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Comment by Tom Bailey on January 16, 2010 at 3:57am

The latest petition " Energy indepenence now petition" is a new one we all need to sign.

Please take a second to do it.
Thanks for all you are doing as the labor continues!

Best; Tom

Comment by Sergio ADRIAN on December 14, 2009 at 10:56am

Past Sunday the scientists said that the world would have to return at the level of 350 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere to diminish the threat of global warming. Recently I attended a conference on fundamental physics in which I knew that the human being is able to make anything. There, also I knew that the USA in this project of investigation budgeted to invest 800 million dollars. If the world faces the danger of survival of the human race because the global warming is irreversible, we would not have to destine all our will and the resources necessary to solve this serious problem? the world would not have to propose to the rich countries to assign all their money, the scientists and all the resources that they have to solve this danger? The human being is able to make many things. Nobody says that this problem is impossible to solve because the scientists are going away to feel affected, and if the planet is destroyed those projects of investigation on fundamental physics will not be used for anything.

Also it was said, the past Sunday, in Copenhagen that persists the confrontation between the rich countries and the poor countries because the financing for the mitigation projects and adaptation are not agreed on. We would not have to take the word from the minister of Australia on Climatic Change that suggested a new conference?. The attention of the present Conference of Copenhagen would concentrate to fix the emission levels that each one of the developed and emergent countries will have to fulfill. In next conference, that would be carried out as soon as it is possible, they would decide the necessary financing, giving to each country in the agreement the time necessary to study its contribution, in the light of the level of emission established in Copenhagen.

Comment by Sergio ADRIAN on December 12, 2009 at 2:53pm

Dec 12 2009
The developed countries are playing with the words when they refer his reductions that would have to fulfill to the 2005. They perfectly know that the references are given to the levels pre industrialists, i.e., 1750. That is due to fulfill. With its game of words a reduction between 8 and 12% would be reached, which is not sufficient. Rich countries: you no longer play the cat and the mouse. You are being affected with the disasters that already are taking place in your countries. And you do not put by pretext that the poor countries are demanding money. You first reduce your emissions!

Comment by amy oconnor on December 10, 2009 at 10:37am

" Other high-profile figures, such as T. Boone Pickens, have made similar promises of multi-million dollar investments. Often, though, their plans have come to nothing. "


Mike -
I would definitely NOT say that his plans have come to Nothing...he has achieved a great deal and this is just the Beginning

Comment by amy oconnor on December 10, 2009 at 10:22am

BY any chance, Is anyone here belonging to the International Pickens group attending the COP15 ???

If so PLEASE keep us updated AND if you get to give your opinion to anyone there in Denmark...be sure to tell them about TPP....ask them to Join Us to spread the Word and get The Pickens Plan going all over the world...Wind, Solar, Nat Gas etc....let them know we are on their side...we want to make changes to save the planet and obtain our energy independence

Comment by Sergio ADRIAN on December 10, 2009 at 7:22am

Another landmark more. Yesterday in Yahoo the news was said that the rich nations face the poor nations (http://espanol.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/091209/clima/mun_cli_clima_cumbre). But in my opinion, somebody wants to change the problem. The problem is that the developed countries and the emergent countries must be committed to reduce their emissions. One is due to start off that way. The subject of the financing is another problem derived from the problem generated by the indiscriminate consumption of fossil fuels. The poor countries already we will see how we fixed our problems later. It is in game the destiny of the humanity.

Comment by Sergio ADRIAN on December 10, 2009 at 6:50am

Hello friendly: A landmark with respect to the decisions that will be taken on the global heating, in Copenhagen, in the next days. And this is the following one. In certain means of information one says that in few years the emission of the developing countries will surpass to the emission of the developed countries. But, analyzing we found that as developing country is being considered to China, India and Brazil, that really are emergent countries with a spectacular development, to those who would be to request a special commitment to them of reduction in its emissions. The poor countries, like Peru, never will be able to equal their emissions to some developed country. And we are the third country more affected by the global heating.

