Category: energy

• University of Chicago economist Steve Cicala: Free dumping of carbon dioxide into atmosphere is nothing less than “theft”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Nov 1.2014
• Brian Hayes on clear climate models for the curious public

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . cat1 . citizen science . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . differential equations . education . energy . environment . forecasting . geophysics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . oceanography . physics . reasonableness . risk . science . scientific publishing . statistics

  Oct 28.2014
• Superstorm Sandy, in New York City

  climate . climate education . economics . energy . environment . forecasting . history . meteorology . privacy . rationality . reasonableness . risk . Uncategorized

  Oct 27.2014
• Who Does It, and How Much

  Bayesian . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . NASA . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . solar power . wind power

  Sep 25.2014
• Leonardo DiCaprio, concerned citizen, at the United Nations

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . economics . efficiency . energy . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Sep 23.2014
• “It’ll be okay: Trust me”, redux

  art . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . Carbon Tax . citizenship . climate . climate education . conservation . ecology . economics . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Sep 20.2014
• energiewende

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . investing . rationality . reasonableness . solar power . wind power

  Sep 14.2014
• “Expectations for a new climate agreement” (Jacoby, Chen, MIT, 2014)

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . investing . meteorology . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Sep 13.2014
• “Rising seas will be unstoppable”

  biology . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Aug 27.2014
• The Sun as Borexino Sees It in Real Time: “the energy released today at the centre of the Sun is exactly the same as that produced 100,000 years ago”

  astronomy . astrophysics . Carl Sagan . climate . energy . geophysics . physics . science . solar power

  Aug 27.2014
• Wind, 2014-07-30

  energy . engineering . wind power

  Jul 30.2014
• Sea Level Rise, after Church and White (2006)

  Bayesian . carbon dioxide . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . MCMC . meteorology . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Jul 14.2014
• “Birthing a Solar Age”

  climate . climate education . conservation . demand-side solutions . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Jun 30.2014
• Risky Business: Economic Impacts of Climate Change in the United States

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . education . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . investing . meteorology . physics . politics

  Jun 24.2014
• Don’t know how real this is, but These Guys Have IMAGINATION

  carbon dioxide . economics . efficiency . energy . engineering . geoengineering . investing . meteorology . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk

  Jun 22.2014
• Wind Energy for Homes in Massachusetts

  carbon dioxide . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . investing . optimization . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar power . wind power

  Jun 7.2014
• Balance. (And Bill Nye the Science Guy!)

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . ecology . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  May 13.2014
• Who Does It and How

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . physics . politics . reasonableness . risk . science

  Apr 13.2014
• The Stone Giant speaks to the Hobbit …

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics . Unitarian Universalism . wind power

  Apr 1.2014
• RADM David Titley, USN Oceanographer … the “reformed smoker” talk

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate . climate education . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . science . WHOI

  Mar 31.2014
• “United States anthracite.”

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . demand-side solutions . economics . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . nuclear power . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  Mar 22.2014
• Kevin Anderson – The emissions case for a radical plan

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . Internet . investing . meteorology . nuclear power . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  Mar 16.2014
• The Pumphandle

  Carbon Tax . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . energy . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 13.2014
• Grading the U.S. Senate: Climate Crisis All-Night Session

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . economics . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . investing . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  Mar 11.2014
• MIT Climate CoLab Contests: U.S. Carbon Price, and Federal Agency Climate Mitigation Options

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . politics . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 10.2014
• Why the Higgs field and gravity are completed unrelated

  education . energy . history . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Feb 21.2014
• “Without even thinking very hard …”: My favorite post from RealClimate

  chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . notes . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 17.2014
• An optimistic plan, wishfully thought

  climate . climate education . economics . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . politics . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 6.2014
• The London Array.

  civilization . climate . ecology . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . meteorology . wind power

  Jan 22.2014