Nuclear energy is too costly

March 16, 2011 Leave a comment

For those who think nuclear is a great solution, the evidence is that the costs of this energy are impossibly high if you include risks and dealing with the waste.

Fundamentally, we need to focus on the energy technologies and strategies that meet the combination of low cost (including all environmental and health costs), practicality, and scalability.

Nuclear fails the key tests not because Japan shows nuclear power is inherently unsafe.  Nuclear fails the test because it is wildly expensive, and Japan makes clear there is a good reason for that.

via Energy’s greatest health risk comes from fossil fuels — precisely why we need to hit the pause button on nuclear power « Climate Progress.

Filed under Environment, Miami-Dade County, National

How to Make Donations Directly to Japanese Red Cross Society via Google Crisis Center

March 14, 2011 Leave a comment

I have found this way to donate directly to the Japanese Red Cross via Google.

I personally find this is the most efficient and rapid way of helping out without paying the overhead of US  organizations.

The site is

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

Filed under Environment, International

Read “Gardening: The science of sssnakes! » Marco Eagle”

February 26, 2011 Leave a comment

Great post if you fear or are interested in snakes–for those new to the tropics.

The majority of snakes, including the constrictors, are not poisonous yet people fear most of them as if they were. In actuality there is less than one death a year from snakebite in Florida. More people are killed by lightening. The pythons are unlikely to attack a person unless provoked or protecting young. Florida has 37 species of non poisonous snakes and only 6 species which are poisonous. These are the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Pigmy Rattlesnake, Canebrake Rattlesnake, Copperhead, Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin and the Coral Snake. One way to tell venomous vipers from non-poisonous snakes are the eyes. Vipers have vertical slits while non poisonous snakes have round eyes. The poisonous coral snake is an exception. An old jingle which helps differentiate the coral snake from the non poisonous scarlet snake is “red and yellow kill a fellow”. If the red rings touch the yellow, beware!

via Gardening: The science of sssnakes! » Marco Eagle.

Filed under Environment

Chamber of Commerce Doesn’t Represent “Green” Business

February 24, 2011 Leave a comment

The Chamber of Commerce would like us to take the risk of the severe impacts from Climate Change.  They often hide behind the “green” symbol while promoting unscientific thinking about the future of the planet.

The Chamber, described by 350.org founder Bill McKibben as the “power plant” of “money pollution” in Washington, DC, has led lobbying efforts to block action on climate change for decades.

Because of its pro-pollution, anti-science stance, the Chamber is threatening American prosperity — its supposed mission. Several companies, including Apple, Exelon, and Pacific Gas & Energy, have quit the lobbying group over its climate denial. In the Tom Dispatch, McKibben explains how 350.org plans to expose the split between real American businesses and the multinational polluters that fund the “U.S.” Chamber of Commerce, with the simple message, “The U.S. Chamber Doesn’t Speak For Me“:

via Climate Progress.

Filed under Business and Commerce, Coral Gables, Environment

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