Daily Archives: August 3, