What are some practical ways to reduce my family's carbon footprint?
My wife and I have two young children and do all of the basics like recycling, using reusable containers, etc. But I'd love some advice and tips on how to take it to the next level. Sometimes things cross the line of burdensome, but I'd like to tip just over that line without diving head first into ...
Is it environmentally irresponsible to use an outdoor UV fly zapper to kill mosquitoes before they bite me?
I don't want to contribute towards the depletion of the ozone layer. I wonder if it is selfish for me to use outdoor UV fly zapper to kill mosquitoes before they bite me?? ...
In regard to a carbon footprint, my husband and I debate, what's worse - long hot showers or plastic straws?
Help settle this bet....
What do I say to people who don't believe in climate change?
It's always an awkward exchange when you encounter someone, especially a relative, that doesn't believe in climate change. As an avid SCUBA diver, I have seen first hand the effect of even just a few years of higher ocean temperatues on a reef system. There are countless books, documentaries, full l...
Is the Arctic Methane Bomb actually going to end Humanity?
They say there is 1700 GT (Gigatons) of Methane stored in the Arctic permafrost. When it all comes out we will see a 15C° global average temperature increase. Is this enough to put an end to Humanity?...
When Solar Panels brake or have spent its life cycle within 10-20 years, do they get recycled or do they pile up as hazardous waste?
How is that renewable?, considering millions of hectares in pit mines to mine the rare earth metals, billions of tons of fossil fuel spent to separate rare earth metals from rocks, and billions of hectares of wild life habitat forest/wilderness are sacrificed for a renewable promise that is only 3-5...
Do you believe in global warming? If not, why?
There is an abundance of scientific data and evidence to prove that our planet is getting warmer and adversely affecting our environment. However, it seems, a substantial portion of the population is uninformed or refuses to believe or understand what global warming is and that is factual. ...
Sir Roger Penrose, new Nobel Laureate in Physics, accepts the science of global warming, so why do deniers doubt the physics?
About two years ago I had the great pleasure of dining with Roger Penrose, who is perhaps the greatest living theoretical physicist. I asked him what he thought of the controversy regarding global warming and he said that he didn't understand why there was any controversy, the effect is clearl...
