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 …
Tag: Climate Change
Hillary Clinton Nails Presentation on Climate Change, Economic Benefits of a Cleantech Revolution
There are 4339 posts on this blog, and not a single one mentions Hillary Clinton; it’s time to rectify that. Is she an insincere politician? Obviously. But that doesn’t mean she’s off-base when it comes to climate change and the …
Wanted: “New and Unique Ideas” to Address World Energy Policy
According to the Writer’s Almanac: It was on this day in 1837 that Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a speech titled “The American Scholar” to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University. The speech was the first time he explained …
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Video Calls for Sustainable Approach To Energy
Here’s an eight-minute video called “Carbon” which summarizes nicely where our civilization finds itself vis-à-vis a sustainable use of energy, climate change, the oil companies, political corruption, etc. Very well done, IMO.
Tagged with: Carbon Movie, Climate Change, oil companies, political corruption, sustainable use of energy
Possible Explanation for Slowdown in Global Warming
According to a report published yesterday, scientists may have found the answer to the unpredicted slowing in the warming of global air temperatures. They had suspected that the heat was somehow winding up in the oceans, and it appears they …
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Climate Change and Our Discount Rate
Those of us who think about climate change often imagine ourselves in this scenario: we live long enough to experience some extremely severe effects of global warming, perhaps a rise in sea levels that has forced whole populations to abandon …
Ford Motor Company Will Soon Have Large Solar Carport
I can’t say enough about the people who work in entry-level positions at the iconic ad agency Ogilvy and Mather. They work hard, they’re fabulously bright, and they’re profoundly respectful. One in particular (whom I won’t identify) and I have …
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The Way To Get People Doing X Is Getting Scientists To Suggest Y
Frequent commenter and all-around cool guy Brian McGowan just sent me this post from EmmKay. Wow, that says it all, doesn’t it? Nice job to you both.
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Oliver Goavec: Europeans and Americans Have Different Perceptions on Climate Change — Part Three of Three
Europe and the U.S. have common points. Here are a few things to note: – In 2002, the Clear Skies and Global Climate Change law. The objectives were to cut emissions of sulfur dioxide by 73%, nitrogen oxide by 67%, …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Oliver Goavec: Europeans and Americans Have Different Perceptions on Climate Change — Part Two of Three
Decisions Made In the Past International agreements concerning climate change are complicated because a consensus must be found. Since the first summit in 1972, four more have been held. In 1982, for the second summit in Nairobi, dealing with the …
