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August 15, 2006
Can you say 'dissonance'?
Check this link: http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=37637 GM, Beemer, and Daimler Chrysler plan to put a lot of money into hybrid research and development. So far, so good.
Scroll down the article and see into which models GM plans to introduce a hybrid option: the Tahoe and the Yukon in 2007(aren't those great names? Fill up your Yukon on oil wrenched from the Alaskan wilderness). And Daimler Chrysler plans on outfitting the Durango with a hybrid drive by 2008.
Hey! Dummies! What about something a little smaller?
Do they even think mega-SUV buyers would be interested?
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August 11, 2006
Each year it gets worse
You may recall my fretting about the Greenland and Antarctic ice caps. Scientists are surprised over the past couple of years that the ice is melting quite a bit faster than climate change modeling had lead them to predict.
Check this link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/10/AR2006081001557.html
The brush off by Myron Ebell at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (can you say 'rampant capitalism'?) is pretty droll. And the popular press's fixation on sea level rise misses the point, as far as I'm concerned.
That point is that climate change will be inhospitable to humans and the flora and fauna that share the globe with us, for many reasons. Some of them, we are probably seeing today: hot, dry conditions. A cooling Europe would be a real kick in the head ('Hey! I thought you said global warming!') Add population pressure and increasing demands for higher level foods by societies that are developing economically, and we have a major mess on our hands.
So I'm back to my adaptation mantra. Let's visualize as best we can what our part of the world is going to be like as climate change and liquid petroleum depletion progress, and do the best we can to prepare for those effects.
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August 04, 2006
A conversion! Praise the Lawd!
Robertson Converts
Conservative Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson is now a true believer of global warming. "We really need to address the burning of fossil fuels, stated Robertson on his 700 Club broadcast. "It is getting hotter, and the icecaps are melting and there is a buildup of carbon dioxide in the air."
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August 01, 2006
Impact of sea level rise in Mid Atlantic
I could also categorize this under 'Nature Wins' or 'Water Management'. Those readers of a certain age might recall one of Bill Cosby's earliest oral skits: Noah. The recurring punch line is, "How long can you tread water?"
Check this link from the Baltimore City Paper: http://www.citypaper.com/news/printready.asp?id=12022
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