Consider today’s report from the United Nations to the effect that we are doing a terrible job with respect to sustainability and that we’re nearing the “tipping point” re: global climate change. Add to it this bundle of joy on …
Alarming Reports on Climate Change — But What Should We Do? Read More »
I make periodic references to all the perpetual motion machines to which people from all over the globe introduce to me at the rate of at least once a month. Because of the stigma attached to the term “perpetual motion,” …
Concepts for Perpetual Motion Machines Won’t Go Away Read More »
Those interested in climate change, and how the U.S. has become the only major country whose people seriously entertain a debate on the legitimacy of the subject, will want to read this piece by Bill McKibben; the article provides a great …
Dale writes: Craig, you are proceeding from a liberal fallacy that only the uneducated doubt catastrophic climate change. I have BS in meteorology and an MS in environmental engineering, for the last 30 years I have been a practicing environmental …
Summer has arrived and it is time to change how I use energy around the house. First order of business was to disconnect the solar air heater from the house and remove the interface from the window in the computer …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Renewable Energy — Summer Ops Read More »
I just read the Garrison Keillor’s Writer’s Almanac and noted that it’s the birthday of May Swenson, an author of the 20th Century who once wrote to a friend, “Not to need illusion—to dare to see and say how things really …
Energy Policy: Dealing with the Facts As They Really Are Read More »
I often quote that 97% of climate scientists accept the theory that human activity is causing global climate change, but I don’t believe I’ve ever linked to articles that support that statistic. For anyone who may be interested, please see …
97% of Climate Scientists: Human Activity Is Causing Global Climate Change Read More »
Theresa S. wrote in about global warming doom and gloom Sci-Fi novel “The End of the Dream,” and mentioned that her favorite line is: “Can you really afford to be wrong?” Hi, Theresa; thanks for writing. Yes, that’s it exactly. …
When Should We Address the Threat of Global Warming? Read More »
In listening to The Writer’s Almanac this morning, I learned that it’s the birthday of Arthur Conan Doyle, who gave us the character Sherlock Holmes, and thrust the power of deductive reasoning onto the world stage a century ago. Holmes …
What Sherlock Holmes Would Advise About Global Climate Change Read More »
Perhaps the greatest single threat facing mankind today is our failure to apply reason to effect solutions. In fact, we appear to openly defy and ridicule the findings of our scientific community, writing them off as so many liars and …
