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To Blame BP or not BP, That is the Question.

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010
Business, Environment | No Comments »

You would think that a smart executive would know how to call a spade a spade and establish the right message in order to protect their brand from potential disintegration.  Take for example the four ring circus between BP Oil, Transocean, Halliburton, and now the US Minerals Management Service. While the folks in Washington are [...]

Carbon Landfills

Friday, January 16th, 2009
Carbon, Environment | No Comments »

So here I am taking a bit of a break and watching the Discovery Channel about Project Earth and this whole concept of trapping frozen carbon by shooting a torpedo down into the sea floor and hence “trap” the carbon dioxide. The more I’m watching this the angrier I’m getting as there are some very [...]

I believe in this decade . . .

Monday, November 10th, 2008
Economics, Environment, Politics | No Comments »

Gore is back in the news with his latest attempt at pushing forward a green agenda. That being for the US to try for 100% renewable energy within 10 years. Yes yes – all well and good. However in the process he has cited this call as being similar to JFK’s call to put a man [...]

Bubble Bubble Oceans in Trouble

Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Carbon, Environment | No Comments »

I talked about this earlier but this is just very disturbing none the less. 400 dead zones have been identified around the world so far which is double what was recognized two years ago. The trouble still seems to be this whole attitude from before the 1900s that ‘man can improve on nature’when in fact [...]

Moving Polar Bears South

Friday, July 18th, 2008
Biology, Environment | No Comments »

Ya gotta love people who focus on the little picture rather than the big one. And yes considering the nature of what I do on this blog that is the ultimate in hypocritical statements – Just the same :-).
Jessica Hellmann proposes that maybe we should move polar bearsfrom the North Pole, where the ice cap is [...]

Santa’s Scuba Surprise

Friday, June 27th, 2008
Carbon, Environment | No Comments »

It seems the folks over at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado have this little bet going. Will the summer sea ice at the north pole melt this year. While the prospects are rather dire there may be an upside to this which may give everyone a bit of a respite, albeit [...]