A bit of gallows humor here. Seriously, sea-level rise is slated to hit Florida hard over the next 50 years, and its coastline is so long it’s very hard to protect.
Category: Climate Change
Climate Change
This anti-science rhetoric is one of the core challenges facing humankind. Where it’s coming from is hard to isolate. Sure, there are disinformation campaigns that have been emanating from Big Oil dating back to the 1980s, but for these to …
What the Ravages of Climate Change Mean
The sickening truth about the unprecedented flooding shown here is that no one in the moneyed class could possibly give a s*** about it. To them, whether it’s happening in Australia or anywhere else, the slow but steady destruction of …
Republicans Are Just Astonishing
There are several aspects to the Republican platform that are simply astounding. A notable example is the ban on abortion. A woman’s right to choose is a strongly held belief of almost all women, and the vast majority of men. …
Is the Greenland Ice Sheet Growing?
Here’s a conversation between me and the climate denier I mentioned yesterday in my post: Fringe Belief on Climate Change. Reader: “Climate change is a totalitarian position.” (He concluded this from someone who said that the science of climate change …
Fringe Belief on Climate Change
A reader sent this, noting: “Climate change is a totalitarian position.” Fortunately for us all, this is a fringe belief. Just beyond the outer edge of the outer rim of the fringe.
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Many Midterm Elections Will Impact Climate
The author of this article has gone to an enormous amount of effort to look through thousands of different midterm elections at the state and local level, and examine the impact that each one has with respect to climate change. …
Mother Earth and Climate Science
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty once told me that he believes the concept of “Mother Earth” is actually damaging at this point in our environmental decay, insofar as it implies a higher power that serves to limit the damage that …
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Sequestering CO2
Sequestering carbon dioxide, aka carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is an important topic in today’s world of climate change mitigation. Here’s an article, submitted by 2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood, that promotes the concept of pumping CO2 into rock formations and …
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Capturing Carbon Dioxide Directly
Here’s another piece on capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air (DAC). As I’ve said, I find this subject impossible to take seriously; it’s even harder to conceive than carbon capture and sequestration CCS, for several reasons: The apparatus that …
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