Claire Pentecost, "The force that through the fossil drives my greased age". Materials: motorboat, wood, brass wire.
TR: Won't the high cost of fossil drive the economics for these things to happen naturally?
The vision statement of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Government of India, which was conveyed by the Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, during the launch of India's National Action Plan on Climate Change in 2008, is one such statement that is inclusive of the strategic mission of shifting from fossil-fuel driven economy to non-fossil fuel driven economy.
He has written several books heralding the end of our world's economies, those powered by fossil fuels, driven by profits, and organized in a pyramidal structure.
By pinning our hopes on the short-term prospects for profit by plumbing the debts of our planet and draining every last ounce and cubic foot of oil and gas we will continue to feed a fossil fuel driven economic paradigm whose days are most assuredly numbered.
The hypocrisy of an essay calling for greater reliance on fossil fuels while dismissing the overwhelming evidence and growing impacts of fossil-fuel driven climate change is astounding.
The proposed design consists of a water source, pipes, valves and a portable fossil-fuel driven pump, and implements the "Diverse and Flexible Coping Strategy" mitigation concept recommended by the US industry following the Fukushima accident.
Fourth, although I noted that "organic farming is probably better for the environment because less soil, flora and fauna are contaminated," I did not allude specifically to a concern of many organiacs: The damaging effects of big agriculture's fossil-fuel driven mono-cropping culture and the positive effects on biodiversity and sustainability of smallholders with organic farms.
However, on account of the global spread and international nature of aviation, in addition to the lock-in effect associated with existing fossil-fuel driven technology, the present aviation paradigm is not well equipped for a massive or rapid technological transition.
Investigative research by nonprofit groups like InsideClimate News and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have turned up evidence that ExxonMobil may have known about the hazards of fossil-fuel driven climate change back in the 1970s.
Will that sentiment prevail -- even after we have mastered the science to understand the implications of our fossil-fuel driven economies -- when our world leaders gather yet again for climate change negotiations in Paris later this year?
