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The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 59 Table of Contents Chapter 61 Chapter 60 L1 Roustabouts, February 15, 2058 The L1 crew were not like the moon colonists. They were cowboys. We didn't get up-close and web-personal with them. The corporate imagery around them played up rugged individualism and avoided any mention of colonization. They were all young men, no women, no families. Anytime we saw them they were sparring, jousting and joking with each other in good natured bonhomie. Or acting like boy scouts. It was all completely phony. Arguably what the L1 astronauts were doing ---…
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundupskip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not WisdomSeptember 29, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, IPCC - SPM, IPCC - Reactions, IPCC - Buildup UNGA CE&C, MDGs, Maldives, Potash, Energiewende Bottom Line, Subsidies, World Bank, Pricing Nature, Cook, ShrinkologyFukushima: Note, News, Policies, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Methane, GeopoliticsFood: Crisis, Fisheries, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production Hurricanes,…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 58 Table of Contents Chapter 60 Chapter 59 Asteroid Disaster January 27, 2058 Last week I got a late night call from Rhamaposa. He was stone cold sober and didn't waste time with preliminaries. "We've lost contact with the Daedalus group." "What happened?" "We're not sure. We're waiting for the 24 hour summary." Because of the distance and the danger involved, UNGETF had insisted on an automated video summary which would be transmitted by the computer every 24 hours. It was basically a compressed stop-frame video record. The algorithm tracked…
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 Overload is Pattern Recognition Equinox Edition September 22, 2013 Equinox, COP19+, IPCC, HMNDP, MDG, EDF, Potash, Maldives, Energiewende Bottom Line, Pricing Nature, Cook, Shrinkology Fukushima: Note, News Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production Hurricanes, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New Weather GHGs, Aerosols, Volcanoes,…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 57 Table of Contents Chapter 59 Chapter 58 Ecology 110 - Water Vapour, January 6, 2058 Occasionally I am caught flat-footed by questions from students. It is one of the hidden benefits of teaching --- being kept on your toes. Theories of education differ, but generally I aim for the broad middle band. I know there are some impatient, high percentile types who think my lectures slow and pedantic. Just as there is a segment of determined plodders who get through more by hard work than brainpower. Between them ranges the middle group who will…
(Featured image from http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-09/14/c_132720300.htm) 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.  I am late because I am traveling.  Normality should resume before next Monday's posting... skip to bottom Sipping from the Internet Firehose... September 15, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, G20, XPrize, CDP, Germany, Potash Bottom Line, EBRD, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Policies Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Food vs. Biofuel,…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 56 Table of Contents Chapter 58 Chapter 57 Moonchild, December 11, 2057 The moon consists primarily of iron, aluminum, silicon and manganese, with some calcium and oxygen. Some areas have concentrations of titanium. That was why the Hipparcus crater had been chosen. Once the smelter was set up and they had full power, the mining began in earnest. It was all open pit. They used a large wheeled dragger to scoop up the material. They wanted aluminum and titanium. The lack of free oxygen on the moon made steel production problematic, but aluminum,…
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 September 8, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Guyana, G20, PIF, A Plan, Hiatus, Maldives, Potash Bottom Line, A Change?, Big Banks, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Land Grabs, IP Issues, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Production Hurricanes, Weather Machine, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather Carbon Cycle, Temperatures…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 55 Table of Contents Chapter 57 Chapter 56 Petrov, October 19, 2057 The Daedalus reached Petrov in late September. On the internet a coterie of space enthusiasts and the climate concerned had followed their reports religiously, but until then there was little coverage in the corporate media. For twenty-four hours they were media stars again. The trip had been uneventful, which in the tech-besotted, bloodless language of the space agencies and corporations meant there were no major accidents and nobody died. The asteroid was less than a kilometer in…
