Environmentally Sound Energy Alternatives
Written on October 24, 2016 at 12:07 am, by Bob Leggett
Fracking pollutes water, makes it unusable and will eventually make it more expensive.? On the positive side, fracking for natural gas gives the US plenty of energy and creates jobs. But using renewable energy sources has all the same benefits, but none of the environmental and health issues. It is a fact that “The byproducts Continue Reading…
Written on January 12, 2015 at 5:33 pm, by Richard Sanders
The perils of extracting petroleum and fossil fuels are well documented. Clearly, drilling in the arctic or offshore is difficult, expensive and dangerous. A spill is hard to contain and virtually impossible to clean up. Spills from 20 years ago like the Exxon Valdez in Alaska to recent ones caused by British Petroleum in the Continue Reading…
Written on December 6, 2014 at 11:07 pm, by Richard Budreau
We can?t build a strong clean community on a weak foundation! Over the past several years, oil companies have taken advantage of smaller, less resilient communities desperate for work. When large corporations purchase land intending to mine for oil or natural gas, the result is both a breakdown of community as well as a reliance Continue Reading…
Written on December 5, 2014 at 1:02 pm, by Bob Higgins
There are many problems with fracking for natural gas. One of the main ones is the destruction of clean water resources. Although gas companies and paid supporters sometime deny it, fracking water contamination has indeed been confirmed. When holes are drilled for fracking, they are supposed to go well below water sources. However … Energy Continue Reading…
Written on April 25, 2014 at 8:07 pm, by Richard Sanders
Volvo in Sweden has successfully tested using Bio-Dimethyl Ether (Bio-DME) in a small truck fleet. Lars Mårtensson, environmental director at Volvo Trucks has said We have shown that it’s possible to take an idea from the laboratory to full-scale operation and we have also successfully spread this knowledge all over the world. There is now Continue Reading…