"Martin" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:08:46 +0100, "Martin Sykes"
wrote:

" Jeanne Stockdale" wrote in message
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All energy sources on earth, past, present and future are derived from
the
sun.

Actually, tidal energy comes from the moon's gravitational pull and
geothermal energy comes from inside the earth, but everything else - coal,
oil, gas and wind is driven by the sun.

and nuclear power?
--
Martin

I'm not sure but I *think* that nuclear power is just as bad for global
warming as fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are bad because they create CO2 which
traps the sun's energy, therby increasing the amount of energy in the
earth's weather system. Nuclear just adds the energy directly.

Pete basically got it right. The way to stabilise the climate is to only
take energy which is available instead of unlocking stuff which has been
stored either in fossil fuels, or within the atom. It's all down to the
balance. You have to take out what you put in and vice versa, otherwise the
balance changes.

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Martin & Anna Sykes
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