ecoinfo Possible consequences of Peak Oil

Due to increased energy use, fossil fuels may soon be depleted. What are the consequences oil depletion? What can we do now to mitigate the effects of Peak Oil?

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ecoinfo Global warming is caused by solar radiation, not by human activity.

Some people still maintain that global warming is not due to human CO2 emissions. One alternative is that warming is due to solar activity. Here I explore how much of that is true and how much is wrong. It's absolutely normal that natural influences will always effect the climate and solar activity definitely has its effect on our climate. So why are scientists still maintaining that today's warming is mostly due to human CO2 emissions?

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ecoinfo What is Peak Oil?

What is Peak Oil? When will it be reached? What will happen when we run out of oil? Are there alternatives to oil? Why do we need oil? What are proven oil reserves? What does 'proven' mean?

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ecoinfo When Will We Run Out Of Fossil Fuels?

When will we run out of fossil fuels? What are proven reserves? How much longer will fossil fuels last? How can we prepare for fuel depletion?

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ecoinfo Global Warming is not caused by human activities

Global Warming: Over the last century and a half global temperatures have risen steadily. Most scientists today believe that humans have caused this global warming by burning fossil fuels. Many also believe that strong immediate action is required to prevent …

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ecoinfo Things each of us can do to stop global warming

Climate change is caused by humans. Most people think that’s rather terrible, but I think it’s terrific. If the warming was natural there would be nothing we could do about it. But now that we know that human greenhouse gas emissions are …

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ecoinfo Carbon Dioxide: A Greenhouse Gas

Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas. This means it traps heat from the sun in the atmosphere. Most of the time this is beneficial to us, because without greenhouse gases to trap heat, the planet would be a lot colder. …

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ecoinfo Do we need to take action to stop Global Warming?

The sooner we act, the cheaper it will be. Research, done by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the UK Government Economic Service, and a former Chief Economist of the World Bank, endorsed by Nobel Prize winning economists, clearly shows that …

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ecoinfo Natural Greenhouse Gas emissions and -sinks

To what extent are humans responsible for Global Warming? Even though emissions of carbon dioxide have greatly increased since the industrial revolution, there is evidence that this gas is naturally released into the atmosphere by volcanic eruptions. It’s therefore possible …

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ecoinfo What are Greenhouse gases?

What are greenhouse gases? Greenhouse gases are gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and water vapor which are present in our atmosphere and capable of trapping heat.   How do greenhouse gases warm the planet? We have to keep in …

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