Senator Brownsberger submitted the following testimony to the Committee on Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities: TO: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: S1565 DATE: November 12th, 2013 I am writing in support of S1565, An Act requiring the timely adoption of greenhouse gas emission limits …
Science and Goals
H2935, An Act to transition to a clean energy Commonwealth
Senator Brownsberger submitted the following testimony to the Committee on Telecommunications, Energy and Utilities: TO: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy FROM: Senator William N. Brownsberger RE: H2935 DATE: November 12th, 2013 I am writing in support of H2935, An Act to transition to a clean energy Commonwealth. This bill has …
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An argument for hydrogen fusion
Last weekend, I met a Massachusetts senator at local charity event. I asked the Senator a question about Hydrogen Fusion research funding at MIT, which had been cut again because of sequestration. The Senator commented that the Department of Energy does not want to fund fusion research. I followed up by asking independent fusion research …
Climate Change
Hi Will, I’m not a scientist, but believe my BHS Physical Science classes and common sense bears a little weight here. Sunlight and our distance from the sun is the only source of planet heat. How much of that sunlight reaches our surface determines our temp. We can use darkness and cloud shade as examples …
What are your thoughts on nuclear power?
Will, I see on your other web site, you’re making climate change a focus of your congressional campaign. Given that, do you like the idea of more nuclear power or are you focusing on “renewable” sources like wind and solar?
Why haven’t we achieved energy independence (and controlled climate change)?
Jon Stewart’s framing of this question is as powerful as it is amusing, although his answer is only more humor.