Talk:Renewable energy

Political windpower?

Deserving of special mention? It's certainly renewable. Howard C. Berkowitz 03:38, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Tapped in WC's all around Britain. Chris Day 04:05, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Rationale for my changes of a few sentences

John, I replaced this sentence:

Climate-disrupting fossil fuels are being replaced by clean, climate-stabilizing, non-depletable sources of energy

with this one:

The fuels that produce the most emissions of greenhouse gas are fossil fuels and they can be replaced by non-depletable sources of energy that produce much lower emissions of greenhouse gases:

because your sentence seemingly states as proven fact that fossil fuels are per se "dirty" "climate-disrupting fuels" and there is considerable, significant disagreement about global warming and climate disrupting. Also, in many countries, fossils are really not significantly "being replaced" ... for example, China, the United States and many others. The sentence I provided pretty much says the same thing as yours, but is a bit more "neutral" and avoids getting into an unproductive debate about global warming advocates and skeptics. It is a fact, which no one can dispute, that burning fossil fuels produces more greenhouse gases than solar, hydro, geothermal, biomass or biofuels.

I also removed this part of another sentence:

and minimises significant, irreversible climate change impact.

for pretty much the same reason ... in that it assumes that there will be significant climate change impact whereas, again, there is considerable, significant disagreement about global warming and climate disrupting.

CZ believes strongly that articles must be neutral. If you will read the CZ article on global warming, you will find that it includes a rather full discussion of the skepticism about global warming as shared by a significant number of scientists.

I agree with you that renewable energy must be pursued and must lower our dependence on fossil fuels ... and I don't think that my change of two sentences changes the thrust of this article. Regard, Milton Beychok 06:56, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Many thanks, Milton, for making those improvements. John Foster 20:52, 13 May 2010 (UTC)