An exciting discovery has taken place at the Sandia National Labs in New Mexico.  A way has been found, using solar energy, to turn CO2 into fuel.  It will not be on the market soon as greater efficiency is needed.  Nor can it take CO2 out of the atmosphere.  But it can be applied to…

A retired physicist friend has sent me a NYT piece by John Tierney on the stolen emails and accusations of impropriety issue.  Included was the extensive discussion of his column by readers from different perspectives.  By current standards Tierney is an exceptionally intelligent conservative writer with a significant bias towards the global warming deniers who,…

There will be a Blogathon” this weekend featuring a great many scientific experts as well as leading voices warning of global warming who are not themselves scientists.  I recommend anyone seriously interested in this issue pop in to look around.  The issue does not rise or fall on the basis of competent or incompetent code.

I’ve received some emails asking me what I know about “Climategate” – the alleged scandal exposed when thirteen years of emails at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, UK, were hacked, and disseminated by right wing sources.  The hacked emails certainly demonstrate unethical and secretive behavior by some of the key…

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