Cheaper and More Sustainable Materials are Compelling Performance Gains Continue In looking at the big picture regarding climate change, and metrics that seem to be steadily trending in the wrong direction, it is easy to overlook progress being made by companies and organizations researching new technology solutions on a global scale. A key area of recent […]
Category: Climate Change
Energy Development Capital Flow
Follow the Money Huge Sums Are Being Spent on Both Sides of the Ledger Overview There are huge amounts of capital flowing throughout the world for development of both fossil fuel-based and clean/renewable energy sources. Fossil fuel use is still subsidized by governments in many countries, but the capital flows on each side of the […]
Climate Dashboard — Start of 2023
2022 Should Have Been Better – Key Indicators Show Little Progress A Dashboard Overview Perhaps 25 years ago, businesses discovered the value of creating a “dashboard” view of key performance metrics. It’s a great way to provide a visual overview of how a business is doing. When I want to see how we’re doing in […]
Climate Change: Place Your Bet
The Future of the Planet is a Big Wager Argue and Do Nothing, or Take Action? The topics of climate change and anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW) are complex, with plenty of people in disagreement. Are the physical effects we observe, such as disappearing glaciers and rising sea levels, caused by climate processes we don’t […]
Staying Cool In a Hotter World
Higher Temperatures Are a Serious Health Risk More Energy Efficient Cooling Technologies are Needed As climate change causes hotter temperatures, more and more people want to live in air conditioned spaces. A hotter world is a serious threat to the health of millions of people. Today it is estimated that more than 350,000 people die […]
Will Natural Gas Help Save the Planet?
Is it Really “Clean and Green”? Overview of Industry Initiatives and Natural Gas Use and Production Emissions The natural gas industry is currently spending lots of money to promote natural gas as a “green” fuel. In Ohio, for example, a congressional representative and an industry group have recently been promoting natural gas as clean and […]
What Can We Do? A Perspective on Climate Change
We’re Not Powerless, But Understanding This Complex Topic is Challenging An Overview of Key Issues, Terminology, Current Status and Trends NOTE: This article was originally posted on Medium, June 28, 2022 Climate experts from around the world agree that climate change is real and it is an existential threat to you and your family. If […]