Year of Energy 2009

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contributed by:
Edward Rouse Pryor
gobbledyhaha (at) juno.com
772-468-4646
posted November 17, 2009

Summary: Just when public policy leadership has embraced as gospel the concept of man-induced atmospheric carbon dioxide as the cause of global warming, there is emerging evidence that CO₂ and man have nothing to do with global warming or climate change. If the erroneous belief that atmospheric CO₂ is responsible for global warming is incorporated into public policy legislation the unnecessary extra energy cost will be incalculable.
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Sigma Xi works with PRI’s The World to produce a weekly science podcast and associated online discussion forum. This week there’s all kinds of good energy stuff on the podcast and in the forum.

On the podcast, there’s an interview with policy analyst Julian L. Wong, an expert on China’s transition to cleaner fuels. China burns more coal than any other country, but it also leads the world in solar energy construction; Wong says China has progressed more than the U.S. and is doing more right than wrong to address climate change.

Agree? Disagree? Have questions? Talk with Julian online in The World Science Forum through July 24.

Also on the podcast– Steven Chu’s visit to China, and Europe’s biofuels debate.