Finally, A Use For the Sahara Desert!

World leaders are beginning to think seriously about the role of solar power in providing the world's energy needs. They are meeting in Dubai to discuss solar energy utilization.

As you may have learned in a High School science class, the sun delivers more energy in a hour to the planet Earth, than humans use in an entire year. So if we can figure out how to tap the sun's energy gift efficiently, we can run the World and all of us can live like KINGS...

One possibility is to place Concentrated Solar Power units over one percent of the Sahara Desert's surface area. Such a step would produce all of the planet's electricity needs. This course of action could be the economic salvation of the African Continent. It should be implemented immediately!

For more details about what the leaders are discussing, regards using solar power to solve the World's energy crisis, please read the following news story...

Don't Drink The Water, Even At The North Pole

The quality of the drinking water from our taps is getting worse and worse. New chemicals that are harder to detect are contaminating the world's water, even in such nearly pristine areas as the Arctic Circle.

Perflourinated chemicals found in carpeting, clothing, electronic equipment and industrial use are now joining such long term water contaminants as DDT and PCB's. These flourinated pollutants cause cancer and damage the immune system.

My advice, don't drink the water that comes in through the kitchen tap. Get a water distiller or other water filtering device. Likewise don't shower in this water unless you use a shower filter to take out the toxins in the water. Your body absorbs toxins from the shower water through the skin.

For more chemicals that can be found in your drinking water and what you can do about it, go to my sister blog, Diet Cures.

To find out more about the water quality in the Arctic, read the following news story...

Farms as a Cause of Global Warming

We think of farms as being part of nature, and thus exempt from damaging the environment. But this is not so, Farming is Big Business and produces many greenhouse gases. Studies show that agriculture in Europe, for example, is responsible for 10% of the greenhouse emissions that are produced in Europe. Methane is created by cows' flatulence and CO2 comes from the use of chemical fertilizers. These gases are culprits in the cause of global warming.

There is a need to scrutinize our farms and crop raising procedures to find new ways - more bio-friendly ways to feed our people. Just as we expect our cars to be more environmentally efficient, farming practices, too, need to be reformulated to lower the damage from global warming.

Here is a recent news story highlighting the farmers concerns versus the concerns about Global Warming in Germany...

Environmental Work In Syria - Local and International

The fight to save the natural world, to stop global warming and to improve the environment is ultimately personal. This can be seen in Syria where a few people are working to restore a local forest by planting trees and improving a small portion of their ecosystem. They are getting help from the Ford Foundation with a grant for much needed funds.

This is an example of Local Groups backed by International Forces. These kind of events are taking place all over the world, but you rarely hear about them. This is the kind of effort to help a local environment that will indeed change the world and should give us all hope. The news story about planting trees in Syria follows. You are welcome to share the news story on your web page or blog by clicking the embed button for the code.

No More Cliffs of Dover? British Ilse Eroding Away

Choppier ocean and sea waters are reaching further ashore, eroding the coastline of Great Britain. Global warming and climate changes are being noticed in the seas around England, Scotland and Wales.

I am reminded of this excerpt from John Donne's For Whom The Bell Tolls: "No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were...

Today, while the cliffs of Dover are still intact, global warming is causing the seas to be more violent and the tides are higher. This is causing greater erosion along the coastal areas of many countries including Great Britain. If this trend continues, it may not just be a "clod" that gets washed away. Donne's "Bells" may be tolling for entire continents...

Good News, We'll Still Have Ice For Our Drinks

One of the most dramatic effects of global warming is the shrinking of glaciers around the world. Everywhere from Mt. Kilimanjaro to the Andes to Alaska, the size of glaciers have been shrinking. One wonders if even the polar ice caps, the Arctic and Antarctic will survive the rise in temperatures in the coming years.

Good news for those who worry about a complete disappearing of the polar ice caps. Geological records show that even in the hottest of climates in the past 91 million years, there has been ice sheets at the top and bottom of the world.

Whew, that is a relief. In the future, when my waterfront property disappears under the waves, the penguins and polar bears have gone extinct and malaria becomes a routine disease caught in Buffalo, New York, it is nice to know I will be able to import ice cubes from the far North and South.

The following news story shows that the Earth has been through some hot times in the past, but the effects were not as extreme as suspected. But I hope that Mankind does its best to prevent any great rise in global warming for the sake of my air conditioning bill, if for no other reason...

Greener Cars, Not Paint, But Energy-Wise

Green Cars on Display at Brussels Car Show.
With consumers showing concern about global warming and energy costs - the car industry is being forced to create cleaner running vehicles. See what they came up with at the 2008 Brussels Car Exhibit:

Watch Out Europe, Fatal Diseases Coming

The impact of global warming: As summers get hotter and longer, mosquitoes and their diseases are creeping further and further northward on the continent of Europe. This will bring new diseases that Europeans have not had to face before, but there maybe some good news...