URLs of Sources
(No particular order)
(This site fails when some of these URLs are changed to hyperlinks: But, they will work if you Cut and Paste an URL to your browser.)
Cap and trading of CO2 emissions:
http://www.greenchipstocks.com/reports/carbon-trading.pdf
Ethics for worrying about future grand children's future:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-ethics-of-climate-change
UK Government advice to citizens:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/ActOnCO2/index.php?q=faqs#33
2008 Wealth Daily Investment Report:
http://www.angelnexus.com/getreport/a94a5b05cde73e2e9fcca0dd4be9a813.pdf, for:
1. The End of Cheap Oil
2. The End of US Dollar Dominance
3. The Emergence of Economic Superpowers in China and India . . . and maybe Russia
4. The Global Scramble for and Hoarding of Precious Resources, especially Water and the
Remaining Oil
5. Population Bomb - As the World’s Population Hits 8.9 Billion by 2050
Western Wind thinks Windstar will shine brighter (in Canada):
http://www.energycurrent.com/index.php?id=3&storyid=10732
See:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=man-made-warming-altering-natures-clock&sc=PR_20080530, for, “Starving polar bears are eating one another in the Arctic. Flowers are blooming too soon and dying. The ice caps are melting so swiftly that rising water levels will threaten coastal towns as far away as Florida within several decades. These are just a few examples of the dire consequences of climate change supported by a new analysis in Nature that paints a dark portrait of what a warming world will look like in the years to come.”
This one is a slide show on distributing hydrogen to gas stations: May cost up to $20 trillion?
http://
www.sciam.com/slideshow.cfm?id=gassing-up-gas-free&sc=WR_20080610
A UK site about urban travel, ideal for Utopia, and actually works for you to click on now!
www.ultramotors.co.uk/indexultra.html
Four-person driverless for Heathrow or a shopping district of Utopia:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/06/transportation-tuesday-the-personal-podcar/
Major move by major company to stop using fossil fuels:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/01/mercedes-to-kick-fossil-fuels-by-2015/#more-12211
Arnold Schwarzenegger orders an electric car:Plug-in cars will become Zero-CO2 if and you (or your electric power service) stop using fossil fuel to make electricity:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/01/new-submission-29/
In Utopia, walking 10 minutes takes you 0.66 miles: This takes you, and a passenger, 5 miles, without peddling or producing any CO2.
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/01/solar-powered-rickshaws-to-run-on-the-streets-of-london/#more-12112
Not too bad if you don't mind peddling: In Utopia, walking 10 minutes takes you 0.66 miles, this takes you 2.64 miles:
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/07/01/transportation-tuesday-the-cardboard-bike/#more-12161
State of the World's Future:
http://mail.google.com/mail/?source=navclient#inbox/11bc1084a9a28984
The general idea of capturing energy from the Sun at the Earth's surface can use photovoltaic cells, heat panels or wind mills. The amount available is so huge that the question is which is the cheapest way, and when. Look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy
To find Gavin Embry's site, URL for Real Div Ltd [RDL], his resume and picture: http://www.embry.biz/
and list of Shirley Embry's books and her picture: http://www.embry.biz/literary_gems_and_best_sellers.htm.