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By cgfi on August 27th, 2008

GLOBAL WARMING EVERY 1,500 YEARS–WHAT IT MEANS FOR ENGINEERING, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

Hysteria over global warming has gripped the affluent countries of the world.
-Climate modelers claim the earth’s temperature could be boosted an astounding 11 degrees C by the additional CO2 being released into the atmosphere as humans burn fossil fuels.
-Dozens of major governments have signed the Kyoto Protocol, which essentially promises their countries will [...]

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By cgfi on August 25th, 2008

RUSSIAN TANKS SIGNAL A “NEW ENERGY WAR”, BY DENNIS T. AVERY

 
CHURCHVILLE, VA—“Russia’s adventure in Georgia has been described as a ‘warlet,’ a contained firing spree that wound up and down within a week. But to Europe’s energy markets, it was the equivalent of wide-scale carpet bombing,” writes Eric Reguly in Britain’s Global and Mail on August  15th.  “Before the Georgian crisis, Europe seemed to be [...]

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By cgfi on August 20th, 2008

PRINCE CHARLES PROMOTES WORLD HUNGER, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY AND ALEX AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—Prince Charles of England has come out again against the genetically modified foods that are a key hope for producing the extra food needed by our richer, more populous world in the decades just ahead. He must know that, thanks to science, world grain production tripled during his lifetime, from about 700 million tons [...]

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By cgfi on August 13th, 2008

CAN OBAMA END THE “AGE OF OIL?”, BY: DENNIS T. AVERY

CHURCHVILLE, VA—Barack Obama says the U.S. must “end the age of oil in our time,” with “real results by the end of my first term in office.” 
 
Duff Badgley, the Green candidate for governor in Washington State, goes only a bit further: he’d immediately convert the Boeing factory from building jetliners to making solar panels [...]

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