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denial:global warming=creation:evolution?

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to re-enact the famous Scopes Monkey Trial when the forces of faith and creationism tried to bar the teaching of Darwinian evolution to impressionable school children. Only this time it would global warming theory on trial. Is this just another round in...

Tags: Climate Change, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Recycling apathy doesn't bode well for green tech habits

Recycling apathy doesn't bode well for green tech habitsWindows contributes to global climate changeWhy should anyone feel defensive about "being cheap?"America and Americans are in debt to the eyeballs and have no savings because we spend the money as fast as we get it and then we borrow so we...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, computer hardware, GNU/Linux, fossil fuel, hardware, Microsoft Windows, global climate change, greenhouse gas, climate change, green technology

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

A matter of degree

If you have any doubts that some folks are rushing to get in position to get rich off climate change and high energy prices, I gotta bridge I'll sell ya.Perhaps no finer proof of the gold rush around energy: a new university training program in "carbon management." The University...

Tags: global warming, fossil fuel, energy, climate change, Blogroll, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-31

"Car piece, electricity piece" & what will Nancy do?

House Speaker Nancy Peloci (D-CA) is facing some crucial decisons on proposed changes in American energy laws. Her hometown newspaper says the Speaker hasn't said what she'll do about either tougher mileage standards for cars, or about forcing renewable energy for generating more of the nation's electricity. Currently,...

Tags: renewable energy, global warming, fossil fuel, federal government, energy, climate change, cars &, traffic, Blogroll

Blog posts 2007-07-30

Hard cheese for hard coal

They may stop mining hard coal in Germany. The energy source that literally fueled Germany's manufacturing in the 19th and 20th Centuries will no longer come from German mines in the Ruhr Valley. The Washington Post article today points out how heavily the German underground coal mines have...

Tags: renewable energy, nuclear power, global warming, fossil fuel, energy, climate change, Blogroll, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-29

Good news for the future

Airplanes are a cursed blessing. They make travel over long distances possible in less time than anybody could have imagined 120 years ago. A week to take a steamer from New York to Liverpool. Sound like fun?But the curse comes with all that crud jets spew into...

Tags: research, green tech, global warming, fossil fuel, federal government, energy, climate change, Blogroll, aviation &, aeronautics, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Finding fault in Japan

The July 16th earthquake that hit Japan's Niigata prefecture has left the country shaken: sesimically, politically, economically. There are elections for the nation's upper house on July 29.The elections could be affected by public anger and fear after the quake badly damaged the world's largest nuclear power plant, measured...

Tags: nuclear power, green tech, global warming, fossil fuel, energy, climate change, air pollution

Blog posts 2007-07-25

Additional Resources

Kerry-Boxer bill battle set for Tuesday

That is just the bipartisanship ........ President Obama campaigned on. Not!!!Harry leaves and we're all better offWhy don't you go somewhere else to blow off all this hot air and perhaps the U.S. emissions will be cut in half? :-)Harry's blogs: e-pollution on this IT tech site.ntLeveling the playing field...The...

Tags: Blogging, Arctic

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

The earth: it's always blowing hot and cold

One of the frequent comments I hear from informed folk who've gone to the trouble to look at what we know about past climate cycles on earth: the hot and then the ice age, they come and go. That's true. Here's what I replied to one such reasonable...

Tags: Earth, Pollution, Ozone, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...

Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future

Forget renewable energy, apparently the battle for supremacy in your energy future is between Big Coal and Natural Gas. Be aware, the math indicates coal has more Senate votes that natural gas. The energy bill that passed the House earlier this year does not taste good to the...

Tags: Coal, U.S. Senate, Natural Gas, Fossil Fuel, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-08

U.N.'s Ban Ki-moon warns of 'abyss" and 'widespread disaster'

Those are some of the words from the U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, speaking in Geneva this morning. He was at a World Climate Conference, having just paid a personal visit to to the Arctic where melt is happenin'. Ban says the Arctuic is warming faster than anywhere else...

Tags: Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-03

Small signs of a health care deal forming

what deal?The New York Times is the least reliable source of information.If you want signs of a deal in the making just watch the conservatives talk shows: O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, etc as real Americans do.They would tell us if there are any talks about it. RE: Small signs of a...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nissan Leaf, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Global wind day

As the planet warms and we attempt to harness more energy from sources other fossil fuel, there's some caution needed. Climate change is also diminishing the wind supply in some parts of America. Iowa State's Gene Tackle is co-author of study that shows declining winds in parts of...

Tags: American Wind Energy Association, Iowa State, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-06-15

Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?

One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...

Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?

Car makers now LIKE higher emission standards?US Manufacturing is overThe USA is now officially an importer of everything. If it is not made in CHINA, assembled in CHINA, or have CHINA origins I don't think people would know how to react.Just wait till the ripple effect the hundreds of thousands...

Tags: Government, Manufacturing, emission standard, car, automobile company, Obama, job

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Plug-in cars? Not so easy does it...

Plug-in cars? Not so easy does it...It's OK to be a contrarianIt's OK to be a contrarian and say this is all bunk, but please present some evidence and cite some references when you do so.It's a waste of our time to be told things like [i]"scientists had a...

Tags: car, hybrid, Plug-in car, plug-in, fuel cost

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Politics of climate change overhwelming the science?

As it looks more and more like the U.S. government might actually take action to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, the proponents and opponents of any action are getting more strident. The politics are getting more brutal. President Obama is hosting a conference on global warming...

Tags: Spain, Wind Farm, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-28

Where's American energy policy headed?

I blogged some about the apparent content of the "stimulus" spending bill. There's money in it for a number of energy-related matters from insulation to better battery tech. Now comes some clarification on policy intentions from one of the Obadmin execs on what he sees as...

Tags: Battery, Exec, Salazar, National Forest Land, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Will greentech attract lots of green in the new year?

There's some indication that greentech firms are continuing to attract VC dollars. That means folks with money expect the new regime in Washington to encourage, perhaps even subsidize greentech in the U.S. SolFocus is one such company. The Mountain View company has concentrator photovoltaic CPV technology...

Tags: Job, Dollar, Money, Recruitment & Selection, Telecom & Utilities, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-24