Tag Archives: water

Can technology save us?

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I happened to stumble across a BBC TV Horizon special, entitled ‘Tomorrow’s World’ last Thursday. It begins with a fascinating review of humankind’s history of – and propensity for – invention. It also explains some truly fascinating – and inspiring … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Science, Consumerism, Economics, Energy Crisis, Environment, Financial Crisis, Growthmania, Hydraulic Fracturing, Intergenerational Injustice, Mass Extinctions, Modernity, Politics, Renewable Energy | Tagged , , , , , , | 33 Comments

This is what water scarcity will look like

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

With my thanks to 350.org for alerting me to this piece of news: As reported in the Washington Post newspaper recently, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that by 2030 nearly half the world’s population could be facing a scarcity … Continue reading →

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The future is already here

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

I happened to turn on the BBC News TV channel over the weekend and caught the tail-end of the video below – entitled India’s Water Crisis. However, upon investigation, I discovered this had been first broadcast over six months ago. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropocene, Environment, Limits to Growth, Optimum Population, Sustainable development | Tagged , , , | 13 Comments

Greenpeace responds to end of UK fracking moratorium

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

Thanks to Twitter, I was alerted to an online discussion on the Guardian website yesterday, prompted by statements of opinion by Mark Lynas (freelance journalist/author) and Dr David Santillo (Greenpeace Scientist). As discussed with a commenter on this blog (Lionel) … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate Science, Economics, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Greenpeace, Hydraulic Fracturing, Insanity, Politics | Tagged , , , , | 13 Comments

Who owns the rain that falls from the sky?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

I must thank fellow-blogger Paul Handover for alerting me to – and not posting on his own Learning from Dogs blog – the strange and disturbing real-life story of a man in Oregon who has been sent to jail for … Continue reading →

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Conserving mass, water, and energy

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

I must admit that I am rather fond of quoting Sir Arthur Eddington as having once said, “…if your theory is found to be against the Second Law of Thermodynamics, I can give you no hope; there is nothing for … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Science, Denial, Economics, Environment, Financial Crisis, Fossil Fuels, Growthmania, James Delingpole, Limits to Growth, Politics, Scepticism | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

The Yellow River basin in China – Part 4

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

This is the fourth and final part of my 5000-word essay (researched and written in March 2011) on the water resource problems being encountered within the Yellow River catchment of northern China as a consequence of ongoing climate change. Having … Continue reading →

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