In some long-ago post, I mentioned a climate-scientist’s throw-away line about Global Warming making the deserts greener, and a reader (C-Square?) took exception to it. I can’t find the conversation now, but for that reader, here’s the proof you asked for.
If this works as advertised, it could be the solution to all our power problems. I can’t see how or whether it could work (I don’t follow the bit that says “the fluid is then pumped into a graphite core to induce a reaction and generate heat,” given that the fuel is basically radioactive waste …
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This is why I say that we should make no drastic changes until the science results are final. (They’re not, yet — the conclusions there could still be reversed by fresh evidence.)
Article here. Posted without commentary, except this: :-p
Apparently the historical size of horses is inversely proportional to the temperature — in other words, when temperatures were hotter, the ancestors of modern horses were smaller, and vice versa. It makes sense, since smaller bodies are easier to cool. Unfortunately it’s also well-known that reptiles have just the opposite response, getting larger as temperatures …
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It’s so hard to find a good, credible, looming disaster to panic about, and then those pesky scientists keep destroying the few that we manage to find. Runaway global warming keeps getting kicked in the teeth by inconvenient facts. Nuclear power disasters persistently refuse to be anywhere near as disastrous as people hope. Scientific advancement …
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Sounds useful. Not quite as good as the oil-burping algae mentioned a few months ago, but it’s definitely a step in the right direction.
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 …
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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 …
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Really interesting things going on in vehicular fuel efficiency research. I wonder if our ’96 Corolla will last until these are commonly available?