"It is not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of your pasture with your feet? It is not enough for you to drink of the clear water? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?" Ezekiel 34:18

Monday, December 5, 2011

Chinese Fog


Here is a picture from December 2nd (courtesy of European Pressphoto Agency) of Chinese Fog, commonly known as Air Pollution, in Beijing. This is similar to what used to be called London Fog, but  mysteriously vanished thanks to air pollution regulations dating from the 1950s on.

So, next time you hear someone complain about the Clean Air Act here in the U.S., just tell them to be thankful we don't have American Fog.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Ocean-front property

For the past few years I have felt that global climate change has offered me a rare opportunity to turn lemons into lemonade. If I could only figure out how much of the eastern seaboard would be wiped out by rising tides, than I would be in a prime position to buy some first-rate ocean-front property in-the-making.

Alas, this may not be the case. In an early preview from The Economist it appears that a professor out of Oregon State University is set to publish an article in Science claiming that the Earth's atmosphere isn't as sensitive to CO2 as many fear.

No doubt that global climate change is occurring but wouldn't it be great if this scenario turned out to be true? That we aren't completely doomed to a mid-life relocation to the Midwest or maybe the Moon, along with the remaining polar bears is undoubtedly a positive thing.  Of course, I will have to find another business venture in which to make my instant millions.