Month: March 2007
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AP gets Silence of the Frogs Wrong?
In 2006 it was reported that extinctions occurred after periods of weather conducive to the spread of the fungus. The bouts of warm, humid weather were tied to global warming. This does not logically imply that global warming was the primary cause of the extinction.
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Don’t Save the World With Bamboo
Time magazine helpfully laid out things people can do to cut done on carbon emmisions. As part of their recommendations to cut emmisions they suggested planting bamboo. Don’t do it! Bamboo will crowd out native species (that might not survive a significant warming trend, but why push them out?) and make attempts to later farm…
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Fox on Steriods
Fox Viewers Agree – Just Like Anyone Brainwashed Recently I’ve read a number of articles on the consistent alignment of Fox viewers in polls. Basically the polls say that Fox viewers are more likely to support a conservative agenda than any other demographic group. This is backed up by at least one study shows that…
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Help Juneau . . . Not That They Asked
Juneau Alaska has an interesting community planning / environmental disaster problem. They have a section of town that they know is vulnerable to avalanches. This section is built-up and has had some damage before. (17 houses in 1962). The city isn’t willing to buy everyone out, a cheaper alternative than building snow barriers that may…
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Gardening is the Answer . . .
What is the single most effective thing you can do to help your kids learn to respond to a global crisis? Teach them to grow a vegetable garden. Name that Crisis
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NetFlicks Prize Contest – One Million Dollars Just Waiting
a plan. My husband comes up with a plan. I should win the one million dollar Netflix contest to develop a better way for Netflix to recommend movies. No problem.
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Where’s the Climate Change Game?
You may have noticed that the structure of the ‘game’ is not completely spelled out. Like many strategic planning games, I envisioned discussions of possible things people might implement in response to the the game scenario. Cost/benefit & impementation times would lead to reasonable proposals for communities to consider. Very dry. The BBC has come up…
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Who Knew the UK Drank So Much Tea? Maybe Their Streets Are Dark?
Only boil the water that you need for your cup of tea. If everyone boiled just the water they needed, the energy saved could . .
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Zone Roof Gardens to Plan For Abrupt Climate Change (the game)
If you knew global warming would bring an abrupt climate change, roof gardens might be close to a first response. (See premise for the game.) Better yet, they offer immediate benefits. Roof gardens are of two types. There are shallow gardens that use between 1 to 4 inches of dirt and are relatively low maintenance…