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“You have to see it that way and treat it that way in order to have an impact on it.”
Interesting viewpoint and one that should appeal to a broad audience. In this broadcast of the ClarkCast podcast, “Leadership & Global Warming,” Wes Clark warns of melting glaciers, a sluggish Gulf Stream, powerful storms like Katrina every five years, and release of spontaneously combustible methane into the atmosphere, eating up oxygen and smothering life. Loss of productive agricultural terrain and water resources worldwide leading to global disorder and geopolitical chaos. If you don’t think Global Warming is about national security, think again.
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Judy from NJ is leading an interesting discussion on the Clark Community Network about alternative fuel from farming Switchgrass.
It is widely accepted that making ethanol from corn is unlikely to be a winning proposition. A familiar saying is that making ethanol from corn is a process by which a certain amount of energy in the forms of natural gas and diesel fuel are used to create an equivalent amount of energy in the form of ethanol, with the primary output being money from government subsidies.
But, what about Switchgrass. A lot of people are promoting this as a much better source for making ethanol. An interesting article talks about the the real issues with Switchgrass.
