"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
WSJ is reaming a UN report on global warming for being overly pessimistic, extrapolating from flaky data, and in general being deliberately and misleadingly hysterical about the coming effects of global warming. They have some valid points. The report does…
Finally got a good picture of myself for the About Page here, so here it is, taken at Fortynine Palms Oasis in Joshua Tree National Park on Saturday. Joshua Tree is the only place where two desert systems, the Mojave…
The world’s first hydrogen-powered street cleaner is undergoing an eighteen month trial in Basel. The makers estimate that even though the hydrogen will be manufactured from natural gas, it will still emit 40-percent less CO2 that a comparable diesel engine…
OxFam International has released a major study confirming that glacial shrinkage is deepening water conflicts in the Andes. Many of the conflicts are violent too. Climate change influences politics as growing populations compete for shrinking amounts of water. As an…
Soot, also known as black carbon, is the second-leading cause of global warming after carbon dioxide, and it’s totally preventable. We already have the technology to avoid producing it; it’s just a matter of using it. Soot is harmful to…