zenofjazz's story links

While dealing with a short term fuel crisis in Nashville, the author decides to try public transportation.   This is his story.

Gas Lines, infrastructure failure, Things need to change.   We need Solar, Wind, Hydro, and Nuclear power, to reduce oil dependency, and to help offset coal-fired power plants.

The data is starting to pile up, suggesting that we might want to learn to get as good as possible at global warming, as evidence indicates that we may be entering a new Mauder minimum, a period with no sunspot activity. The last Mauder minimum corresponded to the Little Ice Age from roughly 1400 to 1750. Dress Warmly, Friends!

It's come to light that the TN Governor is planning on spending $20 million to create an entertainment complex underground, beneath the lawn of the governor's mansion. The 20,000 sq ft two story bunker will supposedly have a 3,000 square foot Ball Room, and the remaining 17,000 sq ft is described as being hallways, bathrooms, and a kitchen. (revised to correct link address)

The white house was caught with it's pants down, trying to defend edits it made in testimony to be given before Senate hearing on climate change and it's effects on public health.

Is the "Carbon Footprint" really the most important measure of global warming?

The folks over at All That's Evil have a proposal for eliminating millions of pounds of paper from the waste stream, annually. This is an interesting look at how technology could make a serious dent in a ubiquitous, ever present source of trash.