Sunday, 24 January 2010 20:10

You see it time and time again. Stories about climate change are always overwhelmed by deniers about ten to one. If nothing else, they are organized. One is tempted to tell them, "Fine. Keep on polluting and using fossil fuels and don't worry. We can't do anything about it any way. PS, I hope you don't own sea shore property that disappears because of climate change. Yes, it's all Al Gore's fault because he is becoming a billionaire on his movie, An Inconvenient Truth...

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Saturday, 23 January 2010 22:40

The journal Nature, in it's recent issue, tells us that air pollution from Asia is showing up over the western states in the skies over California, Oregon and Washington. It comes as no surprise and it has likely been going on for a long time...

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Thursday, 21 January 2010 20:26

Today's Article from the New York Times, written by Matthew L Wald, makes the statement that wind energy can replace coal and natural gas for 20 to 30 percent of our electric power needs in the eastern two-thirds of the United States by 2024. He throws in the caveat, however, that it will be expensive. He says we will have to build a new power grid. Guess what, Mr. Wald, we need to rebuild the decrepit old power grid anyway, regardless of what fuel we use. Yes, we will have to battle tooth and nail the deniers and NIMBYs every step of the way, but it has to be done. Mr. Wald, you are no Thomas Friedman...

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