Glenn Doty notes that climate change will have benefits for some: It depends on whether you live near the beach. Rising oceans won’t affect Canada much at all… but the arctic ice cap melting has opened up the Northwest passage …
Category: Renewables – Science
Viewpoints on Global Climate Change
When I do radio or television interviews, it’s very common for me to be asked about “my opinion” on global climate change. The article linked above captures the heart of my response. I.e., I really don’t know how to have …
Tagged with: global climate change, global warming, opinion on global climate change, quarks, supernovae
Alarming Reports on Climate Change — But What Should We Do?
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 …
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Concepts for Perpetual Motion Machines Won’t Go Away
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,” …
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The Climate Change “Debate”
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 …
Discussion on Global Climate Change
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 …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Renewable Energy — Summer Ops
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 …
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Energy Policy: Dealing with the Facts As They Really Are
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 …
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97% of Climate Scientists: Human Activity Is Causing Global Climate Change
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 …
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When Should We Address the Threat of Global Warming?
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. …
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