'Climate Change' Category
Human Caused Climate Change Using Stone Spears
According to this interview with Dr. Felisa Smith on Quirks and Quarks, 13,000 years ago when humans arrived in the Americas their hunting dramatically reduced the population of the megafauna rendering many of them extinct, including the Mammoths and Mastodons. They where able to do this because these species had no exposure to humans and […]
In Praise of Petrochemicals
While watching people sell their greenwashed wares on Earth Day I noticed one of the most commonly touted features was that materials where “natural” instead of “chemical”. What that really means that they where products of the agricultural industry instead of the petroleum industry. Is that really better? The petroleum industry gets a bad rap […]
Should Addressing Poverty Come Before or After Climate Change?
I watched the recording of the Munk debate on climate change. The debate ended up being centred on “The World Should Deal With Climate Change and Third World Poverty” verses “The World Should Deal With Third World Poverty and Climate Change”. There was very little discussion about whether humans where causing climate change as only […]
Alberta should stop whining that greenhouse gas reductions are unfair
People from Alberta having been complaining they will be unfairly burdened by reducing our use of fossil fuels to help stop climate change. They should stop complaining and get on with reducing their carbon emissions. The sooner they get started, the easier it will be on them. I have two reasons for this. First, life […]
Carbon Tax: an Epic Defense
To prevent run-away climate change it will likely require an 80 to 90 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This large reduction will require virtually all consumption of fossil fuels be either replaced with a different energy source or eliminated. Mere energy efficiency will not be enough. Most people agree to achieve this […]