Climate
A long compilation I assembled of competing explanations of CO2's role as a greenhouse gas, from the simple 'blanket' analogy to a more detailed treatment of infrared absorption bands. The thread I found most interesting is the saturation argument: that CO2 absorbs IR only in narrow
Climate
A satirical proposal. In the wake of the EPA classifying CO2 as a harmful gas, I propose we sequester it at one of the most abundant sources on the planet: oxygen-breathing mammals. A simple disposable mask that combines exhaled CO2 into inorganic calcium carbonate, with a dye to show when
Climate
A link to a long but thorough analysis of the Climategate emails and how they relate to the science behind AGW.
Energy
We are a fundamentally energy-consuming species, and the quality of our lifestyle is based on available energy supplies. No ifs, ands, or buts. Get over it, or get out. The article
Policy
I don't know enough to make blanket statements, but I want to think through a tension I see between a constitutional form of government and any faith that cannot subordinate itself to civil law. Our founders built a country that forbade religious persecution and elevated an agnostic body
Economics
I don't get why government thinks itself above financial reality. In a business, if revenue falls, spending falls — and then you plan to raise revenue again through productivity, new products, and rationalized expenditures. Governments instead seem to think they have a God-given right to exist: as revenue falls,
Energy
I own a small supermarket, and though I'm no energy-policy expert, I'm certainly affected by the decisions our leaders make. If you're in the food business, you know the 'temperature chain' that makes modern food distribution work. Imagine feeding New York City
Reflection
A very liberal website has started to see the light — and this wasn't the only article. Amazing. Moving beyond bias
Economics
A reply to a news story about wealthy applicants paying full freight to get into college. Why is this news? College is expensive — always has been, always will be. Just because the economic adolescents had a run while they spent down the accumulated wealth of the real producers doesn'
Energy
For all the well-meaning environmentalists out there, 'Earth Hour' strikes me as a kind of death wish. Humans survive and prosper by the use of our hands and minds. So I propose 'Human Hour' — a day we all turn our lights on, physically and mentally, to
Economics
A second clip from the same Friedman–Donahue conversation.
Economics
A video share of the well-known exchange in which Friedman presses Donahue on greed and the market. Friedman & Donahue (Vimeo)