Currently, the effect of waste heat on the planet's average temperature is only 0.02°F, compared to 2°F for global warming from emissions. It's higher in cities, more like 4°F on average, but cities are only a small portion of the earth's surface area ( Read more... )

Solar energy, even if emissions were not necessary to manufacture and install solar panels, absolutely warms the planet ( Read more... )

I keep listening to this audiobook about Dark Green Religion, and,

this is me,

dark because it isn't going to work out, green because I care about all living things (not only the humans), and religion because there is no rational way out, I only have my faith, and my doubt,

I think the doubt is more important,

you cannot have faith without

Now that I've convinced myself (sort of) that my voting doesn't matter, except insofar as it affects my own opinion of myself, and perhaps other people's opinions of me, what do I want my voting to symbolize, if anything ( Read more... )