Category: reasonableness

• “… [A] fair, legally binding and truly transformational climate agreement …”

  adaptation . Anthropocene . Bill Nye . bridge to nowhere . Cape Wind . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . climate justice . compassion . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . ecology . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . environment . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investment in wind and solar energy . microgrids . natural gas . pipelines . politics . public utility commissions . PUCs . rationality . reasonableness . religion . solar energy . solar power . SolarPV.tv . sustainability . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . wind energy . wind power . zero carbon

  Oct 27.2015
• Kerry Emanuel and Svante Arrhenius, hurricanes and climate disruption: A 2015 update

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate disruption . geophysics . global warming . hurricanes . Kerry Emanuel . meteorology . oceanography . physics . prediction . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . sea level rise . sustainability . Svante Arrhenius

  Oct 27.2015
• Miami — Why Worry?

  adaptation . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate change . climate disruption . denial . disingenuity . environment . floods . Florida . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . rationality . reasonableness . sea level rise . Tamino

  Oct 22.2015
• What it takes to power a (light) bulb, and Sankey Diagrams

  adaptation . Anthropocene . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . Don Cleland . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . engineering . environment . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . maths . meteorology . microgrids . natural gas . physics . public utility commissions . PUCs . reasonableness . Sankey diagram . solar energy . solar power . SolarPV.tv . sustainability . thermodynamics . Tony Seba . wind energy . wind power . zero carbon

  Oct 20.2015
• Irrelevant power utilities

  bridge to nowhere . chance . clean disruption . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . ignorance . investment in wind and solar energy . mathematics . microgrids . optimization . physics . planning . public utility commissions . PUCs . rationality . reasonableness . risk . selfishness . solar power . SolarPV.tv . Spaceship Earth . sustainability . Tea Party . the right to know . the value of financial assets . Tony Seba . wind energy . wind power . zero carbon

  Oct 20.2015
• The Koch brothers are afraid, very afraid … and should be

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . Cape Wind . carbon dioxide . citizenship . clean disruption . climate justice . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . denial . ecology . economics . efficiency . energy . energy utilities . environment . Exxon . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . obfuscating data . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . selfishness . solar energy . solar power . SolarPV.tv . sustainability . the right to know . the value of financial assets . Tony Seba . transparency . wind power . zero carbon

  Oct 17.2015
• Climate Disruption and Carbon Taxes: That ‘outlandish lefty plot’

  adaptation . Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . Carbon Worshipers . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . COP21 . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . ecology . energy utilities . engineering . environment . Exxon . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . meteorology . mitigation . oceanography . physics . planning . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . zero carbon

  Oct 16.2015
• “Ultimately the public will understand that they were being lied to, betrayed”

  adaptation . Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Worshipers . citizenship . climate . climate change . climate disruption . denial . disingenuity . dynamical systems . ecology . environment . geophysics . global warming . ignorance . meteorology . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . selfishness . statistics . Tamino . temporal myopia . the right to know . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Oct 12.2015
• How nice it is that Nature and probability bend to developers whims!

  capricious gods . chance . citizenship . climate data . conservation . denial . ecology . engineering . environment . ethics . games of chance . ignorance . living shorelines . mathematics . meteorology . obfuscating data . planning . politics . precipitation . prediction . probability . rationality . reasonableness . risk . spatial statistics . University Station . Westwood

  Oct 10.2015
• News Flash: “Warmer climate on the Earth may be due to more Carbon Dioxide in the air”

  Anthropocene . astrophysics . carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate disruption . compassion . denial . disingenuity . ecology . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . IPCC . physics . prediction . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . zero carbon

  Oct 10.2015
• “Too late to prevent climate change: Here’s how we adapt” (Alice Bows-Larkin)

  adaptation . Anthropocene . astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . capricious gods . carbon dioxide . chance . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuels . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . mathematics . maths . meteorology . mitigation . oceanography . physics . planning . prediction . probability . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics . sustainability . zero carbon

  Oct 7.2015
• Waves in transmission problems ( by Jeff Galkowski)

  Berkeley . differential equations . Jeff Galkowski . mathematics . maths . McGill University . physics . proud dad . quantum . rationality . reasonableness . scattering . science . Stanford University . wave equations . waves

  Oct 6.2015
• Incredible Rainfall In South Carolina, and Yes Climate Played A Role – Dan’s Wild Wild Science Journal – AGU Blogosphere

  adaptation . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate change . climate disruption . Dan Satterfield . environment . forecasting . geophysics . global warming . hurricanes . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . IPCC . James Hansen . maths . meteorology . mitigation . NOAA . oceanography . physics . prediction . Principles of Planetary Climate . probability . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . science education . spatial statistics . statistics . sustainability . Tamino . the right to know . zero carbon

  Oct 5.2015
• Risks and Carney at LLoyd’s: Climate change is a ‘tragedy of the horizons’

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . the value of financial assets

