US running out of room to store oil; price collapse next? So exactly why do we want to build the Keystone XL pipeline?[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ecology’
February 24th, 2015 - 2:05 am § in Hypocrisy
For those afraid of GMO …here come the Robocows!
Der Spiegel: Robotic Milk Production Takes Over Smaller dairy farms in Germany are rapidly disappearing, and with EU quotas on milk production set to expire next year, the process is likely to accelerate. The only way to survive is to turn cows into machines and keep them away from the meadow. By Jo[...]
CHINA: What the wealthy eat
From the Gobal Post: At a restaurant in Burma, a Chinese waitress points to three creatures, balled up in metal cages on the pavement. She describes the balled up animals as “pangolin” ..a delicacy only the wealthy can afford. According to the International Union for Conservation o[...]
December 1st, 2013 - 8:41 am § in Misc.
Solving a food crisis
German media reported in 2007 that Kim Jong Il hoped to solve the famine in his country by breeding giant rabbits. An east German farmer who bred rabbits the size of dogs was apparently asked by North Korea to help set up a big bunny farm to alleviate food shortages. To get things going, he [&hellip[...]
August 24th, 2013 - 4:41 am § in Misc.
Arctic methane ‘time bomb’ could have huge economic costs
Scientists say that the release of large amounts of methane from thawing permafrost in the Arctic could have huge economic impacts for the world. The researchers estimate that the climate effects of the release of this gas could cost $60 trillion (£39 trillion), roughly the size of the global econo[...]
August 19th, 2013 - 10:31 am § in America
A House That Uses NO Commericial Energy?
New Paltz, NY – Building Homes That Make More Power Than They Take Today 12:51 PM New Paltz, NY – Homes being built in this Hudson Valley cul-de-sac offer prospective buyers wooded lots, pretty views and — oh yes — the promise of thumbing your nose at the power utility. These “[...]
DRUDGE: what happened to global warming?
Click image for a link from DRUDGE or click these: ALL-TIME HIGH TEMPS COULD BE SMASHED... DEATH VALLEY 129... VEGAS TO 117... [...]
February 8th, 2013 - 2:23 pm § in Misc.
GLOBAL WARMING and the ECONOMY
Stiglitz: Climate Change Is The ‘Most Serious’ Issue Facing Our Economy[...]
January 24th, 2013 - 4:47 am § in Uncategorized
Global Warming Goes South
Study shows rapid warming on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet[...]
BREAKING NEWS: Evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich for heresy.
Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist, evangelical christian and daughter of missionaries, disowned by Newt Gingrich Gingrich ditched a chapter from his new book on environment just a few days after Hayhoe’s participation in the book came to Limbaugh’s attention. Katharine Hayhoe,[...]