businessweek.com — We now demand more of the planet than of any other time in history. Care to see exactly how we are measuring up, and how the drive for renewable fuels is becoming inevitable? Take a look at where we are now and where we hope to go.
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rompom7Dec 23, 2006
Wow, troll galore in this page.It's okay, I feel for people like you that cannot get any social interaction outside of the interwebs. They come to digg waving around their e-penis and inevitably get dugg down. Go outside.
saifatlastDec 23, 2006
revtom is an astroturfer ( <a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfer">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfer</a> ). The vast majority of his submissions link to Business Week ( <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/users/revtom/news/submitted">http://digg.com/users/revtom/news/submitted</a> ). Note that each of his URLs end with a ?campaign_id=... He was (AFAIK) initially called out on Metafilter ( <a class="user" href="http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/13356">http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/13356</a> ).It's cool if people like his stories and all that. I'm just saying, diggers should be aware that his motives aren't necessarily pure.
deltaxDec 23, 2006
Business Week is usually BS. Too lightweight. Baron's is way better. So's Financial Times. FT runs a great crossword, too.
damnmanDec 23, 2006
When i drive my big ass 18 MPG SUV around town im just helping out humanity hasten its adoption of new energy sources!
yaosioDec 23, 2006
So we are using more than our planet produces? Is this coming from the 90th law of physics, you can create energy out of nothing if it suits your political goals?
vikingcoderDec 23, 2006
World Primary Energy Consumption in 2004(Quadrillion (10^15) BTU)US - 100.414World - 446.442--- US portion - 22.5%By Energy Type--------------Petroleum:US - 40.594World - 167.500--- US portion - 24.2%Dry Natural Gas:US - 23.036World - 103.403--- US portion - 22.3%Coal:US - 22.604World - 114.508--- US portion - 19.7%HydroelectricUS - 2.690World - 27.529--- US portion - 9.8%Nuclear:US - 8.222World - 27.474--- US portion - 30%Geothermal, Solar, Wind, and Wood and Waste:US - 1.136World - 3.936--- US portion - 28.9%A more relevant view is energy intensity, i.e. total primary energy consumption per dollar of gross domestic.The US ranks #138 out of 196 for most energy intensive nation.<a class="user" href="http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/wecbtu.html">http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/iea/wecbtu.html</a>
bermewjanDec 26, 2006
It's a nice little introduction to the ecological footprint concept but what I don't like (apart from the really small and fuzzy graphics) is the way they make it seem like there are enough solutions being put into action out there and the truth is - there are plenty of solutions but not enough people, companies and governments are taking action - in order to avoid environmental catastrophes in the near future. The article also seems to suggest that energy is the only concern when considering our ecological footprint - forgetting about a whole host of other issues.Just recently for example scientistis stated that unless drastic action was taken to protect commercial fish stocks now - then there would be no more commercial fisheries left in 40 years time. Governments have been failing miserably lately to give fish the protection they need. Moratorium on bottom trawling needed at UN - hopes of deep sea protection was smashed by Iceland: <a class="user" href="http://www.savethehighseas.org/display.cfm?ID=148">http://www.savethehighseas.org/display.cfm?ID=148</a>Atlantic tuna only got a fraction of the protection it needed recently<a class="user" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6187228.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6187228.stm</a>North Sea cod quotas not reduced enough at meetings last week.<a class="user" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/22/wcod22.xml">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/12/22/wcod22.xml</a>End of the line:- a great article about the state of the world's seafood.<a class="user" href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1966545,00.html">http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1966545,00.html</a>This is just ONE example to illustrate how a) there not ENOUGH being done and b) it's not just about climate and energy
supervapioApr 21, 2007
Really good. But my mom told me such things don't worth my attention.
busdukebidJul 2, 2007
list of electricity suppliers <a class="user" href="http://www.you-switch.org/electricity-suppliers">http://www.you-switch.org/electricity-suppliers</a>