Category: reasonableness

• 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
• David Wasdell, 2012, on feedbacks, and internal mechanisms at IPCC, especially summary for policymakers

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . meteorology . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Oct 30.2014
• 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
• “Anthropogenic influence upon the climate: past and future prospects” (Professor Myles Allen)

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . environment . forecasting . geophysics . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Oct 25.2014
• “Thank you, congressman. Here at the USGS we follow the laws of nature, not the laws of man.”

  climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  Sep 28.2014
• 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
• Yep, that’s about the size of it: “If the science is true, their whole ideological project falls apart”

  climate . climate education . conservation . economics . environment . history . investing . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Sep 21.2014
• Price Waterhouse Coopers estimates 20 years until the global blows the danger point of climate change if emissions continue

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate education . environment . forecasting . geophysics . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . statistics

  Sep 21.2014
• “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
• “People are too insignificant to affect climate”

  biology . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . conservation . ecology . environment . history . humanism . rationality . reasonableness . science . Uncategorized . Unitarian Universalism

  Sep 13.2014
• ‘We’re due for one; it’s time’

  Bayesian . Boston Ethical Society . climate . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . geoengineering . history . humanism . NASA . notes . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . Uncategorized

  Sep 8.2014
• singingbanana does “The Lorenz Machine”

  Bayesian . engineering . mathematics . maths . rationality . reasonableness . risk . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Sep 7.2014
• Wally Broecker, 2015, “What Should We Do About Fossil Fuel CO2?”

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . climate . climate education . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Aug 31.2014
• Emission reductions since 1990

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . history . investing . mathematics . maths . meteorology . methane . NASA . nuclear power . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . WHOI . wind power . Wordpress

  Aug 27.2014
• “The joy and martyrdom of trying to be a Bayesian”

  Bayesian . BUGS . Gibbs Sampling . JAGS . MCMC . optimization . probabilistic programming . R . rationality . reasonableness . risk . SPSA . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search

  Aug 27.2014
• “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
• “Fossil fuels’ future”

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

  Aug 17.2014
• Hope. This is why, in part, I am an atheist.

  astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . biology . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . ecology . education . engineering . environment . geophysics . history . humanism . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NASA . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Aug 15.2014
• Woo hoo! OCO-2 on station!

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . environment . geophysics . JPL . meteorology . methane . NASA . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Aug 11.2014
• Dan Satterfield on Why and How Weather and Climate Models Work

  climate . climate education . differential equations . environment . forecasting . geophysics . mathematics . maths . meteorology . physics . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Aug 10.2014
• “Laughin’ Fool Blues”

  atheism . carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate . climate education . conservation . economics . education . geophysics . notes . obfuscating data . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Jul 25.2014
• 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
• The FT’s Martin Wolf: “Climate sceptics are losing their grip”

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . investing . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Jul 14.2014
• President Obama speaking to the League of Conservation Voters: He’s tryin’, but …

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . economics . environment . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  Jul 9.2014
• Why small effects can make BIG changes. Science rules, as Bill Nye says.

  climate . differential equations . education . engineering . environment . geophysics . mathematics . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Jul 3.2014
• “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