Mind Boggling Forest-Gobbling Biomass Boondoggle � Climate Connections

Mind Boggling Forest-Gobbling Biomass Boondoggle � Climate Connections: "To understand the magnitude of this assault, consider the recent developments in Ohio: The states’ Public Utilities Commission (aka “PUCO”) is on track to permit a whopping �2442 megawatts of electricity to be generated from burning wood as a substitute for, or in combination with coal. Estimates are that this will require around 26 million tons of wood per year. Just to supply this amount of wood for the first year of operation alone, would require harvesting 5 times the current annual growth of all public and private forests in the state. In fact the plan is to truck in woodchips from surrounding states as well – as far away as Florida."

Public transportation takes us places

I was listening to WDTW today and heard a PSA from publictransportation.org advancing the slogan "public transportation takes us places." It's very refreshing to hear this message even here in the heart of car country.

Public Transit in Grand Rapids

Divorce Your Car!

"In the quest to find out what sustainability is, and how to achieve it, I have come to Sweden with an experiment in mind. As we left the U.S., both my wife Melanie and I divorced our cars."Click to keep reading on Divorce Your Car!:

Michigan sees one of hottest summers ever | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Michigan sees one of hottest summers ever | detnews.com | The Detroit News: "In Michigan, eight sampling sites across the state posted the highest overnight temperatures since record-keeping began in the late 19th century. Fifteen sites produced average overnight temperatures ranking in the top five warmest on record."

Quality of life in the U.P. at stake

MARQUETTE -- Public transit leaders are up in arms about the lack of state funding for public transportation in Michigan.

Members of the Michigan Public Transit Association met to get the word out, so legislators will take action.

They explained that while the number of people using public transportation in the state is at an all time high, the funding for it, is at an all time low. UpperMichiganSource

US per capita car ownership proportional to 590 million cars in China

China has 19 million cars. If it had the same rate of car
ownership as the US it would have 590 million.
[ per http://online.wsj.com/article/NA_WSJ_PUB:SB120613138379155707.html ]

What we learned this week « Make Wealth History

makewealthhistory.org