Category Archives: Climate Change

To have a better idea about the impact that the coming Trump administration will have, it’s time to address the state of the energy transition before the January 20th inauguration. This blog will be data-heavy and next week’s blog will … Continue reading →

I am starting this blog on Friday, November 11th – the last scheduled day of the COP29 meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan. The world is waiting for a “final” draft of the conclusions. The central issue to be addressed is the … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – Map of Azerbaijan (Source: CDC) If I were president-elect, with the same results and history as President-elect Trump, I would have taken a short working vacation to Baku, Azerbaijan, where COP29 has just opened. As the map … Continue reading →

Figure 1 – 2024 Senate election results as of November 12th, 4:32 pm, ET Last week’s blog promised to discuss geographic trends in America’s election in terms of a strive to increase the entropy of the system (see last week’s … Continue reading →

This blog will be posted on Election Day, which marks the end of the election period. It is estimated that more than half of voters had already cast their vote before today. This evening, I and many million others will … Continue reading →

(Source: The Naked Scientists) I started last week’s blog with the following two sentences: The last few blogs have alternated between descriptions of AI—with its environmental impacts—and the upcoming elections. On a more abstract level, both issues represent key features … Continue reading →

(Source: Unifying Quantum and Relativistic Theories) The last few blogs have alternated between descriptions of AI—with its environmental impacts—and the upcoming elections. On a more abstract level, both issues represent key features of our reality: the elections are part of … Continue reading →

 In this blog, I will return to the issue of the environmental cost of AI (September 3rd and 10th blogs) that I wrote about in response to Sonya Landau’s question. The technology is changing fast and is being compared to … Continue reading →

Recently, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, compared the present global economy to that of the 1920s. Below I cite some of the highlights: The global economy is facing rifts comparable to the pressures that resulted in “economic … Continue reading →