Yesterday I was surprised to find myself annoyed by a hybrid vehicle. You see, usually when a vehicle annoys me, it's either because it's an SUV, or if it's a small car, it's because the driver is taking up an equivalent amount of space on the road as if they were an SUV. Well, not as if they, the driver, were themselves an SUV, but you get my ( Read more... )

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A few days ago I spent $75 filling up my gas tank. It was only a little over 16 gallons, so you do the math ( Read more... )

The three books I've recently read are not three I would have picked out for their thematic similarities. The Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest known epic poem that chronicles the adventures of the heroic king of Uruk, The World Without Us, an alternatingly hopeful and heart-breaking thought experiment which illustrates the impact of our species by ( Read more... )

The most recent issue of National Geographic, the one with the title "Black Pharaohs," contains an article about the Drying of the West. The "West" here refers to western North America, particularly California and Nevada ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I was about to write a long, thought provoking essay, complete with links, sources, and philosophical pontification, on this subject. Then, coincidentally, I spent some time going over old entries from college, and arrived at the following conclusions: 1. My livejournal is already full to the brim with bullshit theories, and 2. I'm ( Read more... )

this is awkward... let's talk about the weather ( Read more... )

Let's have some fun with Google Trends.

First, let's compare:

"global warming" -- orange
"climate change" -- red
"Climate Crisis" -- blue

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1 in 6 countries facing food shortages
Can't Blame the Weather
What climate change could do
America already has some problems
A somewhat far fetched theory on the recent disappearance of bees
Bee Shortage could lead to Food Shortage
What the Government is Doing About All of ThisA summary for those of you you don't want to click on all those links: ( Read more... )

My friend Laura works for a company called Planktos. Planktos, by my understanding, is mainly involved in finding ways to reduce Carbon Dioxide. Anyway, the company has a blog which is pretty interesting. A handful of Planktos employees post about different aspects of the struggle to diminish climate change. Check out Planktos World.

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