![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
May. 30th, 2007 01:28 pmThe most comprehensive rebuttal to global warming skeptics I've ever seen, check out How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic
(no subject)
May. 4th, 2007 02:12 pmSaid in my best Dr. Venture voice: "Crap."
The Arctic ice cap is melting much faster than expected and is now about 30 years ahead of predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.S. ice expert said on Tuesday.
This means the ocean at the top of the world could be free or nearly free of summer ice by 2020, three decades sooner than the global panel's gloomiest forecast of 2050. No ice on the Arctic Ocean during summer would be a major spur to global warming, said Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow and Ice Center in Colorado.
"Right now ... the Arctic helps keep the Earth cool," Scambos said in a telephone interview. "Without that Arctic ice, or with much less of it, the Earth will warm much faster."
Nobody tell Glenn Beck or he'll start shrieking about Nazis and eugenics again...
The Arctic ice cap is melting much faster than expected and is now about 30 years ahead of predictions made by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.S. ice expert said on Tuesday.
This means the ocean at the top of the world could be free or nearly free of summer ice by 2020, three decades sooner than the global panel's gloomiest forecast of 2050. No ice on the Arctic Ocean during summer would be a major spur to global warming, said Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow and Ice Center in Colorado.
"Right now ... the Arctic helps keep the Earth cool," Scambos said in a telephone interview. "Without that Arctic ice, or with much less of it, the Earth will warm much faster."
Nobody tell Glenn Beck or he'll start shrieking about Nazis and eugenics again...
Happy Earth Day!
Apr. 22nd, 2007 10:15 amHere's how I've spent mine so far:
1. Went to the Carbon Calculator and worked out my average for the year which worked out to 4.75 tons. It might be below average, but it's still a helluva lot.
2. Went to Native Energy and invested in the 50/50 blend farm methane and wind energy projects to offset my carbon usage.
3. Then went to My Carbon Footprint to get more information on what I could do to lower my footprint even further. Found out some incredibly interesting things:
*Let hot food cool down to room temperature before putting it in the fridge and save about 6 kg CO2 per year.
*Reduce the temperature of your home by just 1°C and save up to 300 kg CO2 per household and year.
*Boil just enough water for your hot drink and save about 25 kg CO2 per year. If all Europeans boiled just the water they needed, thus avoiding 1 litre of unnecessarily boiled water per day, the energy saved could power one third of Europe’s streetlights. [Editor's note: This figure just blew me away]
*Use a reusable bag each time you go shopping and save about 8 kg CO2 per year. [Editor's note: How cool is that?]
4. Checked out Cool Driver and Ben and Jerry's Lick Global Warming campaign, both of which are really cool and easy ways to help the environment.
So how have you spent your Earth Day so far?
1. Went to the Carbon Calculator and worked out my average for the year which worked out to 4.75 tons. It might be below average, but it's still a helluva lot.
2. Went to Native Energy and invested in the 50/50 blend farm methane and wind energy projects to offset my carbon usage.
3. Then went to My Carbon Footprint to get more information on what I could do to lower my footprint even further. Found out some incredibly interesting things:
*Let hot food cool down to room temperature before putting it in the fridge and save about 6 kg CO2 per year.
*Reduce the temperature of your home by just 1°C and save up to 300 kg CO2 per household and year.
*Boil just enough water for your hot drink and save about 25 kg CO2 per year. If all Europeans boiled just the water they needed, thus avoiding 1 litre of unnecessarily boiled water per day, the energy saved could power one third of Europe’s streetlights. [Editor's note: This figure just blew me away]
*Use a reusable bag each time you go shopping and save about 8 kg CO2 per year. [Editor's note: How cool is that?]
4. Checked out Cool Driver and Ben and Jerry's Lick Global Warming campaign, both of which are really cool and easy ways to help the environment.
So how have you spent your Earth Day so far?
