Anthony Zee: Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell
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Škoda is not just a carmaker; it is producing happy drivers. And you may
see that even the engines in the factory are having a great time.
In the same way,...
ReneSola Obtains JET Certification for Japan Market
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[image: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnc/20080506/CNTU030]TOKYO, May 22,
2013 /PRNewswire/ -- ReneSola Ltd ("ReneSola" or the "Company") (NYSE:
SOL), a ...
Utica Shale Gas for Export as LNG
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Tennessee Gas Pipeline plans to build a pipeline from the Utica Shale play
in Ohio to an LNG export facility in Louisiana.
Sea Turtles Benefiting From Protected Areas
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[image: sea turtle] [image: sea turtle] Nesting green sea turtles are
benefiting from marine protected areas by using habitats found within their
boundar...
Early vote points to close race as L.A. picks mayor
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[image: File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los
Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles,
left, and ...
The ABC's newest employee
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Julia Gillard's $10 million pre-election gift to the ABC has borne fruit in
the appointment of *Age* veteran Russell Skelton, a man of strong opinions,
t...
Oklahoma tornado was strongest category: official
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Washington (AFP) May 21, 2013
The massive tornado that cut a wide and deadly swath through a suburban
Oklahoma City town was a top category EF5 system with...
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*Viscount Ridley: Earth To Met Office: Check Your Climate Facts*
*The latest science suggests that our policy on global warming is
hopelessly misguided...
Tornado and Severe Thunderstorms Strike Oklahoma
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[image: Satellite imagery of the supercell that brought tornadoes to
Oklahoma. Credit: NASA]Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - A
supercell th...
Climate change and wildfire
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Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire.
Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States
under a chang...
10% of UK wildlife 'endangered'
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A "stocktake" of UK nature suggests 60% of animal and plant species have
declined in the past 50 years - and one in 10 could end up disappearing.
Oklahoma tornado: Energy dodges a bullet
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A devastating Oklahoma tornado left a trail of destruction Monday. How and
why did the state's vast oil and gas infrastructure emerge seemingly
unscathed...
Links
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Is Climate Change to Blame for the Oklahoma Tornado? | Mother Jones
The six least active and four most active tornado seasons have been felt
over the past ...
Why MOOCs fail
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Thoreau at High Clearing has been going on for some time about MOOCs and
why he thinks they are a failing fad. He proposes a new buzzword,
Hight-Touch Eng...
Immigration Bill Heads to Senate Floor
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Judiciary Committee passes behemoth bill 13-5 after working through
hundreds of amendments; opponents say fight is not over.
Dog and man: a 30,000 year friendship
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To the left is a figure which illustrates the phylogenetic inferences from
a new paper in Nature Communications, The genomics of selection in dogs and
the ...
Power of Moore tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Everything had to come together just perfectly to create
the killer tornado in Moore, Okla.: wind speed, moisture in the air,
temperatur...
How Apple Avoids Taxes Through R&D Spending
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In Washington, CEO Tim Cook defended Apple’s R&D cost sharing arrangements.
Apple CEO Tim Cook came under fire in Washington today at a U.S. Senate
heari...
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Sensitivity and consensus; theory and practice
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So Cook et al1 confirms that there really is a consensus in climate
science: 97% of the peer-reviewed literature over the last 20 years
supports the fact t...
Lateral thinking
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The Institute of Directors has issued a report on shale gas, saying that it
could create tens of thousands of jobs in areas that desperately need them.
S...
Are Green CEOs leaving the pack behind?
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[image: Are Green CEOs leaving the pack behind?]
Major new study from Accenture and the UN Global Compact suggests gap
between green multinationals and t...
Are Obama's Policies To The Left Of Communist China?
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*Free Market:* The government has decided that less intervention on its
part will be better for economic growth. Is this a new initiative coming
out of Was...
The Oaklahoma Tornado – May 2013 – some thoughts
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The devastating tornado that occurred during the 21st of May 2013 presented
some interesting observations from a scientific stance. 1. There was no
light...
Arctic Ocean Rapidly Acidifying
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After three years of ongoing research by an international team of
scientists, a study commissioned by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment
Programme for ...
[jules' pics] The world from the air
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[image: rainy airport] Been seeing far too many aeroplane views recently,
but even supposedly dull countries can look quite interesting from the air. [image...
