A reader sent me this piece on removing CO2 directly from the Earth’s atmosphere. I respond: I remain skeptical that ANY CONCEIVABLE technology can accomplish this feat. I can’t imagine how you run a gas (air) with concentration 0.04% CO2 …
Category: Climate Change
“Climate Optimism??” We Can Handle the Truth
Why on Earth would anyone want to ingest “climate optimism?” What’s the matter with the truth? The truth is that our oceans and atmosphere are warming, largely due to human activity, in particular, due to the release of greenhouse gases. …
Keeping Americans Distracted
I have a conversation with one friend or another on this subject about once per month. The question: how terrible do things have to become before “bread and circuses” no longer maintain the order of capitalism over some other system …
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Maintaining a Life-Supporting Planet
As suggested in the cartoon here, humankind is currently losing the battle to keep the Earth a healthy place to live. This is largely driven by the United States, the world’s largest economy, and our refusal to reduce carbon emissions. …
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How Farmers Are Using AI in Climate Change Adaptation
A reader sent me this wonderful article describing how farmers are adapting to climate change with the use of specialized software. While it isn’t solving the problem, it’s a great innovation to help cope.
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Letting Our Kids Learn about Climate Change
In certain of the 50 states, most notably Florida, all references to climate change (and evolution) have been removed from school text books. Below is a video on a nonprofit whose mission is to reinstate material that is “politically controversial …
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Looking at our World in the Scheme of Things
As the existentialists would say, We live in an icy cold universe that is completely indifferent to our wellbeing. The environmentalists add a new twist: The Earth isn’t going to disappear anytime in the next five billion years, but an …
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Uniting the People
This quote from Robert Oppenheimer is interesting. Obviously, there is no precedent in human history for anything resembling this. My best guess: regardless of the type of disaster, i.e., nuclear conflagration or environmental collapse, there will be plenty of survivors. …
Climate Change Has Huge Cost Implications
I heard a captivating radio interview today with journalist Victoria St. Martin reporting for Inside Climate News, who is covering the upshot of a “heat-dome” event in the summer of 2021 in the northern part of Oregon, a region of …
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Why Addressing Climate Change Is So Tough
There are several reasons that climate change is proving to be such a difficult challenge for our civilization to overcome. One of them is nationalism/tribalism. There are 200+ sovereign nations on this small blue planet, whose citizens feel very little …
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