This afternoon I was reminded of an important fact: the promotional work that authors of renewable energy books do isn’t always relaxing, fun, and productive. I (foolishly?) had agreed to do an hour-long ultra-right-wing talk radio show in Tucson, AZ. …
Hot Times in Tucson for Renewable Energy – La Cucaracha! Read More »
As I’m sure readers here have observed, my opinions on climate change are taken directly and exclusively from the 97+% of mainstream climate scientists, some of whom I know personally, that tell us two things: • anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is …
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In the course of a phone conversation I had yesterday with a young man looking for advice about a career in renewable energy, he happened to mention this Ted Talk, about a fascinating idea to stem desertification in Africa. The …
Desertification and Climate Change – Affecting People in Over 110 Countries Read More »
Here’s a good discussion on the level of certainty (95%) that the scientific community has on the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Even the chief scientist at the Cato Institute (whose spokesperson I interviewed for “Renewable Energy – Following the …
How Certain Are We About Climate Change? How Certain Do We Need To Be? Read More »
Here’s Elon Musk’s response to the extraordinarily well-publicized fire in a Tesla Model S, in which he explains that statistically, fires per mile are five times less frequent in electric vehicles than they are in gasoline-powered cars.
For readers who enjoy high-level discussions on the topic of sustainability, I heartily recommend the video linked above. Dr. James Boyce, the director of the Program on Development, Peace Building, and the Environment at the Political Economy Research Institute, and …
Here’s a video in which one of my heroes, environmentalist Bill McKibben, speaks about the Keystone XL Pipeline. His point is that this decision is in the hands of one man: U.S. President Obama. With it, he will either live …
Bill McKibben, President Obama, and the Keystone XL Pipeline Read More »
Although the overall consequences of climate change are terrible (desertification, sea level rise, floods, storms, wildfires, more disease-carrying insects, loss of biodiversity, etc.), there are some accidental consequences that are positive, e.g., lower heating fuel bills in certain parts of …
Here’s an article based upon a recently conducted survey performed by Gallup on behalf of insurance giant Swiss Re that suggests that the world’s population cares a great deal about climate change — that, in fact, global warming is humankind’s …
Climate Change and Government — The Will of the People Is Being Badly Frustrated Read More »
Yesterday saw the publication of a paper in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society to the effect that climate change caused by human use of fossil fuels played a role in about a half dozen extreme weather events last year. …
Does Our Dependence on Fossil Fuels Cause Extreme Weather Events? Read More »
