Rational Conservatism from the Rocky Mountains
I’m sure all of us have boatloads of electronic doodads. In fact if you have a boat, you probably have a literal boatload of them. But even those of us without boats could probably fill up a boat with our consumer electronics. But what about non-electric things? What are your personal favorite non-electric possessions? I’ll [...]
Global deforestation rate slows – CNN.com Demand for agricultural land is one of the main reasons that forests continue to be erased at the rate of 13 million hectares a year, an area about the size of England. However, moves by some countries to replant forests has meant the annual net loss has dropped from [...]
Cathy’s World As earlier mentioned in the comments section, my mother is in the hospital. The doctor says that right now they’re just making her comfortable. She’s sedated, with painkillers among other things. Lungs collapsed so right now we just want to make sure she has dignity and is not in pain. The doctor says [...]
by Lee Smolin. A fascinating book. I’ve sort of reviewed it in parts as I was reading it, but I’ll go ahead and sum it all up here. Smolin is trying to make two separate, but related, points with this book. First he is trying to explain to the lay public why String Theory (and [...]
USATODAY.com In February two anti-whaling activists created a plan to attack a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica with a bottle of acid and a smoke bomb. One activist was from Australia and the other was from Los Angeles. Unfortunately the pair got lost in the fog while in their small dinghy and ended up being [...]
Al Gore Challenged to International TV Debate on Global Warming Al Gore Challenged to International TV Debate on Global Warming PERTH, Scotland, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In a formal invitation sent to former Vice-President Al Gore’s Tennessee address and released to the public, Lord Monckton has thrown down the gauntlet to challenge Gore to what [...]
If you pay attention to environmentalists at their big protests or gatherings, it is clear that they have a list of things that people do which they consider to be environmental threats. Here’s a short list of those things: 1. Drive cars. Bigger cars are worse than smaller cars. SUVs are the worst possible. 2. [...]
This is pretty cool. BBC NEWS | Technology | Vehicle warning system trialled Vehicles may soon be swapping information about road conditions to warn drivers about jams and dangers. A German research project on show at hi-tech trade fair Cebit envisions a peer-to-peer network for vehicles on a road passing data back and forth. Cars [...]
Poll: Anti-war sentiment grows in Americans 50 and over – CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — As the war in Iraq steadily plummets in popularity, opposition has grown mostly among Americans older than 50 and Democrats, survey results released Monday show. When President Bush announced March 19, 2003, that U.S.-led forces had begun military attacks, 15 percent [...]
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