A police official said a rescue effort was launched for 18 fishermen stranded four nautical miles at sea from Paradip, a major port in Odisha, after their trawler ran out of fuel. 1.5-2.0 per sq ft four years ago. And, until the last decade food and energy have been so consistently cheap in the last 60 years or so, that few people ever paused to ponder the fact that it takes energy to get energy. The fact is that none of these fuels are as clean as is needed for society to return to environmental morality. These compounds are extremely long-lived in the atmosphere–one lasting up to 50,000 years–and they are very potent, three of them exceeding the warming potential of carbon dioxide by more than 10,000 times. The amount of carbon contained in the permafrost is nothing short of stupendous, twice as much as is currently in the atmosphere.

Perhaps the most troubling example is the release of carbon dioxide and methane in the Arctic from the permafrost. The permafrost is now melting at an alarming rate and releasing greenhouse gases from the decay of dead plants formerly immune to such decay because they were frozen. And, deforestation–primarily in the world’s rainforests–contributes nearly as much as meat production each year to climate change, about 15 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions. But land and water absorb much more of the light and turn it into heat which then melts adjacent snow and ice which creates ever larger areas of heat-absorbing open ocean and exposed land surface. Snow and ice have high reflectivity and return much of the Sun’s light to outer space. 4 million, with a 60 percent rate of return. It’s no wonder then that many scientists are calling for an 80 to 90 percent reduction in the rate of emissions by 2050. It’s not simply about slowing warming.

Because fossil fuels are finite, one day their rate of extraction will peak and then begin an irreversible decline. But, before that happens–perhaps many, many years before it happens–the net energy from fossil fuels will peak and then begin an irreversible decline. Keep in mind that time is of the essence because climate change lags by 25 to 50 years the emissions that cause that change. We don’t often think of these sectors of the economy because for most people they are out of sight and therefore out of mind. But it’s an everyday analogy that most people can understand. When that will occur, no one can know. No one knows the answer. Everyone knows that when a potential employer makes a job offer, the salary or wage he or she proposes isn’t what you’ll be taking home. The same cannot be said for printing jobs performed during home and office printing procedures; hence this entails another aspect of considerations for manufacturers of soy-based ink for personal or business printers. What you’ll take home is your net pay.

So, are we still getting more net energy from those fuels each year? The public needs to understand that the sources of greenhouse gas emissions are far more varied than most realize. However, as food and energy costs have risen dramatically in the last decade, the public and policymakers have begun to notice. I haven’t even touched on a subject which seems almost taboo, even among policymakers who are eager to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from utilities, factories, homes and vehicles. The application of nitrogen fertilizers, essential to the so-called green revolution around the world, releases copious amounts of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas. And, after all, cheap energy is an indication that it takes very little energy to extract huge amounts of energy from the environment. The type of fall prevention solution and safety equipment required is dependent on the work environment and the nature of goods being transported.