Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, September 10, 2010
Wind Farms and Health in Canada
A report from Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, states that there is not any direct causal link between wind turbine noise and adverse health effects.
An Angus Reid survey has shown that most people support renewable energy generation, including wind power. Most opposition comes from people in the locations where wind farms are to be built. I occasionally see posts about negative health effects, but they seem to be unsubstantiated claims without proof. You would think that, with all the wind farms around the world, especially in Europe and Britain, where they have had large wind farms for many years, if there were adverse health effects, then they would have come to light by now.
From what I have seen and read about the dangers of different kinds of energy production, I'll take wind power over nuclear or coal power generation any day.
Anyway, read the link at the top for more information on the health report.
Here is a list of Wind Farms in Canada.
Calling "Bullshit" on the Wind Power Witch Hunters
The Disaffected Lib gets into more detail about the anti-Wind Power people.
All the FRESH MEAT posts on Wind Power
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Thousands of abandoned oil well in the Gulf of Mexico pose risk
Excerpt:
As a forceful reminder of the potential harm, the well beneath BP's Deepwater Horizon rig was being sealed with cement for temporary abandonment when it blew April 20, leading to one of the worst environmental disasters in the nation's history. BP alone has abandoned about 600 wells in the Gulf, according to government data.
There's ample reason for worry about all permanently and temporarily abandoned wells -- history shows that at least on land, they often leak. Wells are sealed underwater much as they are on land. And wells on land and in water face similar risk of failure. Plus, records reviewed by the AP show that some offshore wells have failed.
Experts say such wells can repressurize, much like a dormant volcano can awaken. And years of exposure to sea water and underground pressure can cause cementing and piping to corrode and weaken.
"You can have changing geological conditions where a well could be repressurized," said Andy Radford, a petroleum engineer for the American Petroleum Institute trade group.
Whether a well is permanently or temporarily abandoned, improperly applied or aging cement can crack or shrink, independent petroleum engineers say. "It ages, just like it does on buildings and highways," said Roger Anderson, a Columbia University petroleum geophysicist who has conducted research on commercial wells.
Despite the likelihood of leaks large and small, though, abandoned wells are typically not inspected by industry or government.
Friday, June 18, 2010
Oil and gas leaking from fissures in the sea floor
Potential environmental catastrophe on the level we have never seen before.
Excerpts:
BP denies it. But this video confirms it: oil is leaking from cracks in
the sea floor. It could spell the beginning of a far worse catastrophe
than anyone expected. If the sea bed fissures and collapses around the
well bore, the flood of oil will be of an order of magnitude that the
world has never experienced.
The sea floor in this area of the Gulf of Mexico is not solid rock, but
rather sand held together by a substance called methane clathrate, or
"fire ice", in which methane is trapped within ice crystals. It's the
same substance that fouled the "top hat" containment dome BP tried, and
forms when methane and water combine under high pressure. It's not
exactly dense or stable.
...
So, what happens if there's a collapse of the unstable seabed over the
existing gusher? That depends on the extent of the collapse. As the bore
hole continues to erode, eventually the casing will detach and relief
wells will become irrelevant. At that point, the entire reservoir of oil
-- approximately 2 billion barrels -- could empty over the course of
the next few decades.
...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Harper Conservatives caught on lies about environmental regulations in Canada
The Harper government claims that our regulations are more strict than in the USA. This is not true. Read the link.
Also
http://www.ndp.ca/press/us-laws-on-drilling-safety-are-stronger-than-canada-s
Monday, April 19, 2010
Friday, November 27, 2009
Stephen Harper - Will people kick him and call him names?
Canada To Be Turfed From Commonwealth For Being A Nation Led By Assholes?
NO WONDER STEPHEN HARPER HATES ATTENDING THESE INTERNATIONAL GATHERINGS. Because people everywhere hate him. He's like a George Bush mini-me and nobody liked Bush, as you'll recall.Well, now poor Stephen is in Trinidad for the Commonwealth conference - that's a meeting of the countries that were once British colonies but still get together to make fun of the Queen and laugh at what a shit-hole the UK is these days. "Sun never sets on the British Empire? Ha. They can't even get enough hot water to fill their bathtubs."
It is something of a big deal, mind you, representing 53 countries with over 2 billion people. The British Empire was big once. So, to be kicked out of the club is really to be told that one-third of the world think you're a bunch of assholes. Well, that's what a coalition of politicians, campaigners and scientists are pushing for in Trinidad. Why? Because we suck when it comes to climate change. The folks in Alberta - the sphincter in the asshole that is our country, if you will - are happily digging up oil in the tar sands, which is several times more damaging than even regular oil extraction. And, oh yeah, we hand people over to be tortured in Afghanistan.
Read on at the link above...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Mission to deal with the continent of plastic garbage in the Pacific
A high-seas mission departs from San Francisco next month to map and explore a sinister and shifting 21st-century continent: one twice the size of Texas and created from six million tonnes of discarded plastic.
Scientists and conservationists on the expedition will begin attempts to retrieve and recycle a monument to throwaway living in the middle of the North Pacific. ...
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
No more bottled water
Many people believe that bottled water is safer than tap water. The fact is that this is simply not the truth. If you are still using bottled water, please read this. It’s a great list of “12 solid reasons to kick the bottled water habit;” put together by the GoodHuman.com. (Thanks GoodHuman.com!)
Monday, December 8, 2008
Ontario - Electric cars to be finally allowed on the streets
Low-speed vehicles such as the ZENN electric car are finally going to be allowed on Ontario roads.
Transportation
Minister Jim Bradley said yesterday such city commuter vehicles would
be roadworthy – once equipped with additional safety features.
Low-speed vehicles 'are a new kind of vehicle and it will take a new
set of standards to allow them to be safely driven on Ontario roads,'
he said."
Saturday, December 6, 2008
"Coalition government better for environment" - Sierra Club
December 3, 2008 - A Liberal-New Democratic Party coalition government would be better for Canada's natural environment, says Sierra Club Canada.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Save the planet: Stop Harper!
For the last two years, the Harper government has done everything it could to wreck the world's efforts to fix climate change. At UN negotiations, Canada has been voted the WORST country in the world on climate change 3 times! Now,
it's election time, and we have to make sure that Harper pays the price
at the polls for his reckless and un-Canadian climate policy.
Avaaz is targeting 3 of Harper's top MPs (including Environment
Minister John Baird) where it will hurt them the most -- at the grass
roots.
Posts
