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Our Address
1000 N. Prospect Street
Suite 1
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Phone
1-509-899-4956
Email
cwbiod@cwbiodiesel.com
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 February 1, 2007
Central Washington Biodiesel Produces First 100% Washington Biodiesel.
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July 27, 2006
Production Facility in Ellensburg
Receives Permit.
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July 25, 2006
Central
Washington Biodiesel LLC Receives First
Biodiesel Production Air Quality Permit.
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What took so long?
This is a fair question.
It did take a long time for some
political and business leaders, and some
citizens, to accept that global warming
(more properly called "global
climate change") really is
happening, and that humans really are
partly responsible.
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It
was reasonable for business and
political leaders to be skeptical at
first, because responding to global
climate change will be very expensive,
and it's probably not fair for business
to absorb all of the cost. After all,
we've all enjoyed the benefits of
behaviors that have contributed to
global climate change. It seems
reasonable to think that we should all
share the costs.
All that said, it is also true that many
scientists have been concerned about
global climate change, and our role in
it, for a long time. Now we need to make
up for lost time in our response.
What causes it?
The main cause of global climate change
is the build-up in the atmosphere of
gases including carbon dioxide, methane,
and oxides of nitrogen (also called NOx
). There are also natural sources of
these gases -- all living things produce
carbon dioxide, cows are the most famous
source of methane, lightning makes NOx
-- but the greenhouse gases produced by
human activities are the ones that are
causing global climate change.
Who causes it?
It's not very constructive to point
fingers, especially when we're all
responsible for global warming. A better
question might be "Who is
responsible?" as in "Who is
responsible for reversing it?" The
answer to that question is: all of us,
and especially those of us in the
industrialized world. In the past,
industrialization has required the
production of huge amounts of carbon
dioxide. Just as significant, the
conversion of land from forest to
agriculture to cities has both removed
carbon sequestration capability and
caused the production of huge amounts of
carbon dioxide.
Is it really that bad?
We don't want to alarm anyone, but yes,
it's really that bad. The consequences
are becoming fairly well-known, and they
include rising sea levels (think large
parts of every costal U.S. state under
the oceans) and the resulting economic
losses, mass extinctions, and habitat
destruction. Many of these problems will
occur during our lifetimes, not in the
distant future. On the bright side,
however, is the fact that quick action
has nearly cured the ozone hole problem,
which had a completely different cause.
A similar outcome should be possible for
the global warming problem, if we act
now.
Find out more on:
Global
Warming Chemistry
Fossil
Carbon DIoxide
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