Thinking a bit now about what Bitcoin can do to help with the climate emergency, one way would be to help with the CDR (carbon direct removal) financing. When thinking about markets for that, I was asking myself this question. How many tons of carbon is my personal footprint right now? How much would IContinue reading “Estimating My Carbon Footprint”
Category Archives: Global meltdown
Fossil Fuel Overdose
European Union High Representative and Vice President Josep Borrell just apologized for his choice of words when discussing climate. He recently used the term “Greta Syndrome” when talking about this question. If I understood him correctly, he wanted to say something like “people are very much for climate measures until they are actually asked toContinue reading “Fossil Fuel Overdose”
Houston, You Got a Problem
Youtube video illustration on maximal sea level rise: Houston joins a lot of other cities getting drowned.
CO2 Makes Humans Dumber
That’s what Joe Romm says, quoting research from Harvard. If true, this finally solves the great mystery of global warming: How can humanity be both so clever as to develop modern civilization in the first place and so dumb as to burn all the fossil fuel? My previous explanation involved an alien hypnotist who madeContinue reading “CO2 Makes Humans Dumber”
Greek Tragedy
No, I am not talking about the default. Greece has failed to meet a payment to the IMF today. This post is about the complete shutdown of new solar energy in Greece. A couple of numbers show the extent of that collapse (from PV Magazine): In 2012, Greece added 890 MW. In 2013, 1047 MW.Continue reading “Greek Tragedy”
NASA Scientist Eric Rignot Video
This short “elevator pitch” on global warming has one very good metaphor. That’s the part where he says: These changes are occurring very fast. We are on a very fast train heading for the wall. This is true when looking at the pace of change in geological time scales. The speed of changes is offContinue reading “NASA Scientist Eric Rignot Video”
Schwarzenegger Solution For Dealing With Gasoline Cars
David Roberts Pessimism Piece
David Roberts got a lot of attention for a recent post saying that global warming is a difficult problem. I have a couple of comments. For one, I was surprised to read this: The IPCC scenarios that come in below 2°C require BECCS to remove between 2 and 10 gigatons of CO2 a year fromContinue reading “David Roberts Pessimism Piece”
Don’t Say “Climate Change”, Say “Everything Change”
That’s what Margaret Atwood recommends. I learned about that at this blog post by Daniel Bloom titled “The Everything Change Bagel”. I agree with the reasons for this proposal. It is true: “Climate Change” sounds like you are talking about the weather. What’s the big deal if it gets a couple of degrees warmer? ThatContinue reading “Don’t Say “Climate Change”, Say “Everything Change””
Desert Fox
Attribution for the picture: Wikimedia Commons In my review of George Marshall’s book on global warming messaging, I noted that the usual symbol (polar bear) is actually not suited to the task, according to Marshall. I agree. Polar bears are great when you want people to think about a cool drink. They don’t make muchContinue reading “Desert Fox”
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