Secrets for Turning Any Sweet Dessert Vegan
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By Jennifer Chen | VegNews.com The old stereotype of vegan baked goods
tasting like shredded wheat squares has been replaced with vegan cupcakes
dominati...
Center for American Progress Donor List Exposed
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Via — wait for it — *The Nation*:
The Center for American Progress, Washington’s leading liberal think tank,
has been a big backer of the Energy Departme...
If Only Women Ran The World….
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*My persuasion can build a nation*[image: pink earth]
* Endless power*
* With our love we can devour*
* You’ll do anything for me*
-Beyonce, “Run the Worl...
Engineers devise new way to produce clean hydrogen
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Engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which
could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their
environm...
Climate change and wildfire
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Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire.
Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States
under a chang...
Climate change and wildfire
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Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire.
Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States
under a chang...
Climate change and wildfire
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Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire.
Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States
under a chang...
Climate change and wildfire
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Concerns continue to grow about the effects of climate change on fire.
Wildfires are expected to increase 50 percent across the United States
under a chang...
Resisting the Tide of Secularism
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Forces antagonistic to religion dominate our courtrooms, our classrooms,
and that most potent platform of public influence, the entertainment
industry. Str...
ExxonMobil’s Tentative Algae Biofuel Adventure
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ExxonMobil has been quietly researching algae biofuel in partnership with
California-based Synthetic Genomics Inc. for the past four years, and it
just ann...
Bias Author Survey: Pro AGW
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In Cook et al (2013) “Quantifying the consensus on anthropogenic global
warming in the scientific literature”, the ‘author self ratings’ is
presented as co...
China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016
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The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost
after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to
set a c...
Green lawyers rake in taxpayer dollars
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Suing Uncle Sam can often be a difficult and costly endeavor – difficult,
that is, unless you happen to be an environmental policy organization
staffed wit...
Climate change will mean more heat deaths
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The sea level near New York City was about 10 inches higher in 2012 than in
1900, which compounded the effects of Superstorm Sandy, said J. Marshall
Shephe...
Matt Ridley has joined the real climate debate
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A trenchant response by Myles Allen to his study, now being cited by
gung-ho denialists everywhere. From the Environment blog in the Guardian
(UK): It isn'...
Mother Nature's Message to Mankind
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By Alan Caruba
After a tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma in 1999, people returned and
rebuilt their homes and other structures destroyed by it.
Man...
Case studies of NERC-funded PhD students
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A new set of case studies shows that NERC-funded PhD studentships have a
big impact on society, providing highly skilled people to work in industry,
busine...
Answers
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So all you skeptics want answers to how much warming we should expect from
adding CO2 to the atmosphere? An interesting new study has been released
which...
Oklahoma devastated by second round of twisters.
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A powerful tornado roared through Moore, Okla., and south Oklahoma City
Monday, killing at least 51 people and leaving rescue workers frantically
searching...
Oklahoma devastated by second round of twisters.
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A powerful tornado roared through Moore, Okla., and south Oklahoma City
Monday, killing at least 51 people and leaving rescue workers frantically
searching...
Recent Press Releases
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Press releases e-mailed to this blog tell a strange tale.
Read the rest here.
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What Role Does Climate Change Play in Tornadoes?
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Yahoo! News - *Found 4 hours ago*
Scientific American corresponded with climate scientist Kevin Trenberth of
the National Center for Atmospheric Research i...
WATCH: Cat Says 'Al Gore'
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That's it, really. Just a cat saying Al Gore. But that's enough, surely?
It's not? OK, then. How about this classic: Happy now? (Phoenix the...
Climate Extreme Prediction
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It seems that there is always another opinion on how the climate is or will
be changing. A new study led by Oxford University concludes that the latest
obs...
The Dollar - and the USA - is Toast
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Web Commentary - *Found 16 hours ago*
Bio: Christopher Monckton (Viscount Monckton of Brenchley) - Topic
category: Fiscal Policy/Unsustainable Debt/Deficit...
No sex talk, please, we’re students
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The latest diktat from the Obama administration bizarrely treats students'
sexual come-ons and flirting as sexual harassment.
Keystone Lobby Works on Democrats to Win Obama
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(Houston Chronicle)
Canadian energy producers lobbying for U.S. approval of the Keystone XL
pipeline are targeting undecided Democratic lawmakers in Wa...
Big Green Helps Big Wind Hide Bird and Bat Butchery
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Why do taxpayers have to subsidize this? Why do environmentalists give it a
free pass? By Ron Arnold It uses tons of fossil fuels every day, emits a
greenh...
