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 …
Category: Renewables – Science
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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Tagged with: climate scientists, climatology, global climate change, global warming, Skeptical Science
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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What Sherlock Holmes Would Advise About Global Climate Change
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 …
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Energy Policy Should Be Based on Reason
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 …
The Asian Heritage Society: Fostering Interest in Science and Technology
Frequent commenter Len Novarro is part of a magnificent organization called BOOST (an acronym for Business, Organized global education and Opportunity in Science and Technology). Together with the Asian Heritage Society and Alliant International, the group informs, educates and mentors …
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Does Our Society Value Its Scientists?
Rogelio writes: I think that anybody contemplating a career in clean energy has always to take a look at the engineering and scientific aspects of the field to find a very demanding and yet rewarding career, why because we live …
Tagged with: alternative energy, clean energy, green energy, Renewable Energy, senior physicists, Wally Rippel
Video: The Migration to Renewable Energy
Here’s another episode of the television show “Our Ventura” in which host George Alger interviews me with respect to the adoption of renewable energy. I tried to answer as many questions as the 15-minute time-slot would allow. How far have …
