Quit work at 3pm, watching soccer and playing with toys. Wishing I were running more often already! Mad at myself for skipping it this morning, but I did have mucho fun with B last night. And I did go on a walk instead. I can either run or walk tomorrow morning before I go pick him up for our day in Silver Spring, ditto Sunday, ditto Monday, ( Read more... )

OK, I'm teleworking today and probably not going back to the office until Wednesday of next week, probably commuting Wednesday/Friday ( Read more... )

OK, I did it, I went to see the film by myself after work.

How to Blow Up a PipelineWhereas this morning nobody had bought tickets yet, by the time everybody trickled in there were 8 people including me, 2 of whom were noisy popcorn eaters LOL. I picked a good seat after all, didn't need to move to a better empty seat (unlike 2 other dudes who ( Read more... )

There are massive global organizations of financial corporations that have banded together to take the planet Net Zero by 2050, at least this is their stated goal.  Perhaps the largest is the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero, GFANZ, which collectively owns or manages assets worth more than $150 trillion.  This is perhaps 1/3 of the world's ( Read more... )

The EU is going to ban the sale of new gasoline cars by 2035.  I'm not opposed to this idea, but it is similar to the ineffective "climate change" policies environmentalists propose in the US in that it focuses on the wrong stuff -- whether new cars will emit greenhouse gases from their tailpipes (ignoring the carbon footprint of manufacturing & ( Read more... )

Climate Progress Is Happening, Just Not Fast Enough

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-11-25/michael-bloomberg-on-cop27-climate-progress-is-happening-just-not-fast-enough

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I've already written a zillion times that we can't stop carbon emissions without stopping carbon emissions, and that stuff like tax credits for electric cars isn't really helping ( Read more... )

On average, the densely-populated state of Florida is less than 60 feet above sea level.  Parts of Florida will experience storm surges of up to 12 feet as Category 4 Hurricane Ian makes landfall today.  Detailed forecast maps show that serious chunks of Florida's populated western coastal areas will be several feet underwater ( Read more... )

Manufacturing a new electric car creates as much CO2 emissions as driving 48,000 miles in a used (or pre-existing) gasoline car. If you already own a gasoline car, keep driving it. If you have to buy a car, a used gasoline car may be your best choice for the environment.

[I refer to solar, wind, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, and biofuel energy as "low-carbon" energy because they do result in some net carbon emissions over their lifecycles, when you factor in their infrastructure requirements.  I refer to coal, oil, and natural gas as "high-carbon" energy because they directly emit carbon emissions when consumed ( Read more... )