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 September 1, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, G20, ICW, PIF, DMS, Hiatus, Potash, Salted, Overshoot Bottom Line, Big Banks, Cook, Meteorologists Fukushima: Note, News, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Mega-Canyon, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Microbial Revolution, GMOs, Production Hurricanes, Weather Machine, Notable Weather GHGs, Carbon Cycle,…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 54 Table of Contents Chapter 56 Chapter 55 Spacemen, September 11, 2057 From my vantage point in UNGETF, I was able to monitor the activities of the various groups. All year, I heard about rocket launches, mostly by the Swiss-German consortium Brahmaputra, but the odd one was by the L1 construction group Carillon. The Group 6 cloudmakers had their first batch of ships sailing for Antarctica. More of the old tankers were being refurbished weekly. The target number of vessels for north and south had been raised to 600. Sometimes when things don't work…
This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundupskip to bottom Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not WisdomAugust 25, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Overshoot, AR5, Potash Bottom Line, Thermodynamics, CookFukushima: Note, News, Policies, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Harp Seals, Methane, Geopolitics, AntarcticaFood: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Land Grabs, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, Weather Machine, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New Weather Temperatures…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 53 Table of Contents Chapter 55 Chapter 54 Greenhouse, May 31, 2057 Things were not looking good. At UNGETF, we were all too aware of of the unfolding disasters. The storms and wildfires, the floods and droughts were bad enough, but food production was down again. The methane levels kept rising. Nothing we were doing seemed to have any effect. I left the meeting with a heavy heart. As I headed for home, it was already hot. This was May. When spring starts in February, the season seems to go on forever. Calling April the cruellest month seemed like a…
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 Another Week of Climate Instability News Information Overloadis Pattern Recognition August 18, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Texas Water, Yasuni, Soot & Methane Bottom Line, GFIs, Thermodynamics, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Policies, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Food & Revolution, GMOs, Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 52 Table of Contents Chapter 54 Chapter 53 Carillon, March 8, 2057 When I got home that afternoon I discovered that one of my new students had surreptitiously video logged me. Edie met me at the door with, "I watched your whole lecture today." "What?" "It's true. You're all over the forums. There have been thousands of downloads." I shook my head a little dismayed. "People want to know what's really going on and nobody believes the official reports." Anna heard my voice and came running into the kitchen. I was hot and tired, so I dropped down on one…
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 Another Week of Climate Instability News Sipping from the Internet Firehose... August 11, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, AGU, NOAA, Potash, Bottom Line, Coal Financing, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Policies Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Harp Seals, Methane, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Production Hurricanes, Monsoon, Weather Machine, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 51 Table of Contents Chapter 53 Chapter 52 Ecology 550 - Group 5 Overview, March 8, 2057 Notes on a lecture. Spring term was near the half way point and Ecology 550 was ahead of schedule. I had been fielding a lot of questions about Group 5, so I decided to do an overview lecture on the UNGETF groups and wind up with some details on Group 5. I made a list to structure the class. I opened a screen with my padd and projected the list. Group 1 - Reforestation, ongoing, effectiveness minimal. Group 2 - Stratospheric sulphates, effective but politicized…
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 August 4, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, Violence, Hallowich, Rebuilding, Potash, Bottom Line, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Policies Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Fisheries, GMOs, Production, N-Fix Hurricanes, Extremes, New Weather GHGs, Temperatures, Feedbacks, Aerosols Paleoclimate, Oceans, Biosphere, Extinctions, Bees & CCD, Volcanoes,…
The Bottleneck Years by H.E. Taylor Chapter 50 Table of Contents Chapter 52 Chapter 51 Soap, February 20, 2057 Anna came down the hall complaining. "Mommy, my tummy hurts." There were bubbles coming out of her mouth. Edie took one look and yelled, "Luc, call an ambulance!" I came out of the kitchen and saw Anna down on her hands and knees vomitting on the front room floor. There was a trail of liquid down the hall to the bathroom. Following the trail back, I found a shampoo bottle on the bathroom floor. It was about half full. "Do you know how much was in this?" "Oh my god!" exclaimed Edie. "…
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 July 28, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, MEF, Whiteman, Warnings Bottom Line, Subsidies, EIB, Pricing Nature, Cook Fukushima: Note, News, Related Papers Melting Arctic, Harp Seals, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production Hurricanes, New Weather, GHGs, Carbon Cycle, CO2 Fertilization Temperatures, Aerosols, Paleoclimate,…