Word: reductionism
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What would President Gore do? Well, on Capitol Hill in March, Citizen Gore offered his ideas. He advocates an immediate freeze on CO2 emissions and a campaign of sharp reductions-90% by 2050. To get there, he would eliminate the payroll tax and replace it with a carbon tax, so...
The replacement of incandescent light bulbs with the CFL will not only save consumers money throughout its long life, it will also help to reduce energy use and is one of the few surefire ways of helping to delay (or stop) manmade climate change. Replacing that 75-watt incandescent is...
As China looks to clean Beijing’s notoriously polluted air for the 2008 Summer Olympics, a soon-to-be-released study by Harvard researchers has determined that restricting vehicles in China’s capital is a surprisingly effective and fast-acting way to reduce air pollution. The...
More study will be needed to determine just how effective TX Active is over the long term. So-called catalytic agents can lose their power over time. But Italcementi is already marketing it in the U.S. and Europe.The biggest potential, however, could be in rapidly growing countries like India and...
Edwards is similarly bold about global warming. He favors a mandatory 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050, with an auction for the rights to pollute. He believes the auction will raise $30 billion to $40 billion, which he would spend on conservation and renewable-fuel technology. Like Al...