The Mountain Pine beetle is featured in this energy book called" the power surge" written by Michael Levi. The book is mostly about the hope for America to get off its current energy plan and the need for a green future. Michael takes to task the shale gas boomers and advocates for giving a
he goes into the climate debate and what I want to talk about is the Mountain pine beetle. The life cycles of the beetle is controlled by heat and it use to be in the mountains of Colorado that in one generation the beetle would breed and die out. Now with warmer temperatures the beetle is now developing ability to live in higher altitudes and expand elsewhere as two generations of beetles are surviving the seasons. The destruction of woodland and trees this beetle has already been devastating as it expands and habits new regions it had previously been unable to reach. Warm summers and mild winters play a role in both insect survival and the continuation and intensification of an outbreak but hey there are those who believe climate change is hogwash and bullshit. They don't want to look at all the little effects that clearly point out that the climate is getting warmer and mans rigorous energy use has lead to events like this. renewable energy is the answer and as costs of this new source plummet everything needs to be done to get the infrastructure in place so Americans can continue their cuts of oil use
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