Weather, Water, Energy 12-10-06

Al Gore may or may not be running for Pres. He is running for the person we'll all be turning to within a couple of years, whether he's in political office or just an overarching national figure. First of next year, he's launching a "carbon freeze" movement, modeled on the "nuclear freeze" movement of the 80s, which he admits he underestimated at the time. A full-scale movement campaign, supported by the Bransons, Turners, and other rich, semi-enlightened types, no doubt, has the potential of changing everything discussed in the 2008 campaign, whether he's in the mix of candidates or not. The Dems have determinedly ignored the unifying aspect of a theme that focuses on all of us working together to prevent a looming disaster and to save our kids and American Legacy. Gore could force them all on point, and frankly would have far more influence on what happened than he would if bogged down by a presidency having to deal with idiot Congress and courts of both parties, not to the brain-challenged media and clueless blog leaders. I'm looking forward to this. It may be too late to stop major impacts, but not the worst. It's time. . . . Here's something that will help him. They're making significant progress on the efficiency of solar cells. . . . Here's another. One of the complaints about bio-fuels is that they're FOOD that we'll also be needing. Well, what if something nobody eats can be turned into fuel, something like prairie grass? Read this and get caught up. . . . Finally, anti-reality advocates like to argue that the earth is very resilient to CO2 increases. Turns out, uh, no. Says one of the researchers looking at ancient "resiliency"--"The last time carbon was emitted to the atmosphere on the scale of what we are doing today, there were winners and losers. There was ecological devastation, but new species rose from the ashes. Our work provides even more incentive to develop the clean energy sources that can provide for economic growth and development without risking the natural world that is our endowment." Got your work cut out for you, Al.