Tall Tales

Renewable energy is not only meant for running water heaters or powering houses.Here are 3 examples of some heavy duty deployment of clean energy that you didn’t think possible,like powering a supersonic fighter or a 10,000 ton cargo ship.
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Can greenhouse gases cool the earth?Under certain conditions,yes.Volcanoes release GHGs and while Mt. Eyjafjallajökull would have no such effect. Mt. Pinatubo in 1991 produced a cooling effect.Inspired by this scientists are pitching forward geo-engineering strategies to mimic that same effect.But is geo-engineering the solution to climate change?

As the climatic soap opera unfolds at Copenhagen delegates are racing against the clock to seal a deal that would bring clarity on issues like carbon emission curbs, technology and funds transfer from rich to poor countries and who needs to contribute in the global cleanup. So far the news is grim.

In my last post I had mentioned how “development”, as we know it would make our earth unlivable in a very short span of time. This post illustrates that assertion with a real life incident which touches nearly each one of us. Or at least each one of us who drinks soft drinks It was[Continue Reading...]

Ideas, or ideologies are one of the most defining traits of humans. Still more mystifying is their propensity to go to war and kill each other over them. Yet, in the cold light of reason most of these ideologies are not worthy of their apologists’ spirited defence, or their attackers’ outraged attacks. Take the idea[Continue Reading...]