Apparently, Al Gore lives large, and lugs with him a huge personal carbon footprint wherever he goes; we’ve been hearing about this more or less constantly since his 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” became a considerable box-office success. In fact, …
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Wind Is a Big Deal
The future of wind is big…in more ways than one. Yes, the cost of wind energy keeps coming down, causing ongoing excitement among developers and environmentalists. But the literal size of the turbines is increasing as well (10MW offshore turbines …
Environmentalists Get a Lot of the Science Right, But Not All
In general, those who call themselves environmentalists have some basic understanding of the science that underlies their cause. There are a few gigantic counter examples, however. We could start with the notion that we need to abolish natural gas fracking …
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Are Environmentalists Arrogant? Fanatical?
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: People should be entitled to express their opinions (humbly or otherwise), without being afraid of ridicule and abuse from arrogant eco-fanatics. Well, first, you may want to rethink your position that environmentalists are “arrogant eco-fanatics.” What’s …
Both Environmentalists and U.S. Presidents Need To Deal With Criticism
No one handles criticism with total aplomb, as much as we all would like to think we do. Of course, some of us have thinner skin than others. Here’s a video that makes fun of environmentalists, of which I was …
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Outlook: Bleak
It’s the birthday of Ray Bradbury, best remembered for his 1953 masterpiece “Fahrenheit 451,” who said,”I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.” Love it! What a brilliant human being. Can’t help but remind us of …
Trump on the Environment
While the chorus of anti-Trump sentiment is growing louder by the day, he remains very much in the public spotlight, perhaps only for the wonderment we all hold: what hateful, laughably erroneous, irresponsible thing is he going to say next? …
How Much Do We Care About Climate Disruption?
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, …
Environmentalism and the Future of Humankind
You and I have a great number of features in common, one of which is obvious: neither of us wants to die. But, though we try to keep the thought of death out of our immediate consciousness, in the back …
Eventually, Environmentalists Will Be Proven Right — Or Wrong
It’s the birthday of Geoffrey Chaucer, who gave us the rip-roaring stories comprising the Canterbury Tales. Though I read them all senior year in high school in a marvelous English course called “Chaucer and Cummings,” (taught by my favorite teacher …
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