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Life’s Challenges

It seems to me…. “When you’re up to your ass in alligators, you forget about cleaning the swamp.”   ~ Robert DeBard[1]. Being well into my 80s, I can look back on what I have experienced from a perspective not all … Continue reading

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Environmental Degradation

It seems to me…. “Unprecedented technological capabilities combined with unlimited human creativity have given us tremendous power to take on intractable problems like poverty, unemployment, disease, and environmental degradation. Our challenge is to translate this extraordinary potential into meaningful change.” … Continue reading

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Adapting To Climate Change

It seems to me…. “Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity, perhaps ever. Global temperatures are rising at an unprecedented rate, causing drought and forest fires, and impacting human health.” ~ Cary Kennedy[1]. The major issue of climate science … Continue reading

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Overcoming U.S. Stagnation

It seems to me…. “There’s no light at the end of the tunnel in the Republican message, no promise of better things to come. There’s only the present stagnation, followed by a slow decline.” ~ John Podhoretz[1]. Resolution of important … Continue reading

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Climate Change – Its Real!

It seems to me…. “We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.” ~ William Hague[1]. The major issues of climate science are settled. There no longer can be any … Continue reading

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2016 – The Year That Was

It seems to me…. “For 18 years I have resisted talking about current events. I am not going to start now.” ~ George H. W. Bush[1]. 2016 was comprised of many little things: while some events over the past year … Continue reading

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Atmospheric CO2 Hits New Level

It seems to me… “Ground Control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on Check ignition and may God’s love be with you.”  ~ Major Tom[i] – 1969, (David Bowie). Last week, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) was measured at over 400 … Continue reading

Posted in Avian Flu, Carbon Dioxide, Change, Cholera, Climate, CO2, Dengue Fever, Disease, Droughts, Earth, Ebola, el Nino, Environment, Floods, Gas, Global Warming, Greenhouse, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hurricane, Keeling Curve, Malaria, Mars, Mars One, Methane, Model, Ocean, Phytoplankton, Plague, Severe, Simulation, Social Unrest, Tuberculosis, Weather, West Nile | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Improve Our Power Grid

It seems to me… “Today, we can see with our own eyes what global warming is doing.  In that context it becomes truly irresponsible, if not immoral, for us not to do something.”  ~ Joe Lieberman. The U.S. must accept … Continue reading

Posted in Blackouts, Carbon, Change, Climate, CO2, Communications, Distribution, Electric, Electrical, Emergency, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Generation, Grid, Grid, Hurricane, Model, Power, Sandy, Severe, Technology, Utilities, Weather | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments