Saturday, February 22, 2014

Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power and Galileo:  Do Scientists Have a Duty to Expose Popular Misconceptions? - by James E. Hansen

How can we run this world on renewable power sources? Naturally, the problem raises quite a few fears and concerns. (Credit: Jeremy Woodhouse/Digital Vision/Getty Images) Click to enlarge.
Here I present climate and energy data to help expose popular misconceptions about energy.  These misconceptions have a greater impact on prospects for stabilizing climate and preserving the remarkable life on our planet than fossil fuel lobbyists and climate change deniers will ever have.  First I must present data for what I call the “carbon math” and the “energy math.”

 Renewable Energy, Nuclear Power and Galileo: Do Scientists Have a Duty to Expose Popular Misconceptions? - by James E. Hansen
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