Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
Though he seems likable, one wonders whether UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres can actually do anything to save Earth. We may stand a better chance with Greta Thunberg and other grassroots activists. At least Thunberg does not head an organisation that though not actually bound and gagged by the powers that control it, is nonetheless …
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Climate change can be viewed as a handy, planetary scale, natural experiment whose outcome will cast new light on the politics of left and right. In amongst the gathering climate disaster and impending catastrophe of unchecked climate change there is an uncounted blessing. Small comfort though it is, we might finally have a test that …
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Climate change deniers argue that if anthropogenic global heating is real, there is little to worry about because geoengineering will fix it. The best response to this is to pose the counterfactual, and ask whether a cold planet could be made hotter, and if so, what would be the best mechanism for achieving that? Raise …
The short answer is they kill you. Read on to see what form this justified homicide might take. The re-emergence of birdsong and other long forgotten natural phenomena are Nature’s Final Wakeup This morning the sun shone in a crisp, clear sky and the birds sang in a near total coronasilence. As they twittered, I …