Word: co2
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...nations are trying to muster the will to control greenhouse gases and thus reduce the threat of global climate change, Saddam's eco-terrorism raised the amount of carbon dioxide that humans are pumping into the atmosphere by up to 2%. Kuwait's fires are putting out as much CO2 as all the cars, homes and industries of France. While these emissions will stop when the fires are put out, the gas will remain aloft for 100 years. Trying to reduce CO2 output by an equivalent amount will be difficult, even for the world's largest economies, says Rafe Pomerance...
Many scientists applauded the findings of the independent academy, which conducted a 15-month federally funded study of the greenhouse problem. Says Ratib Karam, director of the Neely Nuclear Research Center at Georgia Tech: "Nuclear energy is now the only major source of power that does not produce CO2. In terms of global society, nuclear power plants are essential...
...their oil-fired plants, which generate just 6% of U.S. electricity and represent about 3% of the country's overall use of oil. But nuclear proponents insist that new atomic plants would further reduce America's dependence on foreign oil, enhancing U.S. energy security while reducing polluting emissions of CO2...
...faction led by Darman and Sununu, however, could point with satisfaction to some parts of the study. For example, the commission declined to recommend explicit target dates or percentage goals for the reduction of CO2 emissions. Such steps, which have been taken by most European nations, are firmly opposed by the Administration. Moreover, the U.S. has already adopted some of the other measures that the report urges, including investing in global climate research (to the tune of $1 billion) and planting millions of trees that can become storehouses for CO2. Though Bush undertook those actions for other reasons, they double...
TAXES. Americans pay too little for energy generally and for gasoline in particular. A 50 cents per gal. gasoline tax phased in over five years would encourage conservation and raise $50 billion in revenues. It would also help the environment by reducing CO2 emissions and other pollutants...