Tag Archives: patterns

Sitting On Top Of The World

2011-6-4 – 10:18 am

So, do you think that Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brought these concerns to add the Arctic Council agenda on behalf of President Obama?

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How Short Sighted

2011-6-2 – 9:46 am

Crazy Liberals… and Scientists

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World Food Prices On The Rise

2011-1-20 – 10:46 am

Long-term food trends are worrisome, especially for soybeans. In 1995 China produced the same amount of soybeans it consumed, but since then production has stayed the same and consumption has jumped fivefold.

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A Farmer in the Times

2010-11-28 – 11:46 am

A Farmer in the Times. Hi-ho, the Dust Bowl, a Farmer in the Times

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Bad News from IPAM

2010-11-23 – 10:02 pm

Global warming and deforestation reduce rainfall and lengthen the dry season. It becomes more difficult for the forest to re-establish and exceptional droughts are occurring more frequently.

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Dual Axis Solar Tracking

2010-11-23 – 7:29 pm

In general, when solar PV systems track the sun, they cost more. Also, tracking systems use power. There is insufficient, non-commercial, comparison studies.

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I Suppose That You Are Attempting To Be Humorous

2010-11-18 – 10:24 am

Is dominance at the core of positivism?

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An American Growth Industry

2010-10-30 – 12:46 pm

What conditions facilitate such a system of thought becoming an accepted dominant paradigm? Is it only wealth and power?

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Like a Chi-clone

2010-10-28 – 10:53 am

Paul Douglas’ dad was the biggest Republican that ever walked the earth. He always said: “Actions have consequences.” To pretend that a 38% increase in greenhouse gases isn’t going to have any impact is immoral.

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More Heat Waves in Next 30 Years

2010-7-16 – 10:43 pm

There is a certain irony, notes Professor Hell and High Water Romm, that adamant denial comes from ‘elected representatives’ of those areas likely to suffer most from Dust Bowl conditions.

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