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Author Archives: Rick Altman
President Trump should avoid taking tea with strangers
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, Politics
Tagged Assassination, CIA, Donald Trump, MOSAD, Pentagon, Polonium
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Happy New Year and Brain-teaser
I’d like to wish everybody a Happy New Year but, first, I’m going to give your brain a quick workout! Are the potential benefits of scientific research now limited only by political correctness and epigenetics? However, before giving you my … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Mr Trump
Posted in Anthropocene, Civilisation, Collapse, Insanity, Mass Extinctions, Politics, Populism
Tagged Disarmament, Dissaster, Donald Trump, Nuclear Weapons
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Is this ‘Game Over’ for climate change mitigation?
Last January, I posted It’s ‘Game Over’ for Fossil Fuels because… “I’d really like to think oil companies will soon admit the game is up: The extraction of fossil fuels is going to become increasingly financially uneconomic and socially unacceptable.” However, … Continue reading
Troubling times indeed
This mini-post has been prompted by a recent post on LearningFromDogs.com, entitled Troubling Times. I often wish I were not so well-informed because, whereas power without knowledge is very dangerous, knowledge without power is very frustrating. However, as Leonardo Di … Continue reading
The two most terrifying graphs ever?
2016 is on track to be the warmest year on planet Earth since reliable records have been kept; and comes at the end of the warmest ever decade. Furthermore, if and when the World’s under-developed economies get their industrial pollution … Continue reading
Iceland has found the solution
I am almost ashamed that I had not heard of this until today but, this truly is a potential game-changer. All that is needed is to roll-out the technology to every country where suitable bedrock exists and the whole problem … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Science
Tagged Guardian, Iceland, Technofix
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We do indeed live in interesting times
A giant effigy of Donald Trump holding Hillary Clinton’s head to be burned at Lewes bonfire night festival.* Image: Tony Kershaw/SWNS.com “May you live in interesting times” – it is an ancient Chinese curse. Victoria Coren-Mitchell summarised the situation well … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, Politics
Tagged Dartmouth films, Edenbridge Bonfire Society, John Pilger, Julian Assange, RT News
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‘Climate Inaction Figures’ campaign to combat Anti-Science Absurdity Posted on July 22, 2016
With my thanks to DeSmog Blog for alerting me to this. http://www.desmogblog.com/2016/07/19/climate-inaction-figures-campaign-launches-combat-anti-science-absurdity No prizes for guessing who would feature prominently if such a campaign were to be launched here.
Posted in Anthropocene, Climate Science, Denial, James Delingpole
Tagged DeSmog Blog
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Will it matter 100 years from now?
Here in the UK, I have spent a lot of time trying to decide how to vote in the Referendum on our membership of the EU. Working away from home, I had to apply for a postal vote. Having sent … Continue reading
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