Category Archives: Climate Change

In an earlier blog (“’The Day After’: Electricity”, June 25, 2024), I compared the global energy increase with the increase in electricity consumption. Figure 3 from that blog is repeated here as Figure 1. Both quantities increase linearly; however, electricity … Continue reading →

 (Source: The Green Party on Facebook) Last week’s blog promised: “In the next few blogs, I will continue to follow …how the Iran war is currently serving as a wake-up call for continuing energy supply changes.” This blog is a … Continue reading →

One month ago, on February 25th, I wrote a blog that attempted to differentiate between the long- and short-term impacts of evolving global trends. I wrote that I would try to focus on the long-term impacts. The Iran war started … Continue reading →

The acronym in the title stands for “Make the World Great Again,” as opposed to the current US government’s efforts to “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) and “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA). The basic idea is that no country can … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Drawing of the Boston Tea Party (Source: SC Daily Gazette) The last two blogs promised that I would focus on different efforts to adapt to the demographic changes that the world is going through. Currently, there are … Continue reading →

I was about to finish this blog when the news broke about the US-Israel attacks on Iran. Those attacks triggered retaliatory attacks on Israel and other Middle Eastern countries that house American bases. However, last week’s blog promised that I … Continue reading →

The Winter Olympics are over (Sunday, February 22nd). From a NYC perspective, we are now in the middle of a blizzard that makes this winter interesting if you have a home to hide in. It’s time to go back to … Continue reading →

Last week’s blog started with a paragraph about the start of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics. My wife and I are spending our evenings watching the Olympics. We both enjoy it, but my focus is on trying to identify lessons … Continue reading →

I am starting this blog on Friday, February 6th, the day of the opening ceremony for the winter Olympics. Put Olympics into the search box of this blog and you will get 17 blogs from previous years. I like to … Continue reading →