appear to be a limited resource. (I use the term “appear” with some justification. In 1950, I was taught in school that we would run out of oil in 1980. Today, the annual oil consumption world wide is greater than the amount of oil known to exist in 1950. I seriously doubt that the politicians or the producers want mere citizens to know the true extent of this resource, as they use our fears and ignorance to control their policies and prices…) We can, however agree that it is harder to get oil out of the ground today than in 1950, and oil is costing more to produce. The real issue seems to be, “How much longer will the oil supply continue to grow? What will our grandchildren use for an energy source?” As a consumer, watching the world go by, I can only wonder why we waste so much personal energy arguing for or against fossil fuels. When will that energy be directed to the identification of a superior power source?
I hope my ruminations give you some food for thought.
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Michael asks…
an electrical engineering can work on renewable energy?
I want to know if electrical engineering is the right choose to work on renewable energy like bio-diesel.biomass or hybrid technology also I want to know if an electrical engineer could lose his job when he become older for instance computer science company hired younger people is the same with electrical careers? thanks
admin answers:
An engineering background would be quite useful for renewable energies, quite useful for most things in general. Most engineering programs have a general engineering requirement where the students spend one to two years studying all the engineering fields before specializing so an electrical engineer would have sufficient chemical and mechanical engineering background to be useful in bio-diesel and biomass as well as be suited for the electronic controls inherent in all modern processes. Naturally, a hybrid would have a large electrical component that the EE would be useful for.
It’s illegal for a company to age discriminate but it is true that as one gets older and better paid, one’s liquidity on the labour market is reduced. However, many companies value experience and for good reason. Without some experience in a group, one’s bound to constantly repeat the same mistakes over and over again.
The risk of loosing one’s job and then finding it difficult to be re-employed is common no matter what the field and often if a company wants to take a risk on a prospective employee that they have not worked with before, they might as well hedge their bet by hiring somebody inexpensive such as a fresh grad.
You can take measures to ensure you remain valuable in the job market, insist that the company pay for at least one professional association membership and at least one industry conference a year. Attend the tutorial sessions and pay the extra $10 for the CEU credits so that you have something to add to your portfolio.
Above all, build up a network of contacts in the industry. It all boils down to relationships and people.
You might want to start with an English course though.
David asks…
How do I go about starting a small business?
I have an excellent idea for a small business. Its a renewable energy business in an area where that hasn’t tapped into that aspect yet. I don’t how to make my ideas become reality, where do I get financing to start it up?
admin answers:
You need to find the Small Business Development Center or similar group for YOUR state. For example, this is the one for Delaware:
http://www.dsbtdc.org/
They tell you who to contact, how to do it, what you need, all that type of thing.
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Mandy asks…
What are some interest groups for farming/agriculture?
I’m doing a government project. I’m having some troubles, Could someone help me?
These are the principles our group stands for :
-more regulation over industries
could cause environmental problems
-Family farmers supply clean food supply
-Farmers feed us
-For more crops
-For renewable energy
I need some interest groups that support these things.
and we also are against industries because they cram animals together in small places and that creates problems, while Farmers don’t do that
thanks so much for your help 🙂
admin answers:
Groups that come to mind:
PETA (people for the ethical treatment of animals)
Organic growers groups (there are a number of these, mostly local county based)
http://www.ota.com/organic_and_you/10reasons.html
Renewable fuels association (http://www.ethanolrfa.org/)
good luck.
Robert asks…
What are some interest groups for farming/agriculture?
I’m doing a government project. I’m having some troubles, Could someone help me?
These are the principles our group stands for :
-more regulation over industries
could cause environmental problems
-Family farmers supply clean food supply
-Farmers feed us
-For more crops
-For renewable energy
I need some interest groups that support these things.
and we also are against industries because they cram animals together in small places and that creates problems, while Farmers don’t do that
admin answers:
Http://organicconsumers.org
http://www.localharvest.org
http://www.rodaleinstitute.org
http://www.attra.org
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John asks…
How can we make renewable energy less competitive?
There is a serious energy crisis in Australia – even without the carbon tax renewables are now cheaper than building new coal or gas fired power stations.
How can we make renewables more expensive so that the climate change denier industry can maintain their myths?
“A new analysis from research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance has concluded that electricity from unsubsidised renewable energy is already cheaper than electricity from new-build coal and gas-fired power stations in Australia.
The modeling from the BNEF team in Sydney found that new wind farms could supply electricity at a cost of $80/MWh –compared with $143/MWh for new build coal, and $116/MWh for new build gas-fired generation.These figures include the cost of carbon emissions, but BNEF said even without a carbon price, wind energy remained 14 per cent cheaper than new coal and 18 per cent cheaper than new gas.”
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2013/renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-and-gas-in-australia-62268
Should we also ban the use of solar energy storage systems (such as the old technology used in http://www.haifa-group.com/products/k_solar/) to support the climate change denier myths that renewables cannot maintain base load supply?
admin answers:
What you’ve quoted was/is inevitable. I could crow “I’ve said this would happen for years” — and I have. But it’s not brilliant insight. Just following the trends.
What you quoted is the obituary for the fossil fuel industry. And (I will crow about and repeat this prediction) — it does not matter what the environmentalists — or the special interests, for that matter — do. The verdict will be spoken in the marketplace. When renewable energy has the competitive advantage (as it now does) the end result will be a drastic decline in fossil fuel use — and carbon emissions.
The same incentive that has blocked action on climate change — pure, raw greed — will now make cutting CO2 emissions an inevitable and unstoppable force.
Thomas asks…
Is it a good decision to invest money in companies that their business is to produce renewable energies?
Do you think that because of the high price of gas, will make stock prices grow of companies that are investing in renewable energies
admin answers:
Some yes, some no.
Due to the high price of corn, soybeans, used cooking oil, many companies making ethanol and biodiesel are in trouble.
Some companies that own wind farms (FPL Group which also has a regulated utility business) are doing very well.
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