From the comment section: Google exec plans 6,000-square-foot home (March 20, 2009)
A brand new, 6,000 foot house is not "eco-friendly". Brand new things take resources, big houses are not green by default. I don't care what agency you have paid to certify your new building as "green"- environmentally friendly is living in and upgrading the house you have, not filling landfills with demolished houses and running heavy equipment for months.What if we’re wrong about climate change? « MAKE WEALTH HISTORY
If we act on climate change and are wrong, we lose nothing. If we don’t act and are wrong, the consequences are complete devastation.Bird expert hits out over RSPB’s call for more windfarms - Press & Journal
The RSPB’s call for onshore windfarm expansion to counter climate change is misguided when our priorities should be tackling overpopulation and overuse of the planet’s resources, said a leading bird expert and former member of the charity.
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[Ornithologist Roy Dennis] “To suggest climate change is so important in relation to species extinction that we’ve got to rush into all these things is worrying. It should be used alongside offshore projects and far better use of small schemes for local communities.”
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Bob Graham, chairman of Highlands Against Windfarms, said: “Germany and Denmark have seen no reduction in their CO emissions despite having more wind turbines per head of population than any other European country. Farcically, the Scottish Government admits to not having a clue if any CO has been saved by the 15 years of windfarm development in Scotland.
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