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That doesn't mean we are powerless. There are steps we can take now: adopting combined heat-and-power systems; switching from coal to natural gas; embracing renewable and nuclear energy; and favoring more fuel-efficient and hybrid vehicles. In addition, we can reduce and offset up to 20% of our emissions by conserving and restoring the world's forests. Forests not only store twice as much carbon as there is in the atmosphere, but constantly reabsorb it through photosynthesis. Nature's carbon-storage technology is extraordinarily efficient and can mitigate climate change better over the next 50 years than...
...with its powerful incumbent companies and forbiddingly high capital costs, requires a more patient investor. "There may be some VCs willing to finance a $100 million project plant, but most can't," says Howard Berke, a veteran tech entrepreneur and co-founder of the solar company Konarka. "It could mean a longer [wait] for returns than what early-stage venture capitalists are accustomed...
...made Kleiner Perkins a fortune. "Everybody with a dollar thinks they're a clean-tech investor now," says Foundation Capital's Grosser. "A ton of people could lose a lot of money on solar or biofuels." But defenders point out that the burgeoning energy needs of China and India mean that oil prices are unlikely to fall to previous levels, while the political push to put a higher price on fossil fuels through emissions caps or a carbon tax will make renewables a neccesity. "It's either a very important hedge against the future, or it could become the future...
...easy to not know exactly what someone is talking about. You have to have multiple readings for it to be intriguing. What does peanut butter stand for? What does jelly stand for? It’s like [the concept of] Superman—what does this really mean? 5. FM: Fair enough. But Harvard students have been known to riot when “Knuck If You Buck” comes on. What does that mean? MM: Um, well, what do you think it means? 6. FM: Probably something inappropriate?MM: I think you’re probably right. 7.FM...
...remarks about AIDS and gays won't hurt him in Iowa, Scheffler contended. "Homosexuality is a sin. I'm in full agreement with him. Most people who are supporting Huckabee or any candidate would concur with that statement and would hope their candidates do, too. It doesn't mean you discriminate, it just doesn't mean you'd condone a sinful lifestyle...