On April 2nd, Australia launched its first demonstration of their carbon dioxide geosequestration project. Funded by the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies, the Otway Project is located on a remote patch of land near Warrnambool in the south-western corner of Victoria. This project is a research project focused on carbon dioxide […]
Biofuels have been touted as “the next big thing” in the Global War on Warming, receiving grand endorsements from people like Al Gore, Steve Jobs, Bono, and George W. Bush. But there’s a heavy price to pay for this organic fuel, and most people don’t realize its danger.submit_url = ‘http://www.TheCarbonBlog.com/biofuels-starving-the-planet-one-country-at-a-time/’;
The Carbon Cost
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Rain forests covered over 14% of the Earth a mere 200 years ago. Today the number is closer to 6%. Some people believe that the remaining acreage will be destroyed by 2050, while other believe it will be much sooner. However, regardless of these pessimistic time-lines to destruction, we should be asking […]
submit_url = ‘http://www.TheCarbonBlog.com/what-the-heck-are-carbon-credits-trades-and-offsets/’;Although TheCarbonBlog is only a few days old, I’ve already had a few people ask me what a carbon credit was, and how it was different from carbon trading or a carbon offset. Considering how the first 20 or so posts I have lined up for this site talk a great deal […]
