The UK's first Energy Saving Day has ended with no noticeable reduction in the country's electricity usage. E-Day asked people to switch off electrical devices they did not need over a period of 24 hours, with the National Grid monitoring … [Read more...] about No Impact from the UK’s First Energy Saving ‘E-Day’
Archives for February 29, 2008
New Paper from the Virtual World: Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions
A new GRL paper by Matthews and Caldeira suggests that, in order to stabilise the computer modelled future climate, CO2 emissions need to be reduced to near-zero. The abstract of the paper is below: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L04705, … [Read more...] about New Paper from the Virtual World: Stabilizing Climate Requires Near-Zero Emissions
Peer Reviewed US Study Finds More Informed People ‘Show Less Concern for Global Warming’
Mass media efforts to raise American public concern about climate change, such as Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" and the "scientific consensus" media drumbeat, ironically may be having just the opposite effect, according to a new study appearing … [Read more...] about Peer Reviewed US Study Finds More Informed People ‘Show Less Concern for Global Warming’
‘Experts’ Views on the Future of Car and Air Travel in Australia
OVERSEAS trips may become a once-in-lifetime experience and car travel needed to be cut by 80 per cent if we have any hope of avoiding "dangerous" climate change, experts say. Energy experts from Monash University said the carbon emission standards … [Read more...] about ‘Experts’ Views on the Future of Car and Air Travel in Australia
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
