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Vacation Notice
This week I am taking a break from the blog, so there will be no post. Please do come back next Tuesday, when I promise to continue our discussions.
Can we Advance the Transition to a More Sustainable Future?
Where are we now and how can we advance or accelerate the energy transition to a more sustainable future? I am now in Europe, and this is the last blog that I wrote before I left. In fact, I started … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Electricity, Energy
Tagged Australia, Canada, Carbon, carbon dioxide, climate, Climate Change, CO2, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, EU, Extreme Weather, Future, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, US, Weather
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Politics and Approval Ratings
*Note: This is a pre-written blog and may not reflect current events. If everything goes well, by the time this blog is posted, I will already be in Europe. I am writing it before I leave so that it reflects … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, US
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Creation
My plan was to write a continuation of the previous blog about Campus as a Lab (CAL) (July 19, 2022) but as usual, reality interfered in a big way! I got a Facebook message from a friend that included the … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, Future, galaxy, James Webb, milky way, nebula, Past, space, star, star birth, telescope
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What Am I Doing??
Over the last few blogs I cried, together with many others, about the direction in which the country and the world are going. It reached a stage where a friend told me that she didn’t celebrate the 4th of July … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Education
Tagged Adam Tooze, Adaptation, Bergen-Belsen, Bomb, Brooklyn College, change, concentration camp, CUNY, decarbonization, Education, Future, Germany, lab, laboratory, mitigaton, Nazi, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, NY, Physics, Princeton, Research, Russia, Science, social physics, stem, Ukraine, WWII
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The Sky as an Inspiration
A week ago, I got a new email from a young friend, reacting to the recent verdict by the Supreme Court that negates Roe vs. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape for the last 50 years: I was reading … Continue reading
Posted in administration, Climate Change, politics
Tagged Abortion, bottom-up, carbon emissions, change, China, choice, Climate Change, constitution, covid, COVID 19, democracy, economic, Economy, EPA, executive, Fertility, Future, GHG, governance, Government, greenhouse gas, guns, judiciary, law, legislation, minority, NYC, rights, Roe v. Wade, Russia, Second Amendment, separation of power, Supreme Court, surveillance, Technology, top-down, Ukraine, vote
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Electric Utilities Through the Lens of the IPAT Identity
The last two blogs focused on applying the IPAT identity to sub-country organizations. For obvious reasons, I started this analysis with a focus on oil companies and their supposed commitments to net-zero carbon emissions in the “near” (mid-century) future. One … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Energy
Tagged carbon capture, CCS, Clean Energy, Climate Change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coned, decarbonization, Desalination, Electricity, Emissions, Energy, energy transition, fossil fuel, G7, Gas, GDP, GHG, global energy transition, greenhouse gas, IPAT, Net-Zero, Oil, Population, Russia, Ukraine, US, utilities, Water Stress
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Globalization
Artist: Enrico Bertuccioli I have summarized the overlapping global challenges that the world is now facing in multiple previous blogs. The burning issue that all of us must address is how to confront them. The cartoon above emphasizes that the … Continue reading
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US: Cruel Laws Must Still be Enforced??
Two weeks ago (April 12th), I wrote about how busy we all are this April, both with personal and global events: “COVID-19 is still with us and continues to have an impact on most of us. The Russian invasion of … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Bergen-Belsen, Bucha, concentration camp, democracy, dictatorship, governance, Government, Holocaust, laws, mass grave, Military, Nazi, Nuremburg, obedience, oligarchy, Puerto Rico, Putin, Russia, Supreme Court, Ukraine, US, War
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Fighting Russian Aggression & Learning How to Fight Global Wars in the Nuclear Age
Figure 1 – Source: Interest.co.nz The world is busy right now with several simultaneous global transitions that will leave an impact long after they are over. I have mentioned these transitions in earlier blogs. They include climate change, demographic saturation, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Antarctica, Anthropogenic, Atmosphere, atomic bomb, Carbon, Carbon Cycle, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, covid, COVID 19, Demand, economic, Economy, Energy, Fossil Fuels, Gas, human caused, inflation, Mauna Loa, Nuclear, nuclear bomb, Oil, petrostate, Putin, Russia, sanctions, Supply, tree rings, Ukraine, War, WWI
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