Question: What role can (and should) basalt play in the subject of carbon sequestration? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: Our civilization, as denizens of planet Earth, is badly losing the battle to hold the concentration of …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Sequestering Carbon Read More »
“Climate funding?” Really? Yes, according to this article, Obama’s budget calls for expenditures of $10 billion or so (out of the $3.99 trillion total) for things like renewable energy incentives, cleantech R&D, etc. But who’s calling this “climate funding?” Its …
Obama's Budget Calls For Billions In "Climate Funding" Read More »
About 40 years ago I read a couple of the philosophic works of the 18th Century Scottish empiricist David Hume (pictured). I vaguely recall his discussion of the subject itself, i.e., that according to empiricists, the human mind has access only …
Finding the Truth about Anthropogenic Global Warming: What’s the Greater Miracle? Read More »
I had a fortuitous conversation a few years ago at an awards dinner. I happened to be seated next to the fellow who runs the program at JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) whose purpose is to investigate the melting of ice …
A friend sent me this piece on CO2 concentrations in the Earth’s atmosphere, and writes: FYI just in case you have not seen this. Yes, that’s interesting. As I may have mentioned, I know a few of these people personally, …
I doubt we’ll even know the entire truth behind money’s influence on climate change research. Here’s an article in the New York Times that discredits one of the few remaining climate deniers who had any real academic qualifications. From the …
Understanding the Ties Between Corporate Funding and the Findings of Climate Scientists Read More »
If we do anything well here, it’s providing a platform on which to discuss the “big ideas” in energy and the environment. Sure, I feel confident that I’ve identified a few solid ideas on a fairly narrow set of clean …
Energy and the Environment at 50,000 Feet – Pardon the Cliché Read More »
A smart and considerate reader sent me this earlier: Craig – First off, please let me know if I am sending you too many emails. I’ve been following news on carbon sequestration, including a recent article about a proof of …
Today is the 145th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. National Weather Service. Thus, when we say, “2014 was the hottest year on record,” what we really mean is that it was the hottest year in the last century …
My biggest problem with 2015 so far is that it’s happening in the absence of Steven Colbert, at least in the form of the “Colbert Report.” I had forgotten how fabulous this whole enterprise was until I came upon this …
