A friend sent me this and asked for my comments. Until 1865, most of what existed south of the Mason-Dixon line was built predominantly by white ownership of black slaves. More importantly, the remnants of those days still remain in …
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End of Winters
It’s common to hear about the horrific effects of climate change: super-storms, wildfires, sea-level rise, droughts, food shortages and the like, and feel great concern for our children’s future. Indeed, life on this planet will change in a great number …
No Need To Trade a Robust Economy for a High Quality of Life
My earlier post, Focusing on Citizens’ Well-Being lays out how many of the world’s developed countries are examining their priorities to ensure a high quality of life for their citizens. As good as this is, however, it rests on the …
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Focusing on Citizens’ Well-Being
There is an enormous quantity of good taking place around the globe that, sadly, is obscured by the president-day U.S. political circus and its criminal buffoon ring leader. In particular, many of the world’s developed countries are examining their priorities …
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Climate Scientist Speaking in Santa Barbara
If you happen to be within a train ride of Santa Barbara, you may want to join me this Thursday in checking out a talk by Katharine Hayhoe at Westmont College, an extremely high-end interdenominational Christian liberal arts college.
Exploring Climate Dystopia
Author and humanitarian Arthur C. Clarke left us with many wonderful ideas by which to live, including this one: “I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Studying the Rate of Ice Loss in Antarctica
For all you geologists who study the macro-effects of climate change, here’s a recent article from Science Magazine on the loss of ice in Western Antarctica.
The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ In the Wind
We tend to think of climate change as something that will eventually wreak incredible havoc on our world–but have we already begun to experience its effects?
The (Potential) Simplicity of a Carbon Tax
Here’s a short video, featuring Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a prominent climate scientist and Leonardo DeCaprio, for those wanting to understand the concept of a carbon tax. And speaking of DeCaprio, here’s one on the reason wes need a carbon tax. …
Unfortunately, We Don’t Give a Damn
I volunteer on Quora.com to answer questions on renewable energy, and, even though I signed up for that specific category, I come across some really stimulating queries that are totally unrelated. Today, for instance, someone asked: What’s the weirdest aspect …
