Greenhouse gas emissions Glass half empty or half full? The expressions ‘glass half full’ and ‘glass half empty’ are used to describe optimists, who rejoice that the glass is still half-full, and pessimists, who lament that the glass is already half empty. But in dealing with…
BIPEDS RULE OK
August 18, 2025
posted in: humour
SPONCH. We’re all made of SPONCH. Every living thing is made of Sulphur, Phosphorus, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon and Hydrogen. Along time ago, these six elements got together in Darwin’s heated swimming pool and had a big party. Maybe there was alcohol involved. Anyway, they all got drunk and, with carbon being the promiscuous element that it is…
Climate Change sceptics
February 9, 2023
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CLIMATE CHANGE SCEPTICISM Global dimming vs warming The famous Swedish scientist Svente Arrhenius warned about the potential dangers of global warming as far back as 1896, when he confirmed that carbon dioxide absorbs heat. But it was thought at the time that the effects would be too small to be significant, and in any case, the oceans were likely to…
50 years on from The Limits to Growth
February 9, 2023
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COMMENTS ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSAY OF THE LIMITS TO GROWTH1 by Robert Phillips In 1972, a high-powered think tank called the Club of Rome published The Limits to Growth, a book that caused considerable interest and controversy at the time. It was a book of predictions rather than prophecies, relying on a complex computer model and trend analysis of five…
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