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Sometimes I think the sole purpose of humanity is to fill the universe with stupid arguments. The latest phenomenon to bring that particularly absurd image to mind is the growing slap fight over the EU’s attempt to impose a carbon tax on all flights beginning or ending there. Countries Consider Retaliation for Europe’s Airline Emissions Fee: China, the United . . . → Read More: EU and the airline carbon tax Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #715: February 20, 2012 The Average Age of Light Vehicles Continues to Rise: The average age for cars and light trucks continues to rise as consumers hold onto their vehicles longer. Between 1995 and 2011, the average age for cars increased by 32% from 8.4 years to 11.1 years. For light trucks, the . . . → Read More: Age of US light vehicles Greenhouse gases, climate change and the transition from coal to low-carbon electricity (emphasis added): Letter A transition from the global system of coal-based electricity generation to low-greenhouse-gas-emission energy technologies is required to mitigate climate change in the long term. The use of current infrastructure to build this new low-emission system necessitates additional emissions of greenhouse gases, and the . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Greenhouse gases and low-carbon electricity I expect the deniers to cherry pick and lie and misrepresent — after all, they don’t have science on their side, so they have little choice but to make up shit, so they do. But when the media blows a story as badly as they did the recent NASA findings about global ice loss, you have to . . . → Read More: Media drops the ball on melting ice For those who missed it, I wanted to highlight a couple of graphs that Dan Bailey linked to in a recent comment. Both of the graphs are based on the PIOMAS Arctic ice volume figures, and the picture they paint is a classic example of climate data that is hair-raising in direct proportion to the amount you . . . → Read More: Updated PIOMAS icefall chart Momentum Magazine, published by the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment, is one of those online resources that doesn’t get nearly the attention it deserves. This point was sharpened for me when I found out that they had a special issue coming out built around the idea of asking over a dozen experts “What . . . → Read More: Doc alert: Momentum Magazine Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #712: January 30, 2012 Top Vehicles in the U.S., 2011: See the page for the data. Do I really have to launch into the whole argument about how utterly absurd it is for Americans to be buying this mix of vehicles in 2011, or what that says about the astonishing level of RDS (reality . . . → Read More: Top selling vehicles in the US New map for what to plant reflects global warming – Yahoo! News: Global warming is hitting not just home, but garden. The color-coded map of planting zones often seen on the back of seed packets is being updated by the government, illustrating a hotter 21st century. It’s the first time since 1990 that the U.S. Department of Agriculture . . . → Read More: It’s warming; ask the plants Pew survey finds US public ranks economy as highest priority policy issue, global warming as lowest: The US public is giving the highest priority to economic issues, according to the findings of the Pew Research Center For The People & The Press January 2012 Political Survey. 86% say that strengthening the economy should be a top priority . . . → Read More: Americans have no sense of urgency about global warming Via an e-mail acquaintance comes the following press release: January 20, 2012 Campaign Urges American Meteorological Society to Get Tougher on Climate Change In the wake of record-breaking extreme weather in 2011, campaign says it’s essential that T.V. meteorologists “Forecast The Facts” www.forecastthefacts.org San Francisco, CA – A new campaign, Forecast the Facts (www.forecastthefacts.org), launches Sunday to pressure TV meteorologists to . . . → Read More: Site alert: Forecast the Facts |
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