Your town: Prather, CA
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Florida, Michigan can't be fully restored
The article goes on to state that even if the Florida and Michigan delegates were fully restored according to the results of the January vote, it would not be enough to overcome Obama's delegate lead. If this is true, why won't Clinton drop out of the race? (Tuesday May 27 | post #1)
Climate change deniers 'smear science'
You must be referring to the "Petition Project." According to the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (the group responsible for the petition) a "scientist " is any person with an undergraduate science degree. OISM also wants to let you know that 9,021 of the signers hold PhDs. They don't specify what the doctorates are in, but they repeat that figure quite a bit, as if it means something. Since the group was nice enough to list all 31,000 signers, including the dead people, let's take a look at the qualifications of three "climate experts." W. Kline Bolton, M.D. is a professor of medicine and Nephrology Division Chief at the University of Virginia. Nephrology deals with the study of the function and diseases of the kidney. Zhonggang Zeng is one of the 9,000 with a PhD. He is a professor of mathematics at Northeastern Illinois University. His most recent publication is entitled "Computing multiple roots of inexact polynomials." Hub Hougland is a dentist in Muncie, Indiana. He was inducted into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame last year. (Wednesday May 21 | post #4)
Obama still struggles with some Dems
Is this article suggesting that older, white and blue-collar voters are racist? If so, I'm not sure I disagree. (Tuesday May 20 | post #1)
Will lab-grown meat save the planet?
I'm going to take a stand and say no. No, lab-grown meat will not save the planet. Not because the process is energy inefficient, but because meat grown in a lab is gross. (Tuesday May 20 | post #1)
Lies? Please be more specific. I'd like to respond and share my sources with you, but I'm having trouble understanding your comment. Do you have data that contradicts what I wrote? (Monday May 19 | post #4)
Let's put the global warming issues aside and only consider the social and environmental impacts of coal. In California, we get 20.1% of our energy from coal and more than half of that energy (from coal) is imported. There by we are exporting our pollution. Sulfur oxides (a product of coal combustion) in the atmosphere produce acid rain which causes the acidification of lakes causing the decline of fish populations. It also damages vegetation and forests leaving lesions on leaves reducing photosynthesis. This weakens and stresses trees making them more susceptible to disease and infestations. Acid rain leaches nutrients like calcium and magnesium from the soil causing a loss of vitality and of course erosion. Coal mining is dangerous business. Underground miners must sacrifice their health and safety on a daily basis... it was reported that 6,000 workers die and 4.5 million are injured on the job each year. This doesn't include the deaths from "black lung disease." Will your call for more coal produce more death, disease and environmental degradation? Why not explore safer, less polluting (or pollution free) alternatives to satisfy our energy needs. What about efficiency? If its the services we desire (i.e. cold beer from the frig) who cares if the frig is powered by solar or coal? (Monday May 19 | post #2)
10 places to go before global warming hits hard
Thanks for posting your comment. I didn't know about the desertification issues facing Spain. When I visited Castile and Leon In the late 1990s it was beautiful and green. (Sunday May 18 | post #3)
Climate change models may fall short of projections
True, but now that we are able to observe and measure some of those feedbacks (methane clathrates and the melting tundra releasing carbon dioxide and methane) I'm hoping policy makers will consider their effects as legislation is created. (Saturday May 17 | post #4)
Global Warming: A Challenge to All American Thoracic Society Me...
Folks in the Bay Area with allergies are really suffering. March and April were very dry and we desperately need a good rain to clean the air. Unfortunately, the forecast is clear skies and sunny until next fall. (Saturday May 17 | post #1)
Senate poised to take up sweeping global warming bill
I agree... this is an important first step as far as national legislation goes, but an 80% reduction (from 1990 levels) in GHG emissions is needed. Not that I'm going to turn down Lieberman's 65%. (Saturday May 17 | post #2)
Farming must be part of fight against climate change
Very interesting... I'm going to look this up (tilling charcoal as a form of carbon sequestration). It just goes to show that we have an abundance of low tech options to help us reduce our carbon emission. Regarding protein... eat more beans. (Saturday May 17 | post #6)
Greenhouse-gas emissions decrease for second year
Thanks for making that point. I wasn't sure how to interpret the article since Canada is so aggressively processing oil sands. Unfortunately an economic downturn (even if it means fewer GHG emission in the short run) is not a good sign. (Saturday May 17 | post #3)
Tiger victim's kin file claim against San Francisco
I think we are in violent agreement. It seems you mistook the quote I was referencing from the article for my opinion. I stated that, "I disagree with the family (and their lawyer). If those young men had not taunted and harassed that tiger, they'd both be alive today." (Saturday May 17 | post #12)
Los Angeles Eyes Sewage as a Source of Water
Recycling gray water for consumption is an excellent way to mitigate the effects of drought and provide municipalities the resources necessary to serve their growing population. While I agree that the "toilet to tap" concept is unappealing when purposely framed as such, it makes environmental sense. When properly implemented, gray water recycling is safe. Orange County is an excellent example of a community overcoming the gray water stigma. (Saturday May 17 | post #7)
Tiger victim's kin file claim against San Francisco
"They didn't house the animal properly, so they are responsible for both the death of Carlos Sousa Jr. and the tiger," Cardoza said. "If they had done their job properly, neither one of them would be dead." I disagree with the family (and their lawyer). If those young men had not taunted and harassed that tiger, they'd both be alive today. (Saturday May 17 | post #1)
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