  Oct 3.2015
• On Changing Things

  adaptation . Anthropocene . bifurcations . bridge to nowhere . Buckminster Fuller . Cauchy distribution . clean disruption . climate disruption . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . Disney . dynamic linear models . dynamical systems . Epcot . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . physical materialism . planning . rationality . reasonableness . Spaceship Earth . stochastic algorithms

  Sep 30.2015
• “Projected Costs of Generating Electricity” (IEA report)

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . ecology . economics . efficiency . EIA . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . environment . forecasting . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . natural gas . NIMBY . pipelines . planning . public utility commissions . rationality . reasonableness . solar power . SolarPV.tv . temporal myopia . time series . Tony Seba . wind energy . wind power . zero carbon

  Sep 28.2015
• “Same Old Same Old” (Tamino)

  Carbon Worshipers . climate data . environment . geophysics . global warming . hiatus . history . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . Tamino . temporal myopia . time series . Uncategorized

  Sep 28.2015
• Carbon Worshipers and Worship

  Anthropocene . atheism . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate data . climate models . Cult of Carbon . denial . energy . environment . Exxon . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . IPCC . meteorology . oceanography . physical materialism . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . UNFCCC . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Sep 26.2015
• The Art and Science of Stefan Rahmstorf

  Anthropocene . art . bifurcations . carbon dioxide . Cauchy distribution . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . destructive economic development . disingenuity . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . Exxon . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . icesheets . IPCC . James Hansen . mathematics . maths . physical materialism . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . sea level rise . statistics . sustainability . the right to know

  Sep 18.2015
• Ahmed: arrested for having electronics in his possession simpler than a smart phone

  astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . Bill Nye . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . Dan Satterfield . disingenuity . education . engineering . ethics . humanism . ignorance . physical materialism . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Susan Jacoby . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Sep 17.2015
• Exxon knew, in detail

  Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . civilization . climate change . climate disruption . denial . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . Exxon . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . sociology

  Sep 16.2015
• No turning back: On the effectiveness of artificially removing emitted CO2 from atmosphere for remediating climate disruption

  adaptation . Anthropocene . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . denial . diffusion processes . dynamical systems . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuels . games of chance . geoengineering . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . James Hansen . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . scientific publishing . sea level rise . statistics . sustainability . the right to know . thermodynamics . zero carbon

  Sep 16.2015
• Foul concerns (UPDATE: 14th September 2015)

  Anthropocene . bifurcations . Boston . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . economics . efficiency . EIA . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . engineering . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . fracking . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . methane . microgrids . mitigation . natural gas . pipelines . planning . politics . public utility commissions . PUCs . rationality . reasonableness . risk . solar energy . solar power . SolarPV.tv . sustainability . temporal myopia . Tony Seba . Westwood . wind power . zero carbon

  Sep 12.2015
• Bob Inglis: “Energy optimists. Climate realists.”

  Anthropocene . atheism . bifurcations . Bill Nye . bridge to nowhere . capricious gods . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . ecology . economics . education . energy reduction . energy utilities . environment . ethics . finance . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . NOAA . oceanography . physical materialism . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . sociology . statistics . sustainability . Tea Party . UU Humanists

  Sep 10.2015
• Questions About El Nino Answered – Dan’s Wild Wild Science Journal – AGU Blogosphere

  bifurcations . capricious gods . chance . climate change . Dan Satterfield . ensembles . ENSO . games of chance . maths . meteorology . NOAA . nor’easters . oceanography . precipitation . prediction . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . spatial statistics

  Sep 10.2015
• STUFF IN PROGRESS

  numerical analysis . planning . R . rationality . reasonableness . state-space models . statistics

  Sep 9.2015
• “Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement Programs Reduce Methane Leaks and Improve Consumer Safety”

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . citizenship . climate . climate change . climate disruption . consumption . economics . energy utilities . environment . fossil fuels . fracking . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . methane . mitigation . natural gas . pipelines . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . sociology . spatial statistics . the right to know

  Sep 9.2015
• Antarctic Ice Sheet Mass Balance (from SCAR report)

  Antarctica . Anthropocene . bifurcations . carbon dioxide . Cauchy distribution . climate . climate change . climate disruption . environment . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . Hyper Anthropocene . James Hansen . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sea level rise . sustainability . WHOI

  Sep 9.2015
• “Dismantling the Utility Model is the Fastest Path to a Cleaner Electricity Infrastructure”

  Cauchy distribution . clean disruption . climate disruption . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . economics . efficiency . EIA . energy . energy reduction . energy utilities . engineering . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . global warming . investment in wind and solar energy . maths . mitigation . natural gas . optimization . pipelines . politics . public utility commissions . rationality . reasonableness . solar energy . solar power . SolarPV.tv . Tony Seba . zero carbon

  Sep 7.2015
• “Ignorance is not a cultural identity to celebrate. “

  Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . Dan Satterfield . economics . education . humanism . ignorance . mathematics education . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science education . sociology . Susan Jacoby

  Sep 6.2015