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That's just not true. Two years ago we became a carbon-neutral family. I purchase Green Power [electricity from renewable sources], have installed new lightbulbs and clock thermostats, and I'm installing solar panels. We switched to a hybrid car. I am not recommending actions that I haven't already taken myself...
...There’s certainly other life in the universe and our galaxy alone. There are 400 billion stars in our galaxy, and many stars probably have planets,” Horowitz says. “Many of these [stars] had the same starting materials and conditions as our solar system...
...site. Terrapass, a company that sells carbon-offsetting investments to individuals, sends an email to 19,000 people a week with carbon pound weight-loss tips. They also have an active blog where people post their own tips, vote on their willingness to make certain changes (like purchasing a solar-powered water heater) and share their dieting experiences (like their laments about living in an apartment where putting up clotheslines outside is prohibited...
There's a lot of noise about wind, solar and ethanol. We're working on these too, but they won't be ready to meet escalating global demands. Eighty percent of what we use today is fossil fuels; 80% of what we'll use 20 years from now is fossil fuels. The carbon molecule and combusting it is the only way we've figured out to economically move people and generate power. Diversity of supply is the answer. That means nuclear energy and investing in clean coal technology...
...Satellites to orbit, photograph sun Winter could be sunny for NASA. Last week it launched twin spacecraft that are scheduled to enter orbit around the sun by January and then transmit the first-ever 3-D images of the solar surface...