tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7816075345778250408..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Freeman Dyson on Global WarmingDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-62811795557776476642008-05-26T09:29:00.000-07:002008-05-26T09:29:00.000-07:00There are economic, business-friendly ways to miti...There are economic, business-friendly ways to mitigate global warming (which I believe is partly man-made). I'm associated with a company called Recycled Energy Development, which reduces manufacturers carbon emissions and energy costs at the same time. The basic idea is to take waste heat -- which power plants and manufacturers emit in abundance -- and turn it into power. Estimates from the EPA and DoE suggest the U.S. could get 40% of its power this way and cut greenhouse pollution by 20%. The reason more energy recycling isn't taking place is the utilities don't like the competition, and regulations protect the utilities of monopolies rather than letting the marketplace work its magic. Loosening these regulations should be a top priority for people concerned about energy costs AND global warming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-65801699906541778732008-05-26T06:16:00.000-07:002008-05-26T06:16:00.000-07:00Isn't he the dude who came up with the concept of ...Isn't he the dude who came up with the concept of a "Dyson Sphere?"Hubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735857200853965829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-69419960232789484522008-05-26T05:27:00.000-07:002008-05-26T05:27:00.000-07:00I found his discussion of environmentalism as reli...I found his discussion of environmentalism as religion towards the end of the article enlightening. It explains a lot.<BR/><BR/><I>There is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism,...<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, some members of the environmental movement have also adopted as an article of faith the be-lief that global warming is the greatest threat to the ecology of our planet. That is one reason why the arguments about global warming have become bitter and passionate.</I>DADvocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621021178600799126noreply@blogger.com