It is good to see that NIWA is now going to publish all it’s data and calculations on the web to allow proper scrutiny. Good on them for taking the initiative and not waiting until they were forced into it (a much less attractive look). I am vastly amused that James Renwick, the principal climate [...]
It was interesting to see two articles on alternative energy sources today, outside of a “series” on such things. One on the approval of the new tidal power generators at Kaipara Harbour and one, a bit more “blue sky” on the realistic possibility of the first practicable fusion generators. Both of these may be realised [...]
Yesterday’s Weekend Herald contained a couple of articles on Bisphenol-A, otherwise known as BPA. BPA is used in the manufacture of polycarbonate plastics – the commonest plastic used to make drink bottles and linings of cans. There have been studies in rats and mice that show that BPA causes altered sexual development, aggression and obesity. [...]
Interesting video from the last moments of the Ady Gil posted at RoarPrawn.
You will note that the Ady Gil was indeed powered down (to save fuel) and the Shonan Maru 2 turns to starboard and bears down on them, possibly to bring them into range of its water cannons but more likely to avoid the [...]
Is anyone really surprised that there has been a serious collision between a Japanese Whaler and the Sea Shepherd boat Ady Gil (formerly Earthrace)? Given that the raison d’être of the Sea Shepherd crews is to engage in dangerous and provocative acts in one of the most hostile environments known to man. That requires a [...]
Remember the oft repeated picture of the two polar bears forlornly stuck on an ice floe in the middle of nowhere? Turns out that the photographer who took the picture was more interested in the interesting shape of the ice floe and the picture was taken within a couple of hundred meters of the arctic [...]
I am of the opinion that the comment function on a blog is vital in order to keep the blogger grounded in reality. Obviously, this does not include sites that are specifically set up to indulge the blogger’s penchant for raving, but it does include all sites that aspire to be even remotely reasonable, let [...]
Over at SciBlogs, Gareth Renowden and Ken Perrott are commenting on my post Global Warping. As the comments are interesting and should not be missed, I have pasted them here. You are welcome to go over to SciBlogs and add your comments.
Gareth Renowden 1 day ago
Jim, I think you are giving far too much weight [...]
The Guardian has an article from their resident marxist environmentalist, Fred Pearce, that has the cheek to slag off New Zealand as not being very green because of the UN report on our emissions record. Depressingly the NZPA repeats his drivel, instead of ignoring it as they should have done. Pearce quotes statistics from the [...]
I am fascinated by the hysterical reactions to Gerry Brownlee’s wish to take inventory of the wealth hidden under our national parks. It is not as if the man is planning on strip-mining the parks. There are a number of things that can be mined with minimal eventual impact on the environment and there are [...]
