Author Archives: Toasty

Fire and Climate Change

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Toasty

A report in today’s issue of the magazine “Science” published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) provides a new prespective on the role of fire in Global Climate Change.  This publication, in the most prestigious U.S. … Continue reading →

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When the Sun doesn’t Shine and the Wind doesn’t Blow

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Toasty

Least we overlook the obvious, the sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow; but the demand for electrical power remains.  As we rush headlong into the quest for renewable, non-polluting energy it is, perhaps, prudent to review … Continue reading →

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Greenhouse Gases – EPA News Release

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Toasty

EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Public Health, Welfare / Proposed Finding Comes in Response to 2007 Supreme Court Ruling Release date: 04/17/2009 (Washington, D.C. – April 17, 2009) After a thorough scientific review ordered in 2007 by the … Continue reading →

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Younger, Thinner Arctic Ice Reported

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Toasty

The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center yesterday updated status of Arctic ice coverage (http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/2009/040609.html) with the report that at the end of March the extent of ice coverage was similar to recent years, but below the longer-term 1979 … Continue reading →

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Automobiles IV – The Nano Arrives

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Toasty

After several months delay due to political factors, Tata Motors of India today introduced their “peoples car”, the Nano.  The basic model of the 33hp, 2-cylinder car is being sold at the previously announced target price of 100,000 rupees (approx. … Continue reading →

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President Obama on Climate Change

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Toasty

Text of President-Elect Obama’s video message to the Governors Climate Change Summit. Continue reading →

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System Feedback and Tipping Points

Posted on November 12, 2008 by Toasty

Complex feedback processes increase global warming and may produce climate changes beyond our control. Continue reading →

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Too Valuable to Burn

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Toasty

The many uses of oil make it to valuable to burn. Continue reading →

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U.S. Government releases scientific assessment of climate change impacts

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Toasty

  On November 14, 2006 the Center for Biological Diversity, and other parties, filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Bush Administration charging that it had failed to meet the requirement of the Global Change Research Act of … Continue reading →

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Automobiles III – A Solution or a Disaster?

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Toasty

Will a proliferation of small, cheap cars such as the Indian-made Nano be a solution or climatic disaster? Continue reading →

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