Recently two friends have repeated the idea that nations go to war over water. It is not true. Over-consumption of natural resources is the topic du jour. The current popularity of environmental sustainability has birthed the notion that countries go to war for water. This is simply not true. While we do fight wars over [...]
Climatologists and financial modellers share more than we might think, or like. Fundamentally, both climate and financial models propose bold predictions based on highly sophisticated mathematical systems. One has already collapsed and the other will too. Both the planet’s climate and the financial system are very, very complex beasts. Yet, people in both camps claim [...]
Just watched a great interview between Charlie Rose and Michael Crichton. He has some interesting view on global warming (which I agree with). His idea mainly boils down to this: The global climate is a chaotic non-linear system that cannot be predicted (as stated by the UN). He also claims the models the UNFCC have [...]
With Gore winning the Nobel and issues such as the droughts in Atlanta; it is becoming harder and harder for the United States to ignore today’s environment issues. Though actions are being taken at the state level, America – a supposed leader in technology and research – is lagging far behind European nations. It will [...]
Building on Dyson’s Heretics article, here is a piece about the various players who hate global warming skeptics (read NOT deniers). http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/opinion/edjacoby.php?page=1
Excellent article here on the potential pitfalls of the current global warming modeling. I am not arguing that global warming is not occurring or that we cannot prevent it, we must simply remember that we still do not know all the variables in the equation. Canadian scientist David Suzuki was recently being interviewed on the [...]