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July 14, 2013
Things have been quiet here, even more than the usual slow pace... I am back now from a trip to Europe where I left the family with the kids maternal grandparents and I won't see them for nine weeks in all.  This was a bad plan, but it was the plan.  I have been home for a couple of weeks already,…
July 14, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 45 Table of Contents Chapter 47 Chapter 46 Boo-Boo, August 26, 2056 I found myself becoming quite anthropological watching Anna learn to walk and talk over the summer. She is a curious and rambunctious child who is always getting into things we…
July 8, 2013
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years July 7, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, WMO, Steinacher, CO2 Fertilization, Desertec, Rabobank, Cook…
July 4, 2013
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom June 30, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Montreal Protocol, Indian Monsoon, Obama's Plan,…
June 24, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Mid-Summer's Day Edition June 23, 2013 Chuckles, Solstice, COP19+, Post-G8, UK Meeting, Indian…
June 21, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 44 Table of Contents Chapter 46 Chapter 45 Daedalus, August 19, 2056 What is it that makes the PR efforts of the space industry always look so lame? Don't get me wrong. I love space. I think humans are bound to colonize the solar system sooner or…
June 18, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 43 Table of Contents Chapter 45 Chapter 44 An Unsettling Meeting, July 19, 2056 With the summer trimester, my schedule changed. Peter cut the UNGETF meetings down to once a month. I no longer had classes on Wednesday, the regular UNGETF meeting day…
June 17, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom June 16, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Bonn, Xi-…
June 10, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information Overloadis Pattern Recognition June 9, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Bonn, WED, WOD,…
June 7, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 42 Table of Contents Chapter 44 Chapter 43 Group 5, July 12, 2056 No announcement of Group 5 commencement was made. I heard one day that a rocket had been launched from Whitesands. A week later there was another and I wondered. I remembered…
June 3, 2013
Sipping from the Internet Firehose... This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom June 2, 2013 Chuckles, Roll Cloud, COP19+, Black Carbon, WIN, Patriot, Bodman Otto, Cook et al,…
May 31, 2013
Coal-fired electricity production is bad on so many levels. You'd think humans could learn from history, but sadly, no, and no.  The childhood asthma statistics alone should be enough.  Coal burning power plants are a leading producer of asthma causing pollution.  And then there's the mercury...and…
May 29, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 41 Table of Contents Chapter 43 Chapter 42 The Daily Battle, July 7, 2056 Things were not looking good. In the Arctic, there was no sign of the methane abating. In some places the water was milky, churning with the gases. Lightning triggered…
May 28, 2013
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Chronicling a new Age of Consequences May 26, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, GWSP, State of Nature, MAHB, Moore EF5, Otto Consensus , Warnings,…
May 23, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 40 Table of Contents Chapter 42 Chapter 41 Theft and Meditation, June 27, 2056 I was between classes in mid-afternoon when Edie phoned.   "Luc. There are men in the shed stealing things."   "Call the police."   "I did. There's no answer."   "What…
May 20, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom May 19, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Arctic Council, Consensus, Warren 400 ppmv, Ventus Project, Red…
May 15, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 39 Table of Contents Chapter 41 Chapter 40 Learning To Stand, June 17, 2056 The weeks ground by. The meetings, the lack of progress really grated. I wasn't doing well in my work. The damned membrane grew, but it kept wanting to curl up in tubes and…
May 14, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom May 12, 2013 Chuckles, Beauty, COP19+, G8,…
May 8, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 38 Table of Contents Chapter 40 Chapter 39 A Walk in the Park, April 26, 2056 I got a bit of a surprise when I got home. Edie caught me just as I was entering and asked, "Do you think we are descending into a New Dark Age?" My head was full of…
May 7, 2013
Hilarious! And, as always from The Onion, so true...
May 6, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information Overloadis Pattern RecognitionMay 5, 2013 Chuckles, May Day, COP19+, MDGs, Unburnable,…
May 1, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 37 Table of Contents Chapter 39 Artificial Biology, April 19, 2056 I was beginning to feel like things were slipping out of control. I don't know that they had ever been in control, but before Edie started Neurolin, before the Group 2 disaster and…
April 30, 2013
Here are a couple of great animations of the arctic sea ice volume over the satellite era. (credit to Andy Lee Robinson, seen at Planet3) While this is not news, I think the animations make two things very clear.  One, is that anyone even giving the time of day to the notion that there is "nothing…
April 29, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Sipping from the Internet Firehose... April 28, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, PAGES2k, Ocean Heat, Earth…
April 24, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 36 Table of Contents Chapter 38 Chapter 37 UNGETF Reacts, March 24, 2056 The public reaction after the Group 2 disaster was muted in North America. Not so in the USSA. A huge crowd rioted in Brasilia and burnt down the DCS building. The police just…
April 22, 2013
(featured image is the effect of Australia's summer heatwave on Melbourne's historical record, source) Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom…
April 22, 2013
(these are of course NA dates) Event Title: Do the Math ... If you Love this Planet// Earth Night Gathering Venue: Country Park {Mobile Home} Community Clubhouse Location: Clearwater, FL Start Time: Sunday, April 21, 7:00 PM You can RSVP here: http://act.350.org/event/do_the_math_movie_attend/4678…
April 17, 2013
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 35 Table of Contents Chapter 37 Chapter 36 Neurolin, March 17, 2056 Edie was changing. I didn't know how, but she was no longer the shy retiring mouse of a woman she had been. A week later I happened across a clue. As a matter of course, we…
April 15, 2013
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom April 14, 2013 Chuckles, UNFF10, GCF-DC, EGU…
April 15, 2013
Via Planet3.0 I see there is a declaration of the need, and competitive advantage it would bring, for action on climate change signed by a not insignificant number of major (non-fossil fuel) corporations.  As Michael Tobis points out, it is, rather strangely, presented as an image only. So my…