Apparently yesterday was the twentieth anniversary of when the first climate scientist raised the alarm about global warming.   He wrote a speech to mark the occassion.  http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/

Been a lot of talk about food in the first half of 2008.  I'm seeing a disturbing trend building.   Step 1: Oil price goes through the roof. Step 2a: People who use oil to heat their homes find it too

So oil went up 8% on Friday.  That's a lot, especially for a single day.  But how much has it been going up percentage-wise for the last few years.  I fiddled with a quick spreadsheet, going from Sept

The price of oil rose $10.41 today.  Over ten dollars in just one day.  Some analysts are predicting it could hit $150 this summer, I think we'll be luck if it doesn't pass that by the end of June.  N

Just another article that indicates that we're probably all screwed.   http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=111554&org=NSF   I'm such an optimist aren't I?   Just think about the 'tens of deg