[UPDATED 03/27/08 — some additions and a few corrections] Of course, I’m talking specifically about “anthropogenic [human-caused] global warming” (AGW), the cause célèbre of the Environmental Left. Here’s the short answer: because I have a degree in computer science, I’ve done professional work in simulations and modeling, and I’ve had classes in numerical analysis (not […]
Here in Colorado, we’ve had on-going trials involving the Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front (ALF and ELF — how cute!), a group that practices domestic terrorism in support of their environmental goals. The coverage of the trial reads as though it were taken from the plotline for a mediocre contemporary novel or […]
Sometimes reality outshines The Onion: Dallas, Texas – Dellia Love is a vegan, a “raw vegan” to be precise. The word “vegan”, which is taken from from the first and last syllables of the word “vegetarian” is a form of vegetarianism but differs in that vegans eat no animal by-products whatsoever. So as a vegan, […]
[UPDATED 11/27/07: Here’s an article from the CNN/Money web site that is raising the same issue: given current supply and inventory levels, there’s not much justification for oil approaching $100/bbl.] No, I’m not talking about whether or not the Peak Oil phenomenon exists, even though the Wall Street Journal seems to have jumped on the […]
I will confess I am a lucky man. I was fortunate enough to marry a woman who is in many ways as nerdy as I am, which makes so many aspects of a technical life a lot easier. Thanks to her, we now know of LiveScience.com’s top 10 ways to destroy the Earth! 10. Total […]
Our house faces Pikes Peak, some 50 miles to the south, so I can personally attest as to the significant amount of snow on it as we approach June. But here’s the article: Last May, Teresa Taylor was watching climbers pad up to the summit of Pikes Peak in shorts and sneakers. This year, she’s […]
Of course, I blame Bush: As seen in Figure 1, Neptune has been getting brighter since around 1980; furthermore, infrared measurements of the planet since 1980 show that the planet has been warming steadily from 1980 to 2004. As they say on Neptune, global warming has become an inconvenient truth. But with no one to […]
Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Global Warming Global warming – one of the great questions of the year, and maybe of our generation. The press is giving the topic a wide amount of coverage, and most of the headlines are grabbed by modern day prophets of doom. People proclaiming to be […]
Today’s Washington Post has an article about the resignation of Lawrence Small from his post as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The following paragraph (on page 2 of the story) caught my eye: Small has also received $1.15 million in housing allowances over a six-year period in return for agreeing to use his 6,500-square-foot home […]