Top Stories of the Week
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New study finds that the climate crisis is critically endangering the
habitat of 57% of plant species and 34% of animals. The good news? We can
prevent thi...
Global warming? Not so fast - Daily Caller
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Daily Caller
*Global warming? Not so fast*
*Daily Caller*
*Richard Lindzen* gives a range of 0.6 to 1.0 C (Asia-Pacific Journal of
Atmospheric Sciences, 20...
Speaking of ways around net censorship…
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A bit of muse about what Pirate Bay is doing to keep their bits flowing
despite extraordinary pressures on them. Continue reading →
ARCTIC ICE HIGHEST SINCE 2002
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This report is yet further proof that the world, or even the Arctic is
currently refusing to conform to the alarmist view of catastrophic climate
change. R...
Global warming? Not so fast
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Cato Institute climate scholar Patrick Michaels gave a partial list of
studies that have been lower than the UN estimates: Richard Lindzen gives a
range of...
GM is lagging in the race to end hunger
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It's often presented as a choice: embrace genetic modification, or deny the
world the improved varieties needed to feed a growing population. But it is
inc...
Painting wanting rebuttal
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At The Daily Blog on May 15, 2013, at 8:13 pm, while discussing The
irrelevance of the rabid right, by Gareth Renowden, I asked a question.
What is the evi...
Heat-related deaths in Manhattan projected to rise
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Residents of Manhattan will not just sweat harder from rising temperatures
in the future, says a new study; many may die. Researchers say deaths
linked to ...
The Consensus Project
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A lot of hard work went into it, no doubt. The mountain has laboured and
brought forth a mouse. Many venues have already written about the Cook et
al Conse...
BH Symposium line-up 'best in Australia'
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ABC Online - *Found May. 19, 2013*
She will appear via video link and immediately following her appearance,
Professor Ian Plimer will chair a session with ...
Energy budget constraints on climate response
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Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/ngeo1836
Authors: Alexander Otto, Friederike E. L. Otto, Olivier Boucher, John
Church, Gabi Hegerl, ...
Who's Paying the Price for Global Warming?
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Climate change is already melting the Arctic, queering weather and
threatening food supplies. So who's paying the price for all these global
warming impa...
Bike to Work day a way of life for many
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Centre Daily Times - *Found May. 17, 2013*
And Richard Alley, an Evan Pugh professor at Penn State, is practicing what
he preaches, as he is working on wri...
Green Junk – In praise of waste
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This post has two purposes. First, for those who don’t follow my Twitter
feed (hey, why don’t you?), I’d like to highlight some terrific work from
Geoff Ru...
Quickies
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Lots going on in the blogosphere, little of which I'll really take up in
favor of mentioning that I'll be visiting Charlotte, NC next week. Any of
you in ...
Record cold continues in Interior Alaska
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Record cold continues in Interior Alaska http://www.newsminer.com May 15,
2013 FAIRBANKS — More cold temperature records fell at several locations
around t...
Wireless Maintenance Robots Ascend Wind Turbines
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With a 13.1 inch tall mid-sized model, Helical Robotics’s HR-MP series
robots can scale immense wind turbines to inspect them for damage. Unlike
the simi...
Energy balance and the oceans
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Climate forcing relies on an imbalance between incoming solar energy and
outgoing IR energy at the TOA (top of atmosphere). The CERES instruments
monitor ...
The World is Not Running Out of Oil - But Europe Is
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The upshot of Europe's incoherent energy strategy is closing in...as my
article published at *Energy Tribune* (US) and *The Commentator* (UK)
reveals. He...
Snow in UK and downunder on 15th of May
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I am sure this is not rare – the BBC reports – Snow and winds of 65mph hit
Devon and Cornwall. While our TV news last night carried video of snow in
the NS...
Automobile The Next Cigarette
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A recent report on the IEEE website claims that the car of the future is
not a hybrid, electric or even hydrogen powered vehicle. In fact, it is no
car a...
Legals (5-15-13)
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Dahlonega Nugget - *Found May. 15, 2013*
... the power of sale contained in a Deed to Secure Debt dated 15th day of
March 5, 2011 from RANDY JOHN CHRISTY t...
CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend
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Khaleej Times - *Found May. 15, 2013*
... that has inadvertently chosen the double-black diamond run without
having learned to ski first,’ NASA climate sci...
