Fiji Water in Oregon

This photo of a family displaced by the wildfires raging in Oregon ran in the New York Times on September 11th. The irony of the Fiji water bottle in the middle of the image is striking. The fires in Oregon and California are out of control because of climate change. As California Governor Gavin Newsom …

359.640.000 tons of porn

Thinking about all that corn yesterday got me pondering another really big number. In an earlier post we noted that 3,7% of all CO2 emissions are caused by on-line video streaming (BTW a pre-corona statistic). We also mentioned that 27% of that streaming is porn and that this would be a topic for a future …

Plant a Tree – Save the Planet?

Recent analysis of NASA satellite data shows that despite the loss of vast tracts of tropical forest, the Earth has grown markedly greener since the turn of the millennium. Researchers at Boston University used satellite data to track the total surface area covered by leaves in the planet’s vegetated zones. They found that between 2000 …

Buy Local – Save the Planet?

The International Energy Agency has released their 2019 World Energy Outlook report and their prognose for our planet is grim. Executive Director, Dr. Faith Birol states that “the world urgently needs to put a laser-like focus on bringing down global emissions” and calls “for a grand coalition encompassing governments, investors, companies and everyone else who …