Comment by Sergio ADRIAN on December 9, 2009 at 9:10am

Hello friendly: Sergio, from Peru Lima, greets you sincerely. With much preoccupation I see the future of our zone, where according to the prognoses there will be water shortage in few years (http://tinyurl.com/yjyvely Interactive climate impacts map). When President Obama was designated to be 2009 Nobel Peace Prize he said: “We cannot tolerate a world with nuclear weapons, watched by the climatic change… we cannot allow a world in which the violence, the diseases and the poverty prevail to the young people of a better future”.

But, according to the last news from Copenhagen, decided advances are not hoped to restrain the global heating. One requires a commitment of China, the USA, the EU, Japan, India, Brazil, to reduce between the 25 to 40% annual emissions of gases CO2 and equivalents for the 2020. Nevertheless, the USA would only be committed to a 3% of reduction. Consequent with our presence here, to promote the change in the diet energetics (not to use fossil fuels: petroleum, coal and gas) we invoked the North American citizens to talk on this subject, to make pressure on the administration of government. No longer it would be so important the geopolitical situation of the origin of petroleum, but the destiny of the human race. And, eye that is involved the gas here, in all forms. Not in vain the American government has destined US$ 377 million, announced in August 2009, to Energy Frontier Research Centers for fundamental advances in solar energy, biofuels, transportation, energy efficiency, electricity storage and transmission, clean coal and carbon capture and sequestration, and nuclear energy. Then, why not to commit the USA to more reduction for the 2020?

Here in Peru, the glaciers are melting quickly, the earth no longer are as fertile as before and the breeding cycles have changed, the fish and other animal of the rivers are disappearing, and it announces that there will be water shortage (caused by the melting of glaciers), that would cause lack of water for human consumption and generation of energy. Nevertheless, as in all site beans cook, the local politicians do not give importance him to these evidences and think that the hydraulic energy and the nuclear one would be the solution for our country. Good, commentaries exceed on the matter.

God illuminates to us!

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Comment by Michael on October 14, 2009 at 4:39am

George Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy
Posted by: Mark Scott on October 12

The upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen are less than two months away, and everyone is looking to throw in his/her two cents. On Oct. 10, it was billionaire George Soros’ turn to get in on the act. Giving a speech in Denmark, the man who famously ‘broke the Bank of England’ in the early 1990s now plans to invest $1 billion in clean energy technology. Another $100 million — doled out in $10 million increments annually over ten years — will fund the newly-created Climate Policy Initiative, a foundation targeted at environmental policy.

That’s a sizeable amount of cash, though Soros didn’t specify where the $1 billion would be spent other than saying ‘stringent conditions’ will be used to evaluate potential investments. And in an ironic twist, Soros, who made a sizeable chunk of his fortune through currency speculation, put his support behind carbon taxes, not cap-and-trade systems. His reason? Financial investors can too easily manipulate carbon markets.

Soros is wise to keep his cards close to his chest. With so much money on the table, potential deals could be given a ‘Soros premium’ if the billionaire focuses on a too-narrow clean energy brief. But some of his likes/dislikes are already known. Soros, for instance, has invested in clean coal technology, including Portsmouth (NH)-based Powerspan Corp that specializes in carbon capture technology.

Yet before we start speculating too much on where Soros will spend his cash, a word of caution is merited.

Other high-profile figures, such as T. Boone Pickens, have made similar promises of multi-million dollar investments. Often, though, their plans have come to nothing. That obviously doesn't mean Soros won't go ahead with his $1 billion scheme. But until concrete plans are announced, I'll reserve judgment. As Rod Tidwell (from Jerry Maguire fame) once said: 'show me the money.'

Indeed, the more important figure -- for me -- is $25.9 billion. That's the amount of money invested in green energy projects in the third quarter of 2009, according to New Energy Finance. After a shaky start to the year, investors are now more willing to fork out for clean energy projects. The gradual thawing of the credit markets certainly has helped. So have government-sponsored funds -- like renewable feed-in tariffs or other subsidies for green technologies -- that were included in global stimulus packages.

So with investment returning to the sector, maybe Soros has picked a good time to buy in. Other investors will keep a close eye where he puts his money.

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