Environmentalists here in the U.S. can find it difficult to appreciate humor that depicts an alarming truth: most Americans care very little about all this stuff. In surveys, about 70% say they are willing to pay extra for eco-friendly products, …
Tag: climate disruption
Some Weighty Organizations Believe Climate Disruption Is a Big Deal
I just got an email from an associate who attached a scanned copy of this article (here and here) on the Pentagon’s viewpoint on the national security threat posed by climate disruption; they seem especially concerned about the imminent shortages …
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Tactical Solutions Needed to Deal with Climate Disruption
Apparently, United States Secretary of State John Kerry said recently that the U.S. is considering making a major contribution to a fund that would help developing countries deal with both the causes and the effects of climate disruption. Money would …
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The Sixth Extinction and the Development of Cleantech
I had a good talk with my mother earlier today in which we discussed Elizabeth Kolbert’s The Sixth Extinction, a book that examines each of the five periods of geologic history when mass extinctions (large and rapid loss of plants …
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Investing in the Water Industry, Advanced Nuclear
As indicated here, Goldman Sachs is bullish on water, based on the fact that the obvious factors affecting supply and demand are already beginning to drive the price up. When you think about it, there are several factors conspiring to …
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John Oliver on Climate Disruption
IMO, John Oliver doesn’t get enough coverage of his terrifically insightful and hilariously funny commentary on life in the 21st Century. Here’s a four-minute-long excerpt from his recent piece on climate change, including this exchange: Newscaster: According to a recent poll, …
Climate Disruption, Climate Action
Want 63 seconds of inspiration to jumpstart your Monday morning? Here’s Morgan Freeman’s video on climate action. Note the tone of this masterpiece: it’s not about scaring the viewer, or calling out the bad guys, or placing blame on piggish …
People’s Climate March in New York City
The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa produced the loudest sound ever known. It could be heard 3000 miles away and it reverberated around the globe 7 times before diminishing. Pictured here is the relatively tiny eruption of the same volcano in …
2GreenEnergy Intern Poses Questions on Organic Food, Climate Disruption
A young lady who served one of our famous internships here at 2GreenEnergy (and did a fabulous job, btw) wrote me this morning, asking for answers to two questions: Hello Mr. Shields. I had a question for you that I …
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Climate Disruption, Renewable Energy, and Advanced Nuclear
Earlier in the week, we received the good news from our scientific community: following the ban of CFCs and other compounds in the late 20th Century, the ozone layer that protects our Earth from harmful UV rays has made remarkable …
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Tagged with: 27 gigatons of CO2 we're pumping into our atmosphere, advanced nuclear, climate disruption, combustion of fossil fuels, implementing solar and wind at a huge rate, molten salt reactors based on thorium, ozone layer that protects our Earth from harmful UV rays has made remarkable progress towards repairing itself