Widespread heavy rain on its way
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After a prolonged period of below average rainfall, two weather systems in
the next 5 days could bring a month's worth of rain to some areas.
CO2, a Boon to Plant Life
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Carbon dioxide benefits plants and makes fruits, vegetables, and food crops
grow better. But EPA banned CO2 as a pollutant. The cover-up about the
benefi...
My Smelly Garden Adventure
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Sometimes mistakes can be very entertaining. While trying to save money, I
ordered a small load of composted mushroom manure for my garden. Read on to
fi...
ROBERT S. KALO
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KALO ROBERT S. KALO, age 57 of Russell Twp. Beloved companion and partner
of Joan Nemeth; loving father of John (Christy) Kalo; Alex (Josh) Pease and
Nikki...
Papers on tropopause height
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This is a list of papers on tropopause height. The list is not complete,
and will most likely be updated in future in order to make it more thorough
and mo...
Cooler April another challenge for warming alarmists
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After spiking in January, temperatures in April were again well below the
2007 average that is Scott Armstrong’s forecast. (See the updated chart to
the ri...
De Groene Rekenkamer - oude wijn in nieuwe zakken
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De Groene Rekenkamer is een organisatie die zichzelf onterecht een
onafhankelijke kritische auditor van ecologisch getinte onderwerpen noemt,
maar in reali...
Blog Break
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This blog is going to go silent for the summer, as I turn my attention to
completing the 2nd edition of *The Honest Broker*.
I'll keep up my blogging at ...
Local politics: a question of democracy
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[image: Mail 028-pag.jpg]
With a nice sense of timing, the *Mail* has commissioned Robin Page to
write a rollicking piece about local government and the l...
Talking about consumption
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If our carbon emissions are falling, it means we’re on the right track,
right? And we’ve done it without needing to drastically change our
economics (or ev...
Lord Monckton wades into shoreline debate
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An international climate change sceptic told Kapiti residents he would
supply science experts to support them in court over the Kapiti Coast
District Counc...
Investigators seek trigger for Texas blast
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A huge cloud of ammonia vented from the fertiliser plant in West, Texas, is
one theory for what caused last week's fatal explosion
Boston
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Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco. I left mine in Boston. I
lived there nigh on 30 years, most of my adult life. The first day I got
there, I to...
ClimateRealists.com Site Announcement
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*Dear Climate Realists
It is with regret that due to recent changes in my personal life I will not
have the time available to update th...
I've been unfair on Hydrogen
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In *Sustainable Energy - without the hot air* I spent a couple of pages
discussing hydrogen transportation, under the title "Hydrogen cars – blimp
your rid...
A “Planetary Boundaries” Straw-Man
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Update: I work at the Stockholm Resilience Centre, headed by Johan
Rockström and Carl Folke. The opinions reflected here are my own, and not
the organizat...
Computer simulations said “Yes,” Reality said “No”
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Energy is the lifeblood of civilization – the more the better. One of the
great hopes for the last 50 years has been clean energy from fusion, and
many ver...
Professional Background of Dr. Matania Ginosar
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Matania Ginosar is an Environmental Scientist & Electrical Engineer. His
experience and education have been result-oriented, practical, and
hands-on, cre...
Notable Quotes
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*"If we have not passed it already, we are on the threshold of global
observations becoming incompatible with the consensus theory of climate
change...
...
Global Warming Proof: Expansion of Antarctic sea ice
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Expanding ice ‘may keep Antarctic cool’ News.com.au April 01, 2013 GLOBAL
warming has led to more sea ice near Antarctica – a situation that
scientists say...
ESSAY: The Green Liberty Party
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The "Earth is dying if we let it. Without ecology there can be no economy. Stop burning and cutting, work less and live more. Live free and green, or die" Po...
Record Global Warming in UK
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Yes, I said record global warming in UK. As we know from what many corrupt
scientists who have been trying to CYA lately, all this snow is the result
of gl...
Enter, Blinky, Radioactive Fish
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http://rt.com/news/radiation-fish-fukushima-japan-385/ “17 March 2013 :
Record radiation found in fish near Fukushima nuclear plant” Life imitating
art moc...
Errors Matter #3: Preisendorfer’s Rule N
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In the last two days, I’ve argued that it’s insufficient for Mann et al. to
merely “get” a hockey stick shape some other way, but that they have to
show th...