This post doesn't deserve a title as good as that. And it's not even a very good title. Where does carbon come into it? Maybe we're just hungry.Apologies. We have each been otherwise engaged to the extent that we don't appear to have posted very much. And even now,...
CR in TLS
We have a letter in this week's Times Literary Supplement on Bob May's translation of Nullius in Verba. It's not much different from our original post on the subject, except all the commas are in exactly the right place.Sir, – “Nullius in Verba”, the motto of the...
Edjukashun Educayshun Ejewkashan
Crisis politics expresses itself most visibly in any debate about children. Children are such a problem for the government that on top of countless other 'initiatives' devised to make sure they are obedient, don't get fat, don't have sex, dont do drugs, don't smoke,...
Auditing RMS
Following our post last week about Bob Ward and his involvement in Risk Management Solutions, there's a lively discussion on the subject going on over at Climate Audit.
Scientific Theory or Sinking Ship?
According to a new theory, people who fail to act to reduce their CO2 emissions are similar psychologically to rats.Many people know about the dangers of global warming, but only few act... On the one hand, human beings get stubbornly comfortable in their habits. On...
It's Not Easy Being Green…
...Unless you're filthy stinking rich...Prince Charles recently pledged to exchange private planes and helicopters for public transport and biodiesel cars. He has improved energy efficiency at his country homes and provided bicycles to his London staff -- all to...
Model Muddle
A new study suggesting that Arctic ice is melting faster than IPCC forecasts has been reported by the BBC as evidence that the IPCC is too conservative.Since 1979, the Arctic has been losing summer ice at about 9% per decade, but models on average produce a melting...
Global Warming 'Goes Up to Eleven'
Spinal Tap are to reform and join Al Gore's line up of bands playing at the Live Earth "Concert for a Climate in Crisis". You can watch the promo video here. It's actually quite funny. But that's because the jokes are not written by Sheryl Crow, and there's not much...
Is Juniper on the Gin?
When environmentalists aren't aping the war on terror ('you're either with us or against us', not to mention sexing up documents to generate an unwarranted sense of urgency) they can sometimes sound uncannily like the lunatic extremists that the war on terror is...
Just in Case
Norm has spotted a sign next to a bell in a public lavatory in Florence...Sonare solo in caso di necessità.Kindly, the proprietors provide an English translation that would seem entirely appropriate for the modern risk averse tourist wanting to prepare for the...