A record heat wave scorched Europe in August 2003, claiming an estimated 65,000 lives. In France alone, 17,622 people died from the searing temperatures, more than 19 times the death toll from the SARS epidemic worldwide. In the worst heat spell in decades, temperatures in France soared to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) and remained unusually high for two weeks.
This summer\'s...
The European Union is imposing a ban on conventional light bulbs, replacing them with energy-saving bulbs. That ban would fully be in effect within two years, forcing all 490 million citizens of the EU\'s member states to switch from the current conventional lights they now have.
However, some problems of this plan have been raised considering that the supposed energy-efficient light bulbs...
An article in the Washington Times recently discussed how skeptics of global warming are \'treated like a pariah\'. The article begins, \'Scientists skeptical of climate-change theories say they are increasingly coming under attack - treatment that may make other analysts less likely to present contrarian views about global warming.\' The article cites an example of this by mentioning how a...
For those who saw Al Gore\'s documentary, it was very convincing of its hypothesis that global warming is a man-made phenomenon that has the potential to kill us all and end humanity. After all, the film was filled with graphs and charts, so it must be true. Let\'s just get something straight here, Al Gore is not a climatologist, meteorologist, astronomer, or scientist of any kind; he is a...
Recently, a documentary aired on the UK\'s Channel 4, entitled \'The Great Global Warming Swindle\', which challenged the prevailing political understanding that global warming is caused by man-made activity.
The movie argues that it is in fact the sun that is responsible for the current changes in the Earth\'s temperature and the film is riddled with the testimony of many scientists and...
With gas prices continuing to stay high, many people are looking at other fuel options, such as, for example, diesel fuel. Ethanol is another alternative fuel option that can also save you some money at the pump.
Ethanol, grain alcohol made mostly from corn in the U.S., has seen a resurgence in interest lately, including new federal mandates to produce at least 36 billion gallons of biofuels...
The carbon offset industry is new and unproven, and there are some bad examples like planting trees in silly places where they will just die. But we shouldn\'t let those growing pains distract us from the crucial point: If you take flights, or drive, or you have a big house, you\'ve put some major emissions into the environment, and it\'s your moral obligation to take them back out again. The...
Global warming is going to wreak havoc with the world economy. That is the latest prediction based on the idea that our use of fossil fuels and our production and release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere is responsible for an increase-to-come in temperatures.
We\'ve got to act now, we are being told. There is a strong consensus that we\'re in for some heavy heat and that industry is...
In the global warming debate, there are essentially two broad camps. One believes that the science is settled, that global warming is serious and man-made, and that urgent action must be taken to mitigate or prevent a future calamity. The other believes that the science is far from settled, that precious little is known about global warming or its likely effects, and that prudence dictates more...
While I disagree with many of Sen. John McCain's policies, I am willing to concede that he may at least make a wise, rational president and represent a step in the right direction for the nation. No longer. With his pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, he has shown a spectacular, even dangerous lack of judgment.
In addition to her frightening lack of qualification to be...
