I’ll indulge myself today by just reporting on what I’m doing with my life. But to begin, someone sent me a note that my Huffington Post articles are covered on the Sarah Palin website. This cutting edge daily web page includes strategic directions, such as, where restrooms could have been found during the inauguration in D.C., plus a million other items, many on President Obama and his travails.
One splintered pathway of the Peak Oil and Global Warming discussion group has ruminated over the seriousness of the coming doom and what should be done about surviving. I remain optimistic, as some others, but thought I’d chime in with an option to some of the terrestrial survival villages being formed. What about a marine sanctuary? Although his purpose is a lot more commendable that mere survival, you might want to click on Patri Friedman's Seastead site. He is a youngish tech pioneer from a Google/Stanford past who left his job to head an effort to start a new nation at sea. He is the grandson of the late Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman. He was able to get some Silicon Valley financing. Nice to see someone even further beyond the envelope than me. I wished him well and will want to keep in contact, for he might yet succeed in doing something real.
I also sent a note to a select group of methane scientists, seeking their input on the possibility or impossibility of THE VENUS SYNDROME: the novel. While, yikes, a potential doomsday publication, I worry that decision-makers are not making any decisions, and a tepid cap and trade plan might be all that we will see over the next few years. So, I thought I’d try something different: fear. My Chapter 5 of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth introduced the concept of methane as being a deadlier gas than carbon dioxide. If you click on the book title, the final frame includes a condensed worst case scenario. No responses yet.
One splintered pathway of the Peak Oil and Global Warming discussion group has ruminated over the seriousness of the coming doom and what should be done about surviving. I remain optimistic, as some others, but thought I’d chime in with an option to some of the terrestrial survival villages being formed. What about a marine sanctuary? Although his purpose is a lot more commendable that mere survival, you might want to click on Patri Friedman's Seastead site. He is a youngish tech pioneer from a Google/Stanford past who left his job to head an effort to start a new nation at sea. He is the grandson of the late Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman. He was able to get some Silicon Valley financing. Nice to see someone even further beyond the envelope than me. I wished him well and will want to keep in contact, for he might yet succeed in doing something real.
I also sent a note to a select group of methane scientists, seeking their input on the possibility or impossibility of THE VENUS SYNDROME: the novel. While, yikes, a potential doomsday publication, I worry that decision-makers are not making any decisions, and a tepid cap and trade plan might be all that we will see over the next few years. So, I thought I’d try something different: fear. My Chapter 5 of SIMPLE SOLUTIONS for Planet Earth introduced the concept of methane as being a deadlier gas than carbon dioxide. If you click on the book title, the final frame includes a condensed worst case scenario. No responses yet.
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Further, I am attempting to interact with the intelligentsia through articles in The Huffington Post, and therefore need to make my articles "interesting." A typical posting on global warming inserts the afterlife into the discussion. I’ve noticed that the fossil industry pays professionals to respond to these types of pro-environment articles, for some of comments can be traced to organizations like the Heartland Institute.
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The Dow Jones Industrials slipped under 8000, minus 122 to 7957, but world markets all increased, with the exception of the Nikkei, which was essentially unchanged. Crude oil did not change much at $40.43/barrel and gold rose $5.30/toz to $905.90.
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Tropical Cyclone Gael at now back to 40 MPH seems to have weakened, but will cruise into warmer waters over the next couple of days, pass north of La Reunnion Island tomorrow and should strengthen to strike Madagascar over the weekend.
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Further, I am attempting to interact with the intelligentsia through articles in The Huffington Post, and therefore need to make my articles "interesting." A typical posting on global warming inserts the afterlife into the discussion. I’ve noticed that the fossil industry pays professionals to respond to these types of pro-environment articles, for some of comments can be traced to organizations like the Heartland Institute.
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The Dow Jones Industrials slipped under 8000, minus 122 to 7957, but world markets all increased, with the exception of the Nikkei, which was essentially unchanged. Crude oil did not change much at $40.43/barrel and gold rose $5.30/toz to $905.90.
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Tropical Cyclone Gael at now back to 40 MPH seems to have weakened, but will cruise into warmer waters over the next couple of days, pass north of La Reunnion Island tomorrow and should strengthen to strike Madagascar over the weekend.
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