About half of all the world’s fossil fuel, i.e., the energy in the hydrocarbon bonds that resulted from hundreds of millions of years of life on Earth, has been harvested and burned over the last century or so–and it’s happening …
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change: The Ultimate Disposition
Here’s an article, one of several similar pieces I see every day, that I offer to those whose viewpoint on climate change is both a) that its effects going forward are well understood, and b) that they won’t be as …
How Will Our Civilization Deal with Hundreds of Millions of Climate Refugees?
It’s amazing that the heartbreaking stories of the Syrian refugees haven’t prompted more discussion of the ultimate tragedy associated with people being forced to flee their homes, which will be playing itself out in spades over the coming decades: climate …
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Bjorn Lomborg, The Skeptical Environmentalist
Here’s Bjorn Lomborg (pictured), author of “The Skeptical Environmentalist,” speaking at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think-tank in New York City, in a video shot in 2008. His viewpoint in a nutshell: Yes, man-made climate change is a reality, but …
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George Will: A Man I Don’t Claim To Understand
My mom suggested that I check out George Will’s scathing remarks in his editorial: Pope Francis’ Fact Free Flamboyance. She notes: Read it and weep. George Will doesn’t make me weep, though he does cause me to scratch my head. Why …
Incredible Writing on the Coming “Climate Apocalypse”
2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood sent me this masterpiece from Jedediah Purdy (pictured), Professor of Law at Duke Law School, where he teaches constitutional and environmental law; it begins: “In the last week, a group of scientists and a prominent historian each …
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Our Understanding of Climate Change: A Weird History
Today, most of the literate world is aware of the challenge that our civilization faces with respect to “AGW” (anthropogenic global warming, aka climate change, aka climate disruption). For most of us, however, this realization has come fairly recently; public …
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Women Working Hard on Climate Change Mitigation
2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie Writes: Hi Craig, Following on from your post on Women in the Solar Industry, I thought I would let you know about a local day conference to be held on 7th November. My good friend Mrs. Frances …
Yes, the Glaciers Are Melting, But That’s Not a Big Deal, Is It?
I urge you to check out this article called Arctic Tipping Points Can Ripple Around the World and especially its comments. You’ll note that the discussion offers some of the most intense knee-jerk reactions you’ll ever see on the subject …
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Australia’s New Prime Minister Will Take a Rational Stance on Climate Change
Here’s good news for all you people with lungs. Australia has ousted Tony Abbott (pictured), its extreme right-wing prime minister, and replaced him with Malcolm Turnbull, a gentleman known to be much more in tune with a variety of social …
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