Category: Climate Change

I spend a decent amount of time trying to improve my understanding of particle physics and quantum mechanics.  The subject is difficult, but it’s important in our world today, and therefore I believe it’s worth some of my resources. By …

Climate Science Is Easy, Doing Something About It Isn’t Read More »

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The meme here is powerful, but there is no evidence that such a moment will actually arrive. Of course, it’s possible that humankind will find itself on the precipice of some sort of collapse, perhaps, via environmental decay, and there …

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The intense scrutiny that the rising temperature of the Earth’s oceans and atmosphere is receiving raises an important question, and interestingly, it doesn’t concern the current temperature, which modern science has nailed with great precision.  Rather, it’s this: What were …

How Much Has the Earth Warmed? Read More »

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Here’s a scholarly article in Science Magazine that addresses the challenges our civilization faces in pulling CO2 out of the Earth’s atmosphere once greenhouse gases are released. It begins by admitting that we seem to be incapable of reducing current …

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Below, environmentalist Zan Dubin, whom I highly respect, makes a point not too dissimilar to what I’ve often said about the failure of the media to cover Biden’s accomplishments, especially those pertaining to climate change mitigation and adaptation. She writes: …

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From this piece on Exxon’s role in blocking climate legislation: “Democrats have focused particular ire on Exxon, after a senior lobbyist for the company was caught in a secret video bragging that Exxon had fought climate science through “shadow groups” …

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As suggested here, children have been disappointing their parents, and scaring the living hell out of the pundits of their times, for more than 2000 years. Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean that parents today have no reason not to be terrified …

Each Generation Is Terrified by the Norms by which Their Children Live Read More »

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Here, a couple of journalists from Bloomberg attempt to explain how climate change mitigation is receiving political backlash, both in the US and the EU (two of the three largest emitters). Bottom line: extreme right-wing forces on both sides of …

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Today’s piece in the WSJ’s Climate and Energy section is called “The Problem With Stuff.” It begins: A Glass-Half-Full Look at the Gargantuan Carbon Footprint of Making Stuff Every year, America gets through roughly 700 pounds of cement, nearly as …

The Wall Street Journal’s Climate & Energy Column Doesn’t Mince Words Read More »

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Here’s another in a series of articles from the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): 90 Percent of Euro Area Banks Are Out of Step with Paris Goals. How Can They Get on Track? An excerpt: (An analysis) of 95 Euro area …

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