I made one of these in high school out of some black paint, sand, cardboard and some tinfoil. The water in the can reached almost 180 degrees Fahrenheit in just a few minutes. Pretty cool, and easy too.
"Climate change exacerbates already unstable situations".
Ex-generals: Global warming threatens U.S. security – CNN.com
A senior policy official from the UK has said that climate change poses an even greater security threat to the world than ironically, the Cold War.
So how do you deal with an enemy when it's yourself?
He points to several recent and ongoing conflicts that may have a root cause in climate change, including the crisis in Darfur.
It's a good read that definitely got me thinking.
Climate change creates security challenge 'more complex than Cold War' – [Janes.com]
Some more info on the Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change:
"Each paragraph of this report was therefore argued over and scrutinised intensely. Only points that were considered indisputable survived this process. This is a very conservative document – that's what makes it so scary" [Guardian Unlimited]
The report suggests the following scenarios are extremely likely:
Diesel is rolling out a new ad campaign featuring a subject we're familiar with. Although it reminds me of Bush telling us that the best thing to do post 9/11 is continue shopping, I figure the visual depictions of our destruction through climate change might actually be helpful.
A picture may be more effective than words at communicating the realities of what we may face in the coming century, even if it's goal is to sell a few pairs of jeans in the process.
Which is better? Nuclear waste which can remain toxic to almost all life for up to 250,000 years, or greenhouse gases which are relatively harmless to life, but harmful to global climate stability.
I would have to argue neither on the basis that the only reason we produce so much greenhouse gas is because our economic system makes it difficult for existing alternative technologies such as solar, wind, tidal, and geothermic energy solutions to gain much traction.
Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options – [Innovations Report]
It's rare these days that the American democratic process works in favor of environmental issues. Exxon has recently been feeling the burn of a Democratic Congress, so much so they pulled the funding from many of their climate change "think tanks". Instead it's going to focus on what can be done to influence the actual policies that will affect them rather than denying there's a problem.
So in other word's their bullshit machine is moving underground where the public has to dig down deep to track.
Exxon Yanks Funding from Global Warming Deniers – [Blue Mass Group]
Shall we change or shall we give up and accept what comes to us? I say let's change… some say fuck it, I say fuck that.
How the oil companies swindle all of us out of $300,000 annually with a small amount of cash that adds up over time.
Gasoline Prices: Why $2.189 and not $2.19; Why The Third Decimal Place? – [TheTaoOfMakingMoney.com]
Climate change may be a distant threat to most, or not a threat at all to some. Many Alaskan's on the other hand, are experiencing climate change today; and it's affecting whole communities.
The loss of permafrost and sea ice which leaves coasts vulnerable to the battering of the ocean waves has led to the need to move entire communities and their infrastructure to safer ground, at an extreme cost.
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