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Thu, 2006-01-05 08:30Jim Hoggan
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Climate Change = Tough Sledding

There are days, in some states and provinces, when peddling concern about global warming is a tough sell; in North Dakota, or Manitoba, a little winter warmth sometimes sounds like a good thing. But things start to look more real when the snowmobiles have to stay on the trailer for a whole season. Check out the attached Canadian Press story on the state of prairie weather this winter.

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Wed, 2006-01-04 12:17Jim Hoggan
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The Slippery Slope of Climate Change Denial

A great post at www.OpEdNews.com asks -- and answers -- the question of whether we dare ignore the debate on evolution.

The principal argument is that we should not allow habits of thought that invite or facilitate deception and manipulation. WriterAndrew Bard Schmookler says:

"It matters whether people follow their authorities blindly or they develop the critical capabilities to think for themselves. Perhaps it’s fine to give the Bible unquestioning credence, but unquestioning trust in the declarations of political authorities can be dangerous."

 

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Mon, 2006-01-02 15:48Jim Hoggan
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The Great U. S. of A. -- Where Weather is Hot and Policy is Not

Check this attachment for one round up of extreme weather events in 2005.
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Mon, 2006-01-02 15:43Jim Hoggan
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Happy Hallowee ... ah ... New Year

It's a little past the season, but real monsters are with us all year 'round. Besides, there is so much to worry about in January (and February and March and ...) that the new year should begin with a smile.
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Fri, 2005-12-30 08:56Jim Hoggan
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An Electric Car for Real Men ...

... or for those rare women who are up for high-speed handbreak turns in gas station parking lots.

The Tango may not turn out to be the Model A of the new millennium, but it serves as a good example of what Detroit might be doing if it was serious about producing energy-efficient and smog-blocking alternatives. Unlike most of the experimental electric cars to date, this also looks like it would be serious fun: 0-60 mph in 4 seconds; 150 mph top end; and a race-ready roll cage to keep you safer than the easily crushed occupants of your average truck-frame SUV.

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Tue, 2005-12-27 10:13Jim Hoggan
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Not-Very-Perma Frost on the Melt

Google "permafrost" under News and you get a disturbing selection of stories arising out of a National Center for Atmospheric Research study on the melting of Artic permafrost. One of the most accessible is this piece out of the Anchorage Daily News, which says: "Warming temperatures could melt the top 11 feet of permafrost in Alaska by the end of the century -- damaging roads and buildings with sinkholes, transforming forest and tundra into swamps, and releasing vast amounts of greenhouse gases into the air."

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