Astronomers have discovered over 2000 exoplanets, some of which have a startling resemblance to our Earth. Cancer patients are twice as likely to survive for a decade or more than they were 40 years ago. Today, your cell phone has more computing power in it than every piece of hardware in NASA combined, back in 1969 when it sent two astronauts to the moon. (more…)
If being a good steward of the environment comes at the expense of comfort, convenience, style, safety, or any of the other things we demand in our lives, it’s not going to happen. That’s the thought that went through my head as I was snapping the picture here a few minutes ago. Here’s a perfect car for a masochist with a death-wish. (more…)
Regardless of whichever carpet cleaning method you employ, one thing is for sure – and that is that a great many carpet cleaning solutions are quite harsh on the environment as a whole. After all, for effective stain removal to happen, you need powerful chemicals to do the job most of the time. Regardless of whether the service that you hired tends to value the importance of a floor polisher more than the chemicals used to clean the carpet or not. (more…)
My post, “Most Congressional Climate Skeptics Simply Haven’t Come Out of the Closet,” offered some harsh words on the integrity of congressional climate skeptics, including: I seriously doubt there are more than a handful of true climate deniers in Congress; I think most of these people know climate change is real, regardless of what they say publicly…..to believe otherwise is to attribute some sort of integrity and moral courage to people who obviously have none.”
A reader asks in response, “When will you learn this type of advocacy only serves to distract from more moderate, but more credible environmental progress?” (more…)
I had a pleasant call with a woman from Chicago just now, who sent me this document, outlining an invention in solar energy ostensibly made by a gentleman in South Korea. Upon reviewing it, I wrote:
Thanks, but this is fraudulent. The power derived from a solar device is a function of the solar power incident on that device. Current efficiencies are about 25%. To say that this device is 100 times more efficient is nonsensical. (more…)
I complied, as I always do, but I seriously doubt there are more than a handful of true climate deniers in Congress; I think most of these people know climate change is real, regardless of what they say publicly. (more…)
Solar power, geothermal power and wind power are all alternative energy sources which prevent us from needing to burn fossil fuels in order to heat and power our homes. As our population increases and our energy demands rise, we are constantly looking for environmentally friendly ways to harvest energy. (more…)
Here’s a graph of average global temperatures from NASA (U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration). We’ve all seen this before; what could possibly be newsworthy about it?
It’s that NASA won’t be in the climate/atmospheric research business much longer, so graphics like this may soon be relics of the past. (more…)
As it’s the 138th birthday of Margaret Sanger, the woman who founded Planned Parenthood and coined the term “birth control,” it seems a good time to mention some of the ramifications of her work. (more…)
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty back together again – English Nursery Rhyme
Here’s an article for the few remaining believers in the U.S. coal industry, a group probably limited in scope to some subset of Trump supporters in the Eastern Central part of the U.S. It’s also a good read for everyone who may be wondering about the most probable trajectory for coal vs. clean energy now, and in the coming years. (more…)
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