Here are the 100 posts by Sam Carana with the most views at Gather, as per 14 September 2009. Which ones did you like most? What would you like to see Sam Carana write about more?
 | February 15, 2009 10:31 PM EST -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has in many respects underestimated the severity of global warming and the speed at which it strikes. "From 2000 to 2007, greenhouse gas emissions . . . more |
| March 07, 2007 12:18 AM EST -- Let's have a look at the many concerns and dangers associated with global warming and the resulting changes in climate around the world. I've tentatively grouped them into ten points. . . . more |
 | September 01, 2008 06:31 AM EDT -- All-electric cars Toyota has announced plans to launch an electric car. It will be an all-electric car (rather than a hybrid) and it will be a small car, limited to commuting or city driving, powered . . . more |
| April 08, 2007 03:30 AM EDT -- There are many things we can all do to reduce our contributions to global warming. Here are ten things politians can do now to make a difference: 1. Tax energy supply that adds extra heat to global . . . more |
 | May 15, 2008 03:46 AM EDT -- The US government has listed polar bears as a threatened species, as Arctic sea ice shows dramatic reductions. On Wednesday, US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne referred to the Endangered Species Act . . . more |
 | April 20, 2008 04:24 AM EDT -- Last month, at the New York International Automobile Show, Mitsubishi displayed the i MiEV (i indicates it's a minivan, while MIEV stands for M itsubishi i nnovative E lectric V ehicle). Mitsubishi . . . more |
 | November 10, 2007 05:20 AM EST -- The commitment of Iceland towards creating the world's first hydrogen society has reached new heights with project SMART-H2 (Sustainable Marine and Road Transport - Hydrogen). Fuel cell . . . more |
 | October 09, 2008 03:00 AM EDT -- The electric helicopter pictured below is an invention of Sean Herbert, who started testing the concept two years ago. With Sydney-based Wieland Helicopter Technologies , Sean has now developed an range . . . more |
 | April 03, 2008 09:49 AM EDT -- In November 2007, I wrote an article about Project Better Place , which was planning to deliver subsidized electric vehicles, while recovering costs through a network of recharging points and battery . . . more |
 | October 06, 2007 02:39 AM EDT -- Most households only use one or at most two different rubbish bins, one for recyclables (paper & packaging) and one for general waste. It makes a lot of sense to add a third type of rubbish bin, . . . more |
| October 08, 2008 10:22 PM EDT -- Intro: I received a message from Cathy Zoi, CEO of www.wecansolveit.org urging people to tell the ABC to air the Repower America ad. I fully support Cathy's call and share the message below . . . more |
 | May 04, 2008 09:41 PM EDT -- OptiSolar is developing a 550-megawatt photovoltaic solar farm on the northwestern corner of Carrisa Plains, some 100 miles north of Los Angeles. The project will produce enough electricity to power . . . more |
 | April 24, 2008 01:32 AM EDT -- In discussions about global warming, many are reluctant to make 'the first move'. The coal industry points at figures by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), showing that coal accounted . . . more |
 | November 07, 2007 05:06 AM EST -- Would you like to get a cheap electric car? Project Better Place has raised more than $200 million in funding to source electric cars and batteries for a network of charging spots and battery exchange . . . more |
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 | October 22, 2007 08:28 PM EDT -- Reducing greenhouse gases Reducing greenhouse gases is one of the biggest challenges of our times. The main greenhouse gases are carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Over half of all greenhouse . . . more |
 | April 14, 2008 06:12 AM EDT -- To reduce emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), it makes a lot of sense to look at buildings and pavement. In the United States, buildings account for 38% of total CO 2 emissions. This is partly due to . . . more |
 | October 23, 2008 08:23 AM EDT -- Professor David Keith of the University of Calgary is working on a device that removes carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) directly from ambient air. Keith has built a tower, 4 feet wide and 20 feet tall, . . . more |
 | May 22, 2008 07:32 AM EDT -- Rising Sun for Electric Cars Originally published 04/22/08 (Earth Day) by Roy Morrison in Policy Innovations Earth Day 2008 is a time to ask: Is my sustainability work consonant . . . more |
 | December 20, 2008 06:54 AM EST -- When it's hot, should you turn on the car's air-conditioner? As many will have experienced, driving with the air-conditioner on can increase fuel consumption by 10% or more. Yet, especially . . . more |
 | November 13, 2007 12:30 AM EST -- In the United States, the average house size is 2,500 square feet, but Jay Shafer prefers to live in a 96-square-foot house, in Sebastopol, California ( watch video ). Jay built the house in 1997 . . . more |
 | May 28, 2009 09:21 AM EDT -- What will power your next car? Will it be gasoline, diesel, perhaps mixed with biofuel? Or will it be electricity? In case electricity will power your next car, how will it be produced? From coal, natural . . . more |
 | April 16, 2008 06:20 AM EDT -- After publication of Ten Dangers of Global Warming , now more than a year ago, some said that the article was 'alarmist' and had 'dramatized' the impact of global warming. After the Intergovernmental . . . more |
 | November 28, 2007 11:18 PM EST -- Venus was transformed from a haven for water to a fiery hell by an runaway greenhouse effect, concludes the European Space Agency (ESA), after studying data from the Venus Express, which has been orbiting . . . more |
 | June 22, 2008 08:21 AM EDT -- Since July 2007, a program called Vélib' has dotted Paris with 10,000 electric hire-bicycles, stationed in 750 bike ranks. To drive them, you'll need a one-year membership, which can . . . more |
 | April 08, 2008 01:38 AM EDT -- Global warming has plunged the planet into a crisis and the fossil fuel industries are trying to hide the extent of the problem from the public, NASA's top climate scientist says. "The problem . . . more |
 | August 01, 2008 09:07 PM EDT -- Two studies published in the July 31 issue of Science help open the door to the hydrogen economy by eliminating the need for platinum in electrolyzers and fuel cells. Hydrogen can be produced . . . more |
 | March 27, 2008 01:18 PM EDT -- A huge ice shelf, measuring 5,282 square miles (13,680 square kilometers), has begun to collapse because of rapid climate change on Antarctica. The Wilkins Ice Shelf is a broad plate of permanent floating . . . more |
 | January 28, 2009 02:26 AM EST -- In Greek mythology, Ceto was a sea goddess. Ceto was a daughter of Gaia and Pontus, and she personified the power of the sea. In a current incarnation, CETO is the name of a wave power technology . . . more |
 | March 08, 2007 01:37 AM EST -- What are the basics of Global Warming, specifically the impact of extra heat? What is extra heat? What is its impact on global warming? Feel free to make comments if you see things differently! . . . more |
 | March 18, 2008 10:09 PM EDT -- Virtually all countries have ratified the Kyoto protocol. Yet, carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) emissions are rising even faster than the worst-case estimates by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change . . . more |
| April 10, 2008 08:37 AM EDT -- Black carbon has a warming effect in the atmosphere three to four times greater than prevailing estimates, according to a review study in the journal Nature Geoscience . According to the study, . . . more |
| February 03, 2009 01:10 AM EST -- President Obama, please read this! The energy and environmental policy that you have proposed for the U.S. is a patchwork of policies, ranging from higher fuel efficiency standards and subsidies for . . . more |
 | April 04, 2008 08:30 PM EDT -- Boeing announced that it has successfully conducted test flights of a manned airplane powered by hydrogen fuel cells. A two-seater Dimona plane with a 16.3 meter (53.5 foot) wingspan and a conventional . . . more |
 | October 01, 2007 06:18 AM EDT -- Globally, wind power generation more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006. But while wind power is making steady progress in Europe, the U.S. gets less than 1% of its electricity from wind power, Spain . . . more |
 | January 15, 2008 02:35 AM EST -- Electric vehicles can cut greenhouse gas emissions in two ways. They are clean and efficient. By acting as storage capacity, they can also make the electric grid more efficient. Electric cars are . . . more |
 | October 12, 2008 03:41 AM EDT -- Investor Warren Buffett recently invested $230 million to take a 10% stake in BYD. Reason enough to take a closer look at BYD. Shenzhen-based BYD (build your dreams) is China's largest battery . . . more |
 | May 17, 2008 10:12 AM EDT -- World biodiversity has declined by almost one third in the past 35 years due mainly to habitat loss and the wildlife trade, according to a Reuters report on the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and . . . more |
 | June 15, 2007 10:36 PM EDT -- The quickest and most effective way to deal with global warming is to tax greenhouse gas emissions and to spend the proceeds to encourage the use of renewable energy locally. Tax puts a price on pollution . . . more |
 | July 22, 2009 02:36 AM EDT -- The Hydrogen Initiative Ex-President G. W. Bush loved photo opportunities that portrayed him as an advocate of hydrogen cars. The photo on the right shows Bush inspecting a scooter powered by solid . . . more |
