Insofar as I am not a billionaire, it could be said that I have no capacity to say what I’d do if I actually had all that money. That said, I can’t imagine how unsatisfying it would be to know …
Category: Climate Change
Doing One’s Own Research
Now, that line about the Dunning-Kruger effect is funny. When I entered the world of environmental sustainability in 2009, several people suggested that I should do my own research on climate change, and I had the same reaction as this …
Austria Has a Carbon Tax, But…
Here’s an article on Austria’s carbon tax that begins: “….In slightly more dramatic terms: “Habemus CO₂ tax.” But the reception in Austria and beyond was quite a bit more muted than the joyous announcement of a new pope. Environmental group …
Nobel Prizes in Physics Go To Climate Scientists
From this: Three scientists on Tuesday were awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics for their “revolutionary contributions” to the world’s understanding of the climate—and how human activity, such as the emission of carbon dioxide, impacts it. “The discoveries being recognized …
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Americans Bamboozled By Mainstream Media
It’s pretty clear that the American public is getting played by the media. Of course there is the right-wing garbage in which “journalists” simply invent things that attract the Republican base of largely old, angry, and undereducated white people. But …
The Politics of COVID-19
Good stuff here. “This isn’t political” isn’t precisely correct, however; “This shouldn’t be political” is more accurate. Sadly, fighting COVID-19 is like so many other areas in which science is under attack for political purposes. Climate change is one that …
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The Costs of Addressing Climate Change
Most people understand that the longer our civilization waits to address climate change in earnest, the more expensive it’s going to be. Moreover, the costs are not growing linearly, but exponentially. However, there are several impediments: • The private sector …
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To a Degree, Kids’ Reactions To Climate Change Are a Function of Discussions in the Family Home
In a recent post on our children’s reactions to climate change, I noted that young people are either angry/worried, or completely oblivious. I believe that, in the main, where this lands is a function of the kid’s family, i.e., what …
Young People Are Anxious About Climate Change and Say Governments Are Failing Them
From this piece on climate change and our children’s reaction to it: For a forthcoming study, researchers with the U.K.’s University of Bath and other schools spoke to 10,000 people in 10 countries, all of whom were between the ages …
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County Commission Active in Climate Adaptation
Commissioner of Broward County, Florida, Beam Furr, was one of my best friends in college (1973-1977). I know what you’re thinking: Florida, really? Is he one of those anti-science jackasses, so commonly found in the Soon-to-be-Underwater state? No. Not only …
