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Why Do We Care About Inequality?
Happy New Year! My last blog ended with a quote from Karan Singh, a former minister of population in India, who said, “Development is the best contraceptive.” This was supported by data which shows that fertility rates and population growth … Continue reading
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Tagged Bjorn Lomborg, Clean Energy, Climate Change, de Blasio, Education, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fertility Rate, Fossil Fuels, Gallup, GDP, Global Population, Global Warming, Mayor, New York, NYC, Paul Krugman, Pollution, POP 19, Poverty, Sustainability, Warsaw, WHO, World Population
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Poverty and Population
Happy New Year! My last two blogs raised the issue of a timeline for “absolute” sustainability; one that would give us enough time to move any remnants of the human population to another planet in case we are “successful” in … Continue reading
Future Populations
Last week’s blog established various time targets for the existence of our civilization and thus tried to establish an absolute level of sustainability. Granted, some of the targets I provided were rather trivial, like the desire to see another “Thanksgivukkah,” … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Fertility Rate, Global Population, Growth, Los Angeles, Mumbai, Population, Projections, Replacement Rate, Sustainability, Thanksgivukkah, UN, World Population
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Hanukkah, Thanksgiving and the Drake Equation
I recently finished celebrating Thanksgiving and Hanukkah with my family; enjoying the wonderful meal, lighting the 2nd Hanukkah candle and thanking God both in English and Hebrew. Following this, we also prepared to celebrate the end of the semester, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliens, Alpha Centauri, Astrobiology, Avatar, Calendar, Christmas, Climate Change, Climate Change Fork, Drake Equation, Extrarerrestrial, Frank Drake, Future, Global Population, Gregorian, Hanukkah, Hebrew, Helios 2, James Cameron, Jew, Jewish, Kepler, NASA, New Year, Now, Population, Present, Thanksgiving, Thanksgivukkah, UFOs, Voyager 1, World Population
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A Return to “Self Inflicted Genocides” – this Time in the Present.
About two weeks ago, I was asked to write a blog about the ongoing climate change meeting that was taking place at the time in Poland (COP 19). I was born in Poland and speak the language, and my blog … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Conference, Desalination, Egypt, Energy, Environment, Fatah, Fossil Fuels, Gaza, Genocide, Global Warming, Holocaust, Israel, Mediterranean, Mitigation, Palestine, Poland, Pollution, Power Plants, Residence Time, Self Inflicted Genocide, Sewage, Sewer, Water, Water Pollution, Water Stress, Water Table, Water Treatment, World Population
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Kosher Water and Desalination.
A few years back, I was teaching an environmental course to prospective teachers at our school of education (Brooklyn College, CUNY). One of the topics that was in the news at the time was the overpopulation of deer. Proposed remedies … Continue reading
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“My Way or the Highway” Can Be a Problem With the Best of Intentions
I am an old guy. My wife is younger but also past her official retirement age. Like everybody else, we try to prepare for retirement times by investing our savings. She is also an academic so we share the responsibilities. … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged Adaptability, Adaptation, Advocacy, Cap and Trade, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Tax, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Diversify, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Fukushima, Investment, Jim Hansen, Nuclear, Nuclear Energy, Parallel Processing, Power Plants, Technology, Wastewater, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress
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Feedback on Desalination
Last week, after posting the newest blog here on CCF, I immediately received a response from Peter Gleick, one of the authors of the report about water desalination that I had discussed. Through my twitter account, he led me to … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
Tagged California, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Cost, Desalination, Economics, Emissions, Energy, Environment, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Mitigation, Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick, Power Plants, Price, Science, Seawater, Sustainability, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress, World Population
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Obstacles to Adaptation of Water Desalination
This blog will focus entirely on a report that was issued by the Pacific Institute in 2006 under the title “Desalination, with a Grain of Salt.” The report was authored by Heather Cooley, Peter H. Gleick and Garry Wolf. The … Continue reading
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Tagged CCMI, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Energy, Pacific Institute, Peter H. Gleick, Water, Water Cycle, Water Scarcity, Water Stress
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Michael Kirsch Guest Blog
My blogs from the last few months have focused on the global water stress we are suffering, and its relation to climate change. The last two blogs in this series (October 8 and 29) have centered on the efforts to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adaptation, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Desalination, Distilation, Energy, Environment, Guest Blog, JFK, Michael Kirsch, Nuclear, Power, Power Plants, Science, Sustainability, Technology, Water, Water Cycle, Water Stress
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