 | September 13, 2007 12:35 AM EDT -- How much surface does it take to supply solar energy? The image accompanying this article shows how much surface needs to be covered in theory by solar power facilities to generate enough electricity . . . more |
| August 13, 2008 10:21 PM EDT -- Off-shore drilling is a stunt! The perceived need for off-shore drilling is a stunt designed to make it look as if McCain was making efforts to lower oil prices. Oil companies have until now rarely even . . . more |
 | September 19, 2007 03:45 AM EDT -- With hydrogen, there are different types of efficiencies. There's the efficiency of producing the hydrogen and there's the efficiency of using the hydrogen. Let's first examine how . . . more |
 | April 30, 2009 02:09 AM EDT -- NASA scientists are proposing algae bags as a way to produce renewable energy that does not compete with agriculture for land or fresh water. It uses algae to produce biofuel from sewage, using nutrients . . . more |
 | May 05, 2008 04:15 AM EDT -- We may soon have a national surcharge on drink containers. The idea is that this will encourage people to recycle drink bottles and cans. When the bottles and cans are brought to recycling centers, the . . . more |
 | December 17, 2007 12:18 AM EST -- Electric vehicles have many advantages, such as little maintenance, gear changes, noise and fumes, and - of course - no emissions, if powered with electricity from clean sources. Batteries can be expensive . . . more |
 | December 26, 2008 02:52 AM EST -- In Oregon, the Portland City Council has developed a feebate policy to improve the environmental performance of buildings. The proposed policy seeks to cut carbon emissions from buildings, reduce . . . more |
 | December 25, 2007 04:39 AM EST -- The Lightning car company has released new electric cars in the UK. The electric Lightning GT and Sports versions are now available to pre-order. Reservations for the first cars (2008 delivery) . . . more |
 | January 22, 2009 05:52 AM EST -- While the weather has been cold in some places over the past few months, the year 2008 was among the ten warmest years in the period of instrumental measurements, which extends back to 1880. The . . . more |
| June 09, 2008 05:46 AM EDT -- The Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act was defeated in the Senate last Friday. As CNN reports , President Bush said he would have vetoed the Senate bill anyway. So, it looks like major action on . . . more |
 | November 21, 2008 05:08 AM EST -- A $1 billion plan proposed by Better Place for the San Francisco Bay Area has been endorsed by the Bay Area's big-city mayors, including San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums . . . more |
 | February 18, 2008 01:12 AM EST -- As we all know, we should end the practices of burning forests and clearing land for farming, for urban expansion and for road construction. Big companies are often blamed for this, but what's often . . . more |
 | April 07, 2009 10:25 AM EDT -- The Segway Personal Transporter (pictured right) has been around for years. It was first unveiled in 2001, and produced in 2002. It is self-balancing and users lean forward or backward to go forwards, . . . more |
| March 20, 2009 04:49 AM EDT -- U.S. Department of energy Announcement President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion in Funding to Support Next Generation Electric Vehicles DOE Support for Advanced Battery Manufacturing and . . . more |
 | January 28, 2008 03:21 AM EST -- The $10-million dollar Automotive X Prize (AXP) aims to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles in order to help break our addiction to oil and stem the effects of climate change. . . . more |
 | July 06, 2009 03:35 AM EDT -- The Electric Ford F-150 uses four in-wheel motors, one in each of the wheels. The concept car was on display at the 2008 SEMA Show in the Ford Motor Company booth. PML Flightlink supplied the . . . more |
 | April 20, 2009 01:01 AM EDT -- On 28 March, President Obama announced the launch of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF). A preparatory session will be held at the US Department of State on April 27-28 in Washington, . . . more |
 | May 31, 2008 02:26 AM EDT -- On June 25, 2003, the United States and the European Union agreed to collaborate on the acceleration of the development of the Hydrogen Economy. Billions of dollars were earmarked for development of . . . more |
 | December 24, 2007 05:23 AM EST -- Can electric vehicles supply power to homes? The short answer is yes! Electric vehicles can be connected to the electric grid, not only to draw electricity from the grid (in order to recharge their . . . more |
October 06, 2008 03:56 AM EDT -- Last month, Hawaii received $1.7 million in grants to modernize its electric grids to accommodate an influx of renewable energy, with an eye toward electric cars. Why Hawaii? The geothermal power . . . more
