Climate Change, Green living, Politics, Science & Technology, Apr 28th, 2010,
Indonesia is making a rather bold move in the realm of renewable energy. How bold? They’ve recently launched a plan to tap volcano power for geothermal energy purposes. Considering their vast island chain (an archipelago of 17,000 islands) holds hundreds of volcanoes and at least 40% of the world’s geothermal energy potential, this kind of move really makes perfect sense. However, they’ve only been able to tap a small portion of that power and the cost of it all is an issue they are still contending with. Currently, Indonesia relies on the dirty power of coal. This is mainly because…
Tags: coal, geothermal energy, greenhouse gas emissions, Indonesia, project, renewable energy, volcanic power, volcanoes
Climate Change, Science & Technology, Apr 19th, 2010,
The death toll from the earthquakes that struck western China last Wednesday has passed 1,700. The quakes occurred in Qinghai province, a mainly Tibetan region of the country; and resulted in 1,706 deaths and 12,128 injured with 256 still missing according to a piece in Sunday’s Guardian. Yesterday, China’s president Hu Jintao visited Qinghai and promised a swift rebuilding of the area, where Tibetan Buddhist monks have been conducting an impressive rescue and relief effort. The Guardian article also mentions that some suspect human activity may have played a role in the earthquakes: Many blamed Chinese mining for causing the…
Tags: activity, China, Climate change, disaster, earthquakes, geological, global warming, Guardian, human, landslides, monks, Qinghai, quakes, sea level, seismic, Telegraph, Tibetan, tsunamis, volcanoes
