Geoengineering — trying to change the Earth’s climate on a global scale by doing things like seeding the upper atmosphere with reflective particles — is getting attention from serious scientists.
But not so fast, says James Lovelock, originator of the hugely influential ‘Gaia Hypothesis.‘ In an article in today’s Guardian, Lovelock says:
our ignorance of the Earth [...]
Archive for September, 2009
- don’t mess with Gaia says Lovelock
Posted in climate change, policy, weather, tagged James Lovelock on September 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
- frugality is back in fashion
Posted in consumer culture, economics, tagged frugality on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It used to be that frugal cheapskates like us were the odd ones out. Now we’re trendy. And we have a historian.
Could we actually be on the cusp of a new era of living sustainably and within our means? Let’s hope.
- how much land would solar power generation take up?
Posted in energy, solar power, tagged solar power on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve voiced our concern here before that solar power generating plants still have an environmental footprint.
But this nifty graphic, by David McCandless of Information is Beautiful, places that worry within an impressively positive context.
- more on washing lines!
Posted in energy on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Other pressing duties have kept us from updating this site anything like as often as we’d have liked, but while we’ve been somewhat dormant it’s been interesting to see what has still brought people here. Perhaps the number one subject on the site that has drawn in visitors over the past year is the issue [...]
