I’ve been having good luck recently in meeting strangers at social events with super-relevant backgrounds and interests. Sunday night’s wine-tasting event with friends was another terrific example. I sat next to Bill Klipstein, Ph.D. in physics, who heads a team …
Tag: Climate Change
Energy from Coal Is Not Going Away
I know I have a tendency to carp about dozens of issues: Chevron in Ecuador, the lack of an energy policy in the U.S., certain senators who don’t know the difference between methane and carbon dioxide—and others who use certain …
Tagged with: Chevron Corporation, Climate Change, climate change mitigation, energy policy, Middle Ages
Renewable Energy, Climate Change, and Right-Wing Radio
I did a radio show yesterday on an ultra-right-wing talk program whose host wanted to explore the issues of new energy, climate change, etc. The guy, a gentleman by the name of Charles Heller, did a really good job, but …
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Climate Change Winners and Losers – Where Do Wine-Makers Sit?
As I’m sure readers here have observed, my opinions on climate change are taken directly and exclusively from the 97+% of mainstream climate scientists, some of whom I know personally, that tell us two things: • anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is …
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Desertification and Climate Change – Affecting People in Over 110 Countries
In the course of a phone conversation I had yesterday with a young man looking for advice about a career in renewable energy, he happened to mention this Ted Talk, about a fascinating idea to stem desertification in Africa. The …
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What Will Happen If the Fossil Fuel Industry Ignores Climate Change Pressures?
Here’s news of a current study that suggests that, if it ignores climate change pressures, the fossil fuel industry will suffer a level of public relations so damaging that it will have a crippling financial effect. From your lips to …
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How Certain Are We About Climate Change? How Certain Do We Need To Be?
Here’s a good discussion on the level of certainty (95%) that the scientific community has on the existence of anthropogenic climate change. Even the chief scientist at the Cato Institute (whose spokesperson I interviewed for “Renewable Energy – Following the …
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Moral Philosophy and Climate Change
For readers who enjoy high-level discussions on the topic of sustainability, I heartily recommend the video linked above. Dr. James Boyce, the director of the Program on Development, Peace Building, and the Environment at the Political Economy Research Institute, and …
2GreenEnergy on "Issues Today" (Radio Show)
Here’s a podcast of about 10 minutes in length; it’s an interview in which Bob Gourley of “Issues Today” interviews me. I try to do as many of these as possible to promote my new book: Renewable Energy – Following …
A Few Effects of Climate Change Are Good (Though I Don't Think the Polar Bear Pictured Here In the Arctic Ocean Is Too Keen on Hearing About Them)
Although the overall consequences of climate change are terrible (desertification, sea level rise, floods, storms, wildfires, more disease-carrying insects, loss of biodiversity, etc.), there are some accidental consequences that are positive, e.g., lower heating fuel bills in certain parts of …
