What a great, graphic article on this on Treehugger. per capita energy consumption is absolutely booming from a historical perspective, and that boom, of course, has been powered overwhelmingly with fossil fuels.
Category Archives: Our World
Key global problems
Over-consumption in rich countries and rapid population growth in the poorest both need to be tackled to put society on a sustainable path, a report says. An expert group convened by the Royal Society spent nearly two years reading evidence … Continue reading
Is God good ? A conversation.
Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ? Student : Yes, sir. Professor: So, you believe in GOD ? Student : Absolutely, sir. Professor : Is GOD good ? Student : Sure. Professor: Is GOD all powerful ? … Continue reading
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17543356
The average wage, calculated by the International Labour Organization, is published here for the first time. It’s a rough figure based on data from 72 countries, omitting some of the world’s poorest nations.
There simply is no credible scientific alternative to the theory that humans are warming the atmosphere.
An interesting article by New Scientist on how it may be that organisations are using tobacco company tactics to say climate change isn’t being influenced by mankind. There is the issue, that their isn’t scientific consensus as to the level … Continue reading
The scale of things – VERY cool
http://htwins.net/scale2/
Well worth the watch (do watch it to the end)
http://www.dolectures.com/lectures/do-trust-in-the-things-you-love/
“If I can only scrape a living, at least it will be a living worth scraping”
Is the current Europe “Big Freeze” due to climate change ?
A loss of sea ice could be a cause of the bitter winds that have swept across the UK in the past week, weather experts say” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/science-behind-the-big-freeze-is-climate-change-bringing-the-arctic-to-europe-6358928.html