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Category Archives: Science
A.Word.A.Day –diurnation
Stumbleupon Review of : http://wordsmith.org/words/diurnation.html diurnation (dy-uhr-NAY-shuhn) noun The habit of sleeping or being dormant during the day. [From Latin diurnus (daily), from dies (day).]
Snowdrop – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stumbleupon Review of : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdrop To me, the first fragile snowdrops are the real new year, not some arbitrary date in the middle of Winter, mechanically dividing days like digits. It’s gradual, sneaks up unnoticed; one day you go out, … Continue reading
Chapter I: Introduction
Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.daviddfriedman.com/Future_Imperfect.html A few years ago I attended an event where the guest speaker was a cabinet member. In conversation afterwards, the subject of long term petroleum supplies came up. He warned that at some point, perhaps … Continue reading
AccuWeather.com: Global Warming News, Science, Myths, Articles
Stumbleupon Review of : http://global-warming.accuweather.com/2008/01/sunspot_signals_new_solar_cycl_1.html Solar Cycle 24 begins, with the first auroras already being reported on spaceweather.com; although the maximum won’t be till 2011 or so. The early start (predictions suggested it would be in March + or – … Continue reading
Peak Oil and Climate Change Q & A | Inspiring Green Leadership
Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.inspiringgreenleadership.com/blog/aangel/peak-oil-and-climate-change-q Richard Heinberg captures it perfectly when he says: “Climate change makes getting off of oil necessary and peak oil makes it inevitable.” In other words, peak oil a very good reason to create alternative, renewable … Continue reading
The Oil Drum: Europe | Concentrating Solar Power
Stumbleupon Review of : http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/2583 150 MW of parabolic trough CSP plant at Kramer Junction, California. The statistics are quite startling. Every year, each square kilometre of hot desert receives solar energy equivalent to 1.5 million barrels of oil. Multiplying … Continue reading
Wildfire – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stumbleupon Review of : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildfire
The Intersection: Cyclone Sidr: Category 5
Stumbleupon Review of : http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/11/cyclone_sidr_category_5.php The Joint Typhoon Warning Center finally gave in and rated the storm at 135 knots–or 155 mile per hour winds. This is the cutoff for Category 5. There may be some weakening by landfall, but … Continue reading
The Intersection: Time To Panic Over Cyclone Sidr
Stumbleupon Review of : http://scienceblogs.com/intersection/2007/11/time_to_panic_over_cyclone_sid.php Okay, it is time to get alarmist here. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center just released its latest forecast, and this storm still hasn’t weakened as has been so endlessly predicted. Instead, it is still a … Continue reading
bnarchives.yorku.ca/1/02/040813BN_Dominant_Capital_&_the_New_Wars_(1PageVie…
Stumbleupon Review of : http://bnarchives.yorku.ca/1/02/040813BN_Dominant_Capital_&_the_New_Wars_(1PageView).pdf In our view, the alternative is to think not of accumulation and power, but of accumulation as power. The Marxist belief, according to which surplus value is first `produced’ by industrial capitalists and then `redistributed’ … Continue reading