As much as this sounds like pure fantasy right now, I suspect it’s all but inevitable. Too many people are looking too hard at the problem — somebody is going to crack it sooner or later, and likely sooner. I also suspect that the consequences listed in the article are only the tip of the [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Global Warming category.
“Earth may be headed into a mini Ice Age within a decade”
As far as I’ve been able to tell, most climate scientists — the honest ones — seem to agree that global warming should be happening, according to the data they have. They also agree that it isn’t, that the evidence just doesn’t support their models (i.e. their best educated guesses) of what the temperatures should [...]
“New Shock Wave Engines Have the Potential to Triple Fuel Efficiency in Hybrid Vehicles”
Really interesting things going on in vehicular fuel efficiency research. I wonder if our ’96 Corolla will last until these are commonly available?
“All CO2-spewing kit now in existence is OK for the planet”
My 1996 Corolla is apparently okay. I just need to keep running it for the next fifteen years.
“‘Is this science, or literature?’”
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you probably know my stance on global warming. Or rather, my former stance: I wasn’t precisely a skeptic, but I wasn’t convinced, because the evidence that was being put forth smelled fishier than a tuna trawler. As it turns out, my doubts were well-founded, but wrong. [...]
“The Case for Keeping a Clunker”
It seems that I have a good excuse for keeping my ’96 Corolla on the road — I’m not being cheap, I’m being green!
“Minnesota levies world’s first carbon tariff…against North Dakota”
It’ll be interesting to see how this fight turns out. And important as well. If North Dakota wins, it’ll put a damper on any attempts to use carbon tariffs. (Yes, it does “unfairly” give renewable energy an advantage over coal powered energy — that’s the whole point to it. But if I read the law [...]
“Climategate: Why it matters”
As I’ve long suspected, the scientists sounding the Global Warning alarm have been playing fast and loose with the data. Deliberately. I understand some of the reasons for it: if they had told the truth, intelligent people would have dismissed the problem, quite reasonably demanding more information before taking the problem seriously. And by the [...]
“Media ‘re-open’ North Eastern Passage”
When “if it bleeds, it leads” falls flat, this is the kind of sensationalist reporting that you get. It’s a good thing that we aren’t paying for content, I’d hate to actually pay for this kind of drivel.
“Thermageddon? Postponed!”
I only know enough about climate science to know that there’s a whole lot we don’t yet know about it. This article just confirms that view.