Author and humanitarian Arthur C. Clarke left us with many wonderful ideas by which to live, including this one: “I have great faith in optimism as a guiding principle, if only because it offers us the opportunity of creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.”
Category: Climate Change
Solar Radiation Management Program
Here’s a conversation from Facebook on California’s new building code, mandating that all new construction come along with solar PV on the roof. Jayn Edmonds begins with this sarcastic remark: How will that work with the ongoing Solar Radiation Management Program?
Pope Francis Delivers Frank Remarks To Oil Company Execs
Explaining to oil executives that fossil fuel consumption and the resulting climate change will hurt poor people most, Pope Francis once again demonstrates that his heart is firmly implanted in the right place.
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Yes, We Should Prepare for Climate Change Like We Plan for War, But How Likely Is That?
Here’s an article that suggests an alternative approach to dealing with climate change, as suggested in the headline above. That sounds like a solid idea, until one considers a few points:
Tagged with: alternative approach to dealing with climate change, cast doubt on climate science, climate change is the subject of vast disinformation campaigns, climate science, follow the money, the cost of the damage to both human health and the environment at large, theory of anthropogenic global warming
What Motivates Trump’s Strange Behavior?
A White House memo that recently surfaced details how Trump’s own staff has been pushing for our president to do something that will make him appear at least somewhat credible and responsible in dealing with the existential threat to our civilization known …
Tagged with: climate science
Ironically, Alaska Kicking Butt in Climate Change Mitigation
Alaska, a deeply Republican/Libertarian state, is extremely active in climate change mitigation, with aggressive policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions, principally because it has so much to lose.
Say Goodbye to Fuel Economy Standards
As expected, the Environmental Protection Agency delivered its proposal to scale back fuel economy standards to the White House yesterday.
It’s a New World’s Record!
Humankind has a certain fascination with world records, which explains how Guinness has sold more than 138 million copies of their book of World Records in more than 100 countries since it was first published in 1955.
Tagged with: global temperatures
Evolved Thinking on Climate Change Is Both Encouraging and Terrifying
Here’s a feature from the current edition of the American Energy Society’s newsletter: Energy Quotes: Jim Bridenstine, New head of NASA:
What Is Fair and Balanced Reporting?
I’m spending the weekend with a friend who reads the digital version of the New York Times every day, though he points out it has a liberal bias because so many of its articles bash Trump.
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