Nicholas Goldberg Los Angeles Times Sept. 22, 2022 Why is the greatest threat to the planet of so little concern to most Americans? It’s shocking, frankly, that global warming ranks 24th on a list of 29 issues that voters say they’ll think about when deciding whom to vote for in November, according to the Yale […]
Month: October 2022
DROUGHTS AND FLOODING RAINS
Core of my heart, my country! Her pitiless blue sky, When, sick at heart, around us, We see the cattle die, But then the grey clouds gather, And we can bless again, The drumming of an army, The steady soaking rain. Excerpt from the poem My Country written by Dorothy Mackellar in 1904 when only […]
FOSSIL FUELS NOT THE MAIN CAUSE
United Press International, Aug. 17, 2000 — James Hansen chief scientist at NASA, considered to have been instrumental in sparking serious debate over global warming, suggested this week that emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels are not the main culprit in global warming, and that the world should now instead focus on […]
SOLAR AND WIND JUST BIT PLAYERS
Wind and Solar provide less than two per cent of the total energy demand, not just for electricity, but for the globe. The key takeaway: “Renewable” is not necessarily synonymous with “carbon-neutral.” Carrie Annand, executive director of trade body Biomass Power Association, asserts that biomass (wood) is both — so long as forests are consistently […]