Here’s a sarcastic conversation I’m having with a friend in Baltimore that I post for your amusement: Craig: Got some wicked storms back there! Friend: Brutal. Spent the weekend with the chainsaw, cutting up trees that fell in the road. …
Tag: global climate change
Humankind's Indifference To Long-Range Issues
Frequent commenter and old friend Arlene Allen writes: Long cycle events don’t get the attention of the vast majority of us humans. We’re too used to being able to mitigate a situation in real time. That’s precisely right. We’re not …
When Does the Future Begin for Renewable Energy?
Duke Brooks asks: Renewable/green energy without question is the future; the question is: When, exactly, does that future begin? Here are a few ways I would choose to frame this: The vast majority of our scientists tell us that climate …
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American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — Working to Repeal Environmental Regulation
When I wrote this piece yesterday by Inside Climate News’ Maria Gallucci, I had no idea that just a few hours later, a friend would send me this article by the same author, in which we can see how nasty …
When Politics Gets in the Way of Sane Energy Policy
I suppose I should have seen this coming, but the traditional energy industry, apparently starting to feel the heat, has recently ratcheted up the volume of its ongoing public relations efforts against the renewables industry. I had a wonderful conversation …
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Windfuels: A Practical Approach to the Climate Change Threat
2GreenEnergy supporter Dr. David Doty wrote to update me on his progress in raising the capital for his Windfuels project, and notes: In the meantime, keep doing what you’re doing – trying to increase public awareness of the need to …
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Future of Transportation Should Be "Driven" By Sustainability
At the risk of appearing immodest, I put together a terrific meeting this morning involving 2GreenEnergy’s transportation visionary Dan Sturges and some key industry players. I hung on every word, and really learned a lot. I noted after we had …
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Documentary "HOME" Tells the Story of Life on Earth
My wife and I watched a wonderful documentary called “HOME” last night, in which actress Glenn Close narrates a truly spectacular piece on the history of life on our mother planet. I’ve linked to the YouTube version, but I recommend …
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Is the Scientific Community Doing a Good Job On Climate Change?
Frequent commenter James Gover, author, speaker, and professor of electrical engineering at Kettering University writes: My suspicion is that most of the global warming experts don’t understand the full picture very well or one would step aside and write a …
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Climate Change Has Benefits, Too
Glenn Doty notes that climate change will have benefits for some: It depends on whether you live near the beach. Rising oceans won’t affect Canada much at all… but the arctic ice cap melting has opened up the Northwest passage …
