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 …
Category: Climate Change
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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Can a U.S.-Chinese Collaboration on Climate Change Become a Reality?
One of the unfortunate consequences of our robo-consumer society is that people who take the concept of “utopia” seriously are immediately branded as worthless dreamers. “Hey, we’re not trying to achieve world peace here,” one commonly hears as a metaphor for …
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Global Warming and the Drought in California
We Californians, living as we do in severe drought conditions, have a general sense that climate change is playing a role here. It’s not exactly rocket science that rising temperatures tend to evaporate more water, leaving less of it in …
Obama’s Tour of Alaska: What Are His Motives?
In response to my piece on Obama’s Tour of Alaska Focuses on Climate Change, a skeptical reader notes: The President’s speech was a sop to all his old faithful supporters, a bid to create a legacy for good intentions. I’m not 100% …
Obama's Tour of Alaska Focuses on Climate Change
Frequent commenter Peter writes: Craig, thought you would like to see if you had not – strong words – a lot late – but finally the words match the situation.
How Concerned Should our Government Be about Climate Change? That Depends — Where Do You Live?
Regular readers recognize the name of my colleague Dr. Alex Cannara; they remember his virulent pro-nuke position, which he touts as the only viable way to deal with climate change. At many points over the years I’ve known him, I’ve …
Desalination and Global Water Scarcity
Josh Velson, a chemical engineer with a self-described “nerd rage problem” writes: Will water desalination be a global solution for water scarcity? I really don’t understand what a nerd rage problem is, but fortunately, I do have an answer to …
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Really Bummed About George Will
Here’s a quick discussion on my piece Even the Elites Can’t Escape the Global Community, Living As It Does on One Small Planet, in which I made reference to my disappointment in my fellow college alum George Will as follows:
