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President Obama made a promise in his inauguration speech to restore science to its proper place. But given the changing landscape in the country and the world, what might science’s proper role be in the years to come?
Certainly, new technologies, as part of a foundation on which to build, can lead people in a forward-moving direction and be a large part of the solution addressing global warming and population growth. The new stimulus packages can help boost production, and new jobs can lighten the burden for those who have struggled to find their way in what has been an ever-shrinking, but often polarized, global economy. Still, as the transformation toward green jobs and technologies unfolds, there is little time to debate the choices science has submitted for consideration.
And decisions having to do with science, industry, agriculture and technology, scheduled to be made in the coming months, and years, will most definitely become a part of everyone's future.
The purpose for the blog, "Decision '09, The Science Debates," is to help ensure people are well-informed about the evolving sciences, so they are able to contribute to shaping the scientific landscape that, in turn, will shape the 21st century.
How the Debates Work
Each of the debates are split into two sections:
The first section, 'What Is Known', lays out important facts related to what we currently know about the science being debated, and the second section, 'The Unknowns', lists a number of the unknowns related to the proposed science.
Inside each section are 'the basics' and 'the specifics':
The basics offer broad explanations pertinent to the general science, and the specifics describe the applied science in more detail.
Please feel free to skip between sections, and subsections, of each post, to find the information that is most relevant to you.
Occasionally, you will find extended excerpts from 'interviews with experts' posted to the blog as well, as a part of the debate.
In order to encourage healthy debate, comments are welcomed from everyone.
Please forward comments to yashahusain@gmail.com, and I will post them to the site.
Debate #1
Biomass from
Poplar Trees
Debate #2
Green Energy
in the American
SoutheastDebate #3
Elusive Water
Vapor:
High Altitude
Hydrogen Jets
and the Delicate
Stratosphere