http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:53:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45420 Evan Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:33:21 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45420 Aaaah! Thank you Timothy for clearing up a misconception I had. Thank you very much. peace and blessings, Evan Aaaah! Thank you Timothy for clearing up a misconception I had. Thank you very much. peace and blessings, Evan

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45419 Timothy DenHerder-Thomas Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:32:25 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45419 A brief note from the post author responding to the above comment: carbon does not mean carbon dioxide, it includes other green house gasses like methane (carbon with four hydrogens rather than two oxygens). Global warming pollution is expressed in terms of carbon equivilents. The food production, and other emissions sectors are important too, though they obviously relate back to high-energy agriculture production and thus fossil fuels. As Evan noted, we need to fix the whole system. A brief note from the post author responding to the above comment: carbon does not mean carbon dioxide, it includes other green house gasses like methane (carbon with four hydrogens rather than two oxygens). Global warming pollution is expressed in terms of carbon equivilents. The food production, and other emissions sectors are important too, though they obviously relate back to high-energy agriculture production and thus fossil fuels. As Evan noted, we need to fix the whole system.

]]> http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45418 Evan Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:17:09 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/gore-speaks-to-congress-and-hits-home/#comment-45418 why is carbon alone the enemy? what about methane? what about the ridiculous amount of animals the us raises for meat consumption (10 billion slaughtered a year! just for the US!)? the UN's report on climate change indicates meat consumption to be a BIG issue in the global warming equation. just some food for thought, so that maybe we can start having thought for food. peace, Evan why is carbon alone the enemy? what about methane? what about the ridiculous amount of animals the us raises for meat consumption (10 billion slaughtered a year! just for the US!)? the UN’s report on climate change indicates meat consumption to be a BIG issue in the global warming equation. just some food for thought, so that maybe we can start having thought for food. peace, Evan

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