Wednesday, April 30, 2008

ethanol

Is ethanol the answer? I think not, and not just because of the food vs fuel dynamic, as described here in the Washington Post: Siphoning Off Corn to Fuel Our Cars.

This column in the New York Sun by Harold Furchtgott-Roth offers useful links explaining why ethanol is not the answer.

So, probably corn-based ethanol is not the direction we should be taking for fuel diversity and supply.

We can talk about corn monoculture in another post...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

from RWW: 15 of the Best Green Search Engines

The ever interesting ReadWriteWeb lists 15 Green Search engines.

There are a lot of ways one could imagine a green search engine would function, or add value, and many of them are represented here.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

two years

Started this blog two years ago, plus a couple of weeks. Its been fun to experiment with different topics, and to record some local and family stuff. I plan to continue...

Thursday, April 10, 2008

energy not growing on trees

A good perspective from a scientist on the biofuels conundrum.

Seems to me the biofuel debate will get muddied by the political issues associated with agribusiness.

I do enjoy Cosmic Variance, albeit as a layman.

interloper

This caused quite a stir among the feline inhabitants of the house - a territorial incursion by an interloper.

Thursday, April 03, 2008

No Sun link to climate change

This BBC News post refers to scientific research that indicates global warming is not solely a result of changes in the the amount of radiation from the sun. See: 'No Sun link' to climate change

Lede:
Scientists have produced further compelling evidence showing that modern-day climate change is not caused by changes in the Sun's activity.
Climate change debunkers will start to try to debunk this research as well, I suppose. Sigh.

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

stunned

This hawk (Ruffed Grouse?) flew into our deck window. I hope he'll be ok.



UPDATE: He didn't make it. Very sad.

UPDATE 2: He was given a proper and respectful burial.

UPDATE 3: There is a suspicion he killed himself by diving into the window in a misguided attack on one of our cats.

UPDATE 4: Now there is a claim he may actually have been a Ruffed Grouse. The plot thickens...