Comments for Common Tragedies http://commontragedies.wordpress.com Thoughts on Environmental Economics Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Boon or bust? by Issac Maez http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/boon-or-bust/#comment-4058 Issac Maez Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:27:07 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=909#comment-4058 What a spectacular post! I did a kind of blogging for dummies over on one of the <b><a href="//thecommissionpayload.com/bonus”" rel="nofollow">CPA Marketing</a></b> forums and I believed it was too easy for them, but the amount of emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was incredible. As young people today we have grown up with computers, but it's easy to forget that even individuals just a few years older have not! Really good post! :) What a spectacular post! I did a kind of blogging for dummies over on one of the CPA Marketing forums and I believed it was too easy for them, but the amount of emails I got asking questions just like what you addressed was incredible. As young people today we have grown up with computers, but it’s easy to forget that even individuals just a few years older have not! Really good post! :)

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]]> Comment on Visualizing the Grid by jen http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/visualizing-the-grid/#comment-4051 jen Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:47:18 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=1717#comment-4051 That map is freaking great! That map is freaking great!

]]> Comment on Today’s worst person in the world: Stephen F. Hayward by Wonk Room » Around The Nation, Chambers of Commerce Promote Climate Denial http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/todays-worst-person-in-the-world-stephen-f-hayward/#comment-4050 Wonk Room » Around The Nation, Chambers of Commerce Promote Climate Denial Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:46:33 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=450#comment-4050 [...] global warming denial, paying climate skeptics Roy Spencer, Glenn Beck, Steven Milloy, and Steven Hayward to speak before their [...] [...] global warming denial, paying climate skeptics Roy Spencer, Glenn Beck, Steven Milloy, and Steven Hayward to speak before their [...]

]]> Comment on Counting Forests Not As Easy as 1,2,3… by And you wonder why REDD is stuck? « Marginal Damage http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/counting-forests-not-as-easy-as-123/#comment-4049 And you wonder why REDD is stuck? « Marginal Damage Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:36:09 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=1947#comment-4049 [...] all makes it kind of hard to convince polluter to cough up the dough. But there’s more, as pointed out recently in CT: Waggoner showcases eleven different cases of major discrepancies in forest measures across the [...] [...] all makes it kind of hard to convince polluter to cough up the dough. But there’s more, as pointed out recently in CT: Waggoner showcases eleven different cases of major discrepancies in forest measures across the [...]

]]> Comment on The surprising way in which wind turbines kill bats by gerry thompson http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-surprising-way-in-which-wind-turbines-kill-bats/#comment-4048 gerry thompson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:56:27 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=732#comment-4048 Wind Turbines produce FREE power! It is environmentally safe to use. Basically, wind turbines are machines that rotate whenever the force of the wind blows by it. It transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The latter is then converted into electricity. The power generated is dependent of the actual wind power. The stronger the wind, the more power is produced. The wind is a very good source of power as it is available all the time. It replenishes very quickly. Most of the time, wind turbines have 3 blades placed on the top most portion of a tower. They are designed to be placed on top so as to get maximum wind power. With the skyrocketing cost of electricity, it is but practical to utilize the power of the wind in the form of wind turbines. Producing your own electrical power at home is very convenient and environmentally safe. Just imagine the amount of money you can save if you have your own wind turbine. Wind Turbines produce FREE power!

It is environmentally safe to use.

Basically, wind turbines are machines that rotate whenever the force of the wind blows by it. It transforms kinetic energy into mechanical energy. The latter is then converted into electricity. The power generated is dependent of the actual wind power. The stronger the wind, the more power is produced. The wind is a very good source of power as it is available all the time. It replenishes very quickly.

Most of the time, wind turbines have 3 blades placed on the top most portion of a tower. They are designed to be placed on top so as to get maximum wind power.

With the skyrocketing cost of electricity, it is but practical to utilize the power of the wind in the form of wind turbines. Producing your own electrical power at home is very convenient and environmentally safe. Just imagine the amount of money you can save if you have your own wind turbine.

]]> Comment on Oh dear by sandrar http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/oh-dear/#comment-4046 sandrar Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:02:11 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=690#comment-4046 Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post... nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R. Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

]]> Comment on The most interesting post I’ve read in a long time by jessica connorth http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/11/21/the-most-interesting-post-ive-read-in-a-long-time/#comment-4044 jessica connorth Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:05:25 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=941#comment-4044 Did you just decide to go green and begin to generate your own power? Or at least try to? You are like many other people, today people want to help out the environment and save as much of its precious resources as possible. Do you already own a Wind Turbine or the materials to make one, but have no idea where to begin? Are you interested in learning the best, fastest and easiest way to maintain the efficiency your Wind Turbine without spending a lot of money on supplies? If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, then You’re about to discover a proven system for optimizing the Best kept secrets to Wind Power Cost. Did you just decide to go green and begin to generate your own power? Or at least try to? You are like many other people, today people want to help out the environment and save as much of its precious resources as possible.

Do you already own a Wind Turbine or the materials to make one, but have no idea where to begin?
Are you interested in learning the best, fastest and easiest way to maintain the efficiency your Wind Turbine without spending a lot of money on supplies?

If you answered “yes” to any of the questions above, then
You’re about to discover a proven system for optimizing the Best kept secrets to Wind Power Cost.

]]> Comment on let’s get rid of used cars? by Bull-SNOT http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/lets-get-rid-of-used-cars/#comment-4035 Bull-SNOT Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:47:34 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=318#comment-4035 BIG GOVERNMENT IS NEVER THE ANSWER. Unless the question is how to keep the poeple opressed. Why should fred the car lover, (once and still an american past time) not be allowed to own what HE considers a classic vehicle simply because 99% of the rest of the world does not? we are NOT a democracy. we are a REPUBLIC. we DID NOT build a country where 51% can control 49% or 99% control 1%. THATS NOT FREEDOM! and if you havent noticed, we are not only NOT a democracy, we have become a dictatorship. when everything is illegal, nothing is illegal. BIG GOVERNMENT IS NEVER THE ANSWER. Unless the question is how to keep the poeple opressed.

Why should fred the car lover, (once and still an american past time) not be allowed to own what HE considers a classic vehicle simply because 99% of the rest of the world does not?

we are NOT a democracy. we are a REPUBLIC.

we DID NOT build a country where 51% can control 49% or 99% control 1%.

THATS NOT FREEDOM!

and if you havent noticed, we are not only NOT a democracy, we have become a dictatorship.

when everything is illegal, nothing is illegal.

]]> Comment on Desalination and Climate Change by Carlos Ferreira http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/desalination-and-climate-change/#comment-4033 Carlos Ferreira Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:06:57 +0000 http://commontragedies.wordpress.com/?p=1839#comment-4033 I seem to remember solar power is expensive. What would be the marginal cost of a litre of water? I seem to remember solar power is expensive. What would be the marginal cost of a litre of water?

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