One of the best ways of communing with nature is by going on a camping trip. It’s a wonderful educational opportunity, and if you’ve never been camping then you don’t know what you are missing. Camping is certainly a favoured family activity and there are more than a few ways to camp. You can go the comfortable way (in luxury), or the more traditional cramped in tent camping-style. (more…)
If the future looks even remotely like the past, there’s certainly no reason to believe that the UN meeting in New York next month will be any more successful than the dismal failures of the numerous similar sessions held over the last few years.
Here’s an article that suggests the opposite. Is it possible that momentum is building in the direction of a unified response to climate disruption? Personally, I think the author here is dead on course.
By 2010, 69% of businesses in the US had jumped aboard the Green Initiative. Going green is everything these days. It actually costs me less to buy eco-friendly light bulbs at my neighborhood store because companies have more incentive to churn out and market green products. It’s not just a marketing scheme, though: It matters if we go green, because our planet really is in trouble. (more…)
What a magnificent time to be alive. Last night, the Senate here in the United States did something great: they voted 79-18 to advance a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, meaning that every single senator will be forced to say—on the record—whether or not they think money and speech are the same thing. (more…)
There are a great number of different ways to address the long-term environmental damage, climate disruption in particular, posed by our civilization’s consumption of fossil fuels. The problem, obviously, is an economic one. (more…)
Purchasing a solar power system for your home may be exhilarating at first, but you should not be too amazed by advertisement. Focus on the purely practical aspects of what you have to do, since this will be a pretty hefty investment that needs a careful consideration. The tips ahead will give you a better idea of the things you must face when making your choices and what that entails: (more…)
Here’s an article that brings up a point that I face constantly: given the political controversy about climate disruption, is it wise to bring up the subject in public discourse? I’ve had a number of really interesting discussions with colleagues on the topic. For example, Jeff Siegel, a contributor to two of my first three books, is a financial analyst in the energy sector, and goes out of his way to avoid the topic when he speaks in public.
While I understand that, to me, it depends on my mood. If I’m feeling puckish, I like to nail the audience across the forehead with the science, which is irrefutable, and the implications vis-a-vis moral philosophy. Yet, if I think it’s more practical to lay low, I’ve been known to do that too.
The author here makes a good point: pragmatism is everything. If you can achieve your goals without stirring up anger from misinformed people, what’s the downside of that?
The biofuels produce from biomass briquetting machines serve as an alternative to fossil fuels like wood, black coal, lignite, diesel etc. It is basically extracted from agricultural waste and converted into biomass briquettes under high mechanical pressure. Have you ever thought how rural India get sustainable energy from? (more…)
Here’s a very solid article from Bill McKibben summing up the current approach to energy in the U.S. which, summarizing even further is as follows: a little wind, a little solar, but an enormous effort to substitute natural gas, harvested through fracking, for coal. McKibben presents a very thoughtful analysis that suggests that, when all things are taken into consideration, including gas leaks, it’s possible that this is a step in the wrong direction vis-à-vis emissions that are causing climate disruption.
When we think about how ingrained into our day to day lives electric lighting is, and how we struggle to function without it, it is a bit ironic that only one hundred years ago incandescent lights were novelty items that most homes lacked entirely. (more…)