 | January 16, 2008 05:22 AM EST -- The Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, on 13 January 2008 launched a 'Sustainability Action Plan' to deliver a carbon-neutral, waste-free, car-free . . . more |
| September 21, 2007 05:08 AM EDT -- There are many ethical objections one can have against slaughtering animals and eating them. Vegetarian lifestyles have been around for ages, just like animal rights activists have long and very publicly . . . more |
 | February 22, 2008 02:12 AM EST -- The image on the right shows the Anderson Mill, in Travis County, Texas, which was built in the 1850s as a corn mill. Since ancient times, waterwheels and wind mills have been used to grind grain to produce . . . more |
 | June 26, 2007 02:43 AM EDT -- Global Warming - Tax or Standards? As global warming becomes an increasingly urgent issue, there are many calls for action. Many call for standards to be set, to achieve a reduction in pollution. . . . more |
 | February 09, 2008 07:03 AM EST -- On Friday, a US federal appeals court in Washington ruled that a policy by the Bush administration that exempted coal- and oil-fired power plants from regulations on emissions of mercury and other hazardous . . . more |
 | May 18, 2008 12:39 AM EDT -- Some people say that world population is "exploding" and that "overpopulation should be tackled", supposedly to deal with both food shortages and global warming. OK, the pope has a . . . more |
 | November 25, 2008 12:49 AM EST -- As California recovers from wildfires , a study by researchers at University of California-Berkeley finds that global warming will have a broad and devastating impact on California's economy over . . . more |
 | July 22, 2009 05:27 AM EDT -- On July 19, 2009, the Flightstar e-Spyder flew at South Woodstock doing two flights about 10 minutes each. The plane reached an altitude of 400 feet and speeds of up to 55 mph, according to this article . . . more |
 | December 03, 2008 03:23 AM EST -- To capture more sunlight, solar panels are typically positioned to face the sun as best as possible. More expensive solar arrays are mechanized to slowly move throughout the day, keeping the panels . . . more |
| June 02, 2009 11:02 AM EDT -- Earth 2100 will be broadcast by the ABC on June 2nd, 2009 from 9 to 11 pm Eastern time. Hosted by Bob Woodruff, it explores a future in which we don't take action on the problems we're facing. . . . more |
 | April 01, 2008 01:10 AM EDT -- Southern California Edison (SCE) on March 27, 2008, asked the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for approval to install photovoltaic solar panels on the rooftops of commercial buildings over . . . more |
| September 29, 2007 03:56 AM EDT -- Last Friday, President George W. Bush urged delegates of the world's 16 biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to agree on an approach to deal with global warming. "By next summer, we will . . . more |
 | November 06, 2007 06:20 AM EST -- For several months now, a hydrogen fuel cell has been quietly powering the light at the historic South Gare lighthouse, which can be seen from 25 miles out to sea. The lighthouse, built in 1884 . . . more |
 | January 13, 2009 05:34 AM EST -- Cycle A: Inorganic Waste We're all familiar with the idea that we're running out of scarce resources. We just cannot continue to keep drilling and mining for more fossil fuel, metals . . . more |
| April 06, 2007 04:05 AM EDT -- The US Supreme Court ruled on April 2nd that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must limit greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide. Four Bills are now under discussion in the Senate that . . . more |
| June 03, 2008 09:53 AM EDT -- Starting this fiscal year, Japan Post Service Co. will gradually introduce electric cars to replace and eventually phase out its current fleet of automobiles over the next eight years. The company . . . more |
 | May 21, 2009 08:32 AM EDT -- Will America be a desert by 2100? Or Africa, India or China, for that matter? Chances are, according to MIT projections , that global median surface temperature will rise by 9.4 o F (5.2 o C) by 2100, . . . more |
 | September 26, 2007 05:56 AM EDT -- Communities without roads is an exciting concept that allows people to live within walking distances of colleages, customers, friends, medical and educational facilities, shops, restaurants, etc. The sedentary . . . more |
 | March 24, 2009 09:04 PM EDT -- China recently called for a World Currency, or global reserve currency , to be operated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) via its Special Drawing Rights (SDR). The governor of the People’s . . . more |
February 23, 2009 02:09 AM EST -- On Monday, March 2, 2009, people from all walks of life and organizations from across the political spectrum will gather for Capitol Climate Action in DC. People will gather at 1:00pm, at the Spirit . . . more
 | September 17, 2007 08:56 PM EDT -- Hydrogen fuel cells constitute an efficient way to store energy and as such they form an important component in our struggle to contain global warming. Hydrogen fuel cells are a convenient and clean . . . more |
 | April 02, 2009 01:51 AM EDT -- President Obama and Russian President Medvedev have agreed to negotiate a new treaty designed to further reduce and limit strategic weapons. Their joint statement says: "We committed our . . . more |
 | January 25, 2008 11:45 PM EST -- Can electric vehicles supply power to homes? The short answer is yes! Electric vehicles can be connected to the electric grid, not only to draw electricity from the grid (in order to recharge . . . more |
 | October 25, 2007 08:12 PM EDT -- Combat Global Warming with Evaporative Cooling - by Sam Carana To combat global warming, wind turbines along the coastline could be used for the dual purposes of generating electricity at times . . . more |
 | November 02, 2007 11:25 PM EDT -- Boeing recently announced that it will have a hydrogen plane in the air later this year. The Boeing Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane is scheduled to fly at an altitude of about 2,000 feet (610 meters). . . . more |
 | March 21, 2008 10:25 PM EDT -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France will reduce its number of airborne nuclear weapons by one third, leaving France with fewer than 300 warheads, mostly on submarines. "By . . . more |
 | July 16, 2009 08:46 AM EDT -- In Canada, the Ontario government has announced that it wants to have one out of every 20 vehicles driven in Ontario to be electrically powered by 2020. To help achieve that target, buyers . . . more |
| September 05, 2008 11:05 PM EDT -- Electric and Hybrid Cars: A History By Curtis D. Anderson, Judy Anderson 199 pages - published by McFarland & Company (November 1, 2004) This book describes and illustrates . . . more |
 | June 12, 2009 06:19 AM EDT -- The graph below shows the daily sea ice extent. The solid blue line indicates the 2009 data; the dashed green line shows the data for 2007; and the solid gray line indicates average extent from 1979 to . . . more |
 | March 10, 2009 09:30 PM EDT -- Climate Congress, Copenhagen, 10-12 March, 2009 Open letter to Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, IPCC chair Dear Dr Pachauri, The Climate Congress presents an important opportunity to present all facets . . . more |
 | February 29, 2008 04:05 AM EST -- Lights consume about 2 trillion kilowatt-hours annually, or one-eighth of all electric power. Globally, lighting is equal in emission contribution to about 70% of the world's passenger vehicles. Of . . . more |
 | August 09, 2008 12:55 AM EDT -- In August 2008, the documentary I.O.U.S.A. will start screening in movie theatres across the nation. As I.O.U.S.A. director Patrick Creadon says: "America's federal debt is $8.6 trillion . . . more |
 | April 11, 2009 01:33 AM EDT -- The Age of Stupid is a 90-minute cinema-documentary about climate change, set in the future. It features an archivist living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from . . . more |
| February 16, 2008 06:41 AM EST -- For more than a year, a panel of 18 engineers, technologists and futurists looked at ways to improve life on Earth. They came up with 14 Grand Engineering Challenges , featured at the National Academy . . . more |
 | December 28, 2007 03:38 AM EST -- The best way to deal with global warming is a FeeBate policy. This works fast and effectively, is ideology- and budget-neutral and has the least risk of feeding a wasteful bureaucracy. In essence, a . . . more |
 | December 09, 2007 07:11 AM EST -- The Tesla Roadster is an all-electric car with some very impressive specs: - Acceleration 0 to 60 in under 4 seconds - Top Speed of over 125 mph - Range of 245 miles on one . . . more |
 | August 13, 2009 10:08 PM EDT -- Below are some of my favorite groups at Gather. Feel invited to join one or more of them - you're most welcome to post relevant content. What are your favorite groups? Feel encouraged to mention your . . . more |
| December 11, 2007 10:24 PM EST -- Britain's secretary of state for business, John Hutton, plans to identify sites in British waters for u p to 7,000 offshore wind turbines, averaging one wind turbine every half-mile around the . . . more |
 | February 16, 2008 03:10 AM EST -- Last month, the European Union (EU) threatened to impose tariffs on products from countries such as the US and China, if those countries didn't comply with European plans to reduce greenhouse gas . . . more |
January 04, 2009 05:10 AM EST -- In Beijing, measures have been introduced to phase out vehicles that cause heavy pollution, combined with financial incentives to facilitate the shift to cleaner vehicles. Yellow-label vehicles will . . . more
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It's a pity there are no stats on visits to groups. I put 18 of my most favorite groups in a post called My favorite groups at Gather