Coal2Nuclear - Energy Independence and Global Warming Solutions Notebook

coal2nuclear.com Global Warming Energy Independence
This site's mission: Engineering is the art of making what you want from what you can get. Politicians need to consult with engineers more than ever.
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This site's message: 1. NOAA & EIA CO2 data show that ending coal and natural gas burning is sufficient to end Global Warming's advance.
2. Our natural gas can be used as feedstock for Oil Energy Independence.

       Introduction: The big picture. Taking advantage of the task of ending Global Warming is our key to Oil Energy Independence.
       Ending Global Warming: By repowering the world's 143,000 coal power plants with small nuclear reactors we will end almost all CO2 from coal.
       Energy Independence: By ending natural gas burning, we can end its CO2 and use it as oil feedstock for Energy Independence. pdf
       Nuclear Nancy? Will Nancy Pelosi use her 'Greening the Capitol' initiative to make our Capitol the world's first Zero Global Warming capitol?

Want to Engineer Real Change? Don't Ask a Scientist.

"Though many people mentally link science and engineering, there is a fundamental difference in philosophy between the practitioners of the two important fields. Scientists like to study and find answers to questions that no one has yet solved. Engineers like to design and make things using the knowledge they can find in textbooks, graphs and reference material along with the practical knowledge that they can gain from actually engaging in their craft.

Engineers know that they do not have a perfect knowledge of the universe, but they also know that their knowledge is good enough to create many amazing things. If they find a hard roadblock during the creation process, they are reasonably confident that they will find a way around the obstacle. Both science and engineering are important disciplines, but there is a time and a place for each to have primary influence.

When it comes to addressing the world’s energy, climate and water supply challenges, there is no doubt that it is mainly an engineering problem, not a science project."

-- Rod Adams, Adams Atomic Engines, Jan 18, 2008 - http://www.atomicinsights.blogspot.com/

This unsponsored educational web site about ending Global Warming and regaining Energy Independence is the pro bono effort of a retired professional engineer who has spent 40+ years working in and around heavy public electric utility and large industrial energy management systems.

The fossil fuel industry is using their right to employ money-amplified free speech to persuade the world that man cannot possibly change the world's climate and that continued use of their products is mankind's wisest course of action. I do not agree and do have the good fortune to be able to utilize the internet to propagate my free speech right of rebuttal* and suggestion of alternative solutions. I'm not smarter than anyone, I just got here sooner because of my background.

I have no special knowledge or qualifications that give my arguments weight beyond that of anyone's suggestion. I would have remained silent if I knew of a single other person who was better advocating some similar course of action that would lead with certainty toward similar goals - ending Global Warming and obtaining Energy Independence.

Thank you for visiting the Coal2Nuclear web notebook. I invite your questions, comments, and suggestions.
The author is an engineer, not a writer, so expect constant revisions. Please return. -- Jim Holm

(PLEASE NOTE: This web notebook is an ongoing engineering project web site with material constantly being added, revised, and deleted. There will be messy days)

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