Tag Archives: ecology

Marco Rubio Is Not Outraged “Over A Dead Lion”

Posted on August 4, 2015 by

Marco Rubio signals that he’s anti-environmentalist and anti-feminist in the same (poorly worded and incorrectly punctuated) tweet: “Look at all this outrage over a dead lion, but where is all the outrage over the planned parenthood dead babies.” Rubio Tweet … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

A New Golden Age? The Empty Soul Revs Up, Getting Ever Better at Gobbling Things Into Its Seemingly Bottomless And Insatiable Abyss, And We Call It Prosperity

Posted on December 29, 2014 by

Some good news. We are basically living in the most peaceful and prosperous moment in human history. Ever. Here’s Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator: A study in the current issue of The Lancet shows […] Global life expectancy now … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

The New Pope’s Liberalism vs. Thomas Aquinas’s Leninism

Posted on December 15, 2014 by

Thomas Aquinas was the Leninist of his day; he was a Party man. For Aquinas, nothing should be done without reference to The Party. All focus should be on The Party. The Party is the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Humans Cause Global Warming By Tipping The Balance

Posted on June 1, 2014 by

Is it true that humans make only a tiny contribution to the Earth’s carbon cycle each year? Yes. Does this mean that humans aren’t causing global warming? No. Science journalist Graham Wayne explains: Although our output of 29 gigatons of CO2 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Gavin Schmidt Of NASA On Why Climate Change Models Are Growing Increasingly Accurate

Posted on May 23, 2014 by

In the below TED talk, Gavin Schmidt of NASA explains, clear as a bell, why global climate change models mirror, with ever greater accuracy, what we actually observe on Earth. It has to do with a trial-and-error process of calibrating … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

George Will Attacks Scientists, Jonathan Chait Retorts

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

George Will attacks: There is a sociology of science. Scientists are not saints in white laboratory smocks. They have got interests like everybody else. If you want a tenure-track position in academia, don’t question the reigning orthodoxy on climate change. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Koch Brothers Seek Reversal Of Solar Policies

Posted on April 27, 2014 by

I find this extremely upsetting. According to The New York Times, the billionaire Koch brothers are not just indifferent to solar energy, but actively trying to reverse alternative energy policies in the United States wherever they are found, state by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A Question for James Lovelock on His Predictions of Global Depopulation and the Desertification of Europe: What is Your Evidence That This is Coming?

Posted on February 19, 2014 by

James Lovelock is 88 and turning into an apocalyptic crank. In a recent interview with Decca Aitkenhead of The Guardian, he makes some rather extreme predictions supported by no evidence whatsoever: His latest book, The Revenge of Gaia, predicts that by … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Why are People Drawn to the Organic?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by

Machinery is inorganic; it is analytic, not synthetic. What we want in ecological longing is the synthesis of ourselves into organic nature, organic culture, and organic selfhood. We want harmony to oppose the fragmented and competing machines in us and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

God is Dead, the Earth is Not Our Mother, and We are Alone?

Posted on December 6, 2013 by

Dr. Peter Ward, a paleontologist at the University of Washington, Seattle, is an atheist and prolific author (he’s written about a dozen books over his career). He’s also a skeptic concerning two things that a lot of secular people (including … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Are You My Missing Piece?

Posted on October 13, 2013 by

Steven Johnson on why the Internet-connected world may be a historic boon to human creativity and collective intelligence.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Thoreau Cabins on Wheels: The Fiat 500 Series and The Spark

Posted on August 17, 2013 by

I am soooo in love with the Fiat 500 series microcars, and am tempted to buy one whenever I see them on the road (which is frequently; microcars are everywhere in California). But I already have a small car and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What Goes Around Comes Around

Posted on June 27, 2013 by

Everything’s interconnected. The following is from G. Legman’s Rationale of the Dirty Joke Vol 2 (1973) p. 371: In a nice example of psychological displacement, Sir Walter Raleigh is said to have hit his son at the dinner table, whereupon his son in turn … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Anti-Green Energy Meme

Posted on April 4, 2013 by

Courtesy of FOX News: __________ The reality? An industrial economy can get a substantial portion of its energy from renewables. Germany, for example, gets over 20% of its electrical power from renewables. Over 20%. And that number is projected to rise … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Global Warming Continues Apace

Posted on January 8, 2013 by
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

A Fringe Environmentalist Speaks

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

Welcome to the politics of resentment from the left instead of the right; Christianity by other means; what Nietzsche called slave morality. What strikes me here is how similar Charles Eisenstein sounds to right-wing apocalyptic crackpots who salivate to predictions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 40 Comments

Bill Nye on Climate Change

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

Clear as a bell. Deserves to go viral.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Anti-Science and Conspiracy Culture: Is Postmodernism to Blame?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

How much responsibility should postmodern academics assume for America’s pervasive anti-science and conspiracy culture? A helpful route into thinking about this question is Bruno Latour’s 2003 essay, “Why Has Critique Run out of Steam? From Matters of Fact to Matters … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Amory Lovins: It’s Cheaper to Save Fuel Than to Buy Fuel

Posted on September 12, 2012 by
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

What’s the Difference Between an Environmentalist and a Free Market Conservative?

Posted on July 25, 2012 by

Actually, not that much.  Both are children of the Romantic tradition, but whereas one is enamored of nature, the other is enamored of capitalism. One posits leaving nature (with its natural selections) alone; the other posits leaving the market (with … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments