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Alvin Weinberg, Prophet of CO2 Driven Global Warming
(Cross posed on Nuclear Green) I have told the story before of my employment at ORNL in 1970-71, and hearing there, for the first time, about the problem of CO2 emissions and AGW. I had no doubt that awareness of the C… -
Oh Canada: Kyoto and Canadian CO2
DeSmog, a Canadian environmental blog, has publised a report on the 2005 Canadian Greenhouse gas Invenory. The inventory reveals that Canada has failed abismally to meet Kyoto goals. In fact Canada's greenhouse gas em… -
The Emerging Colapse of the Arctic Sea Ice Sheet
Introductory comment: Attention is being increasingly drawn to what is happening in the Arctic Ocean this summer. Scientists who once were predicting a complete summer melting of Arctic sea ice sometime after 2070 ha… -
Why fighting Greenhouse gas emissions is is not foung to be easy
Greenhouse gas emissions by source in the United States The graphic is very impressive, and is a good starting point for discussions of carbon taxes. It is also a wonderful illustration of how complex and challengin… -
Immodist Proposals II: Hybrid cars
Transportation One of the more amazing things about the Environmentalist community is its advocacy of the use of biological sources of alternative fuels for transportation. Inevitably the diversion of food croops into … -
Immodest proposals
Our activities should be considered first in terms of the consequences for us. If the consequences include 108 degree summer days, not just in Phoenix but in New York City, they will in no way be good for us. People … -
Alvin Weinberg's integrity and vision
My father, Dr.. Charles Julian Barton, Sr., is still living. At the age of 95 he is one of the last of his generation of scientists in Oak Ridge. He was recruted in 1948 to do research at Oak Ridge, first at the Y-12… -
Alvin Weinberg, CO2 and global warming
When I worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 1970-71, the idea of anthropogenic global warming was beginning to circulate. Alvin Weinberg had taken a long look at the future of humanity, and decided that for… -
Braking Away from Carbon Based Power
It would be possible to radically transform transportation in the city of Dallas by replacing the present gas powered cars, trucks and busses, with electrically powered vehicles. We would, however need gasoline powered… -
Greenhouse gases from artificial resivoirs: Is there a real problem?
Does hydroelectricity contribute to global warming? In a debate concerning Al Gore's energy us, I noted that part of Al Gore's electricity came from green sources, TVA power reactors and hydro-electric sources. A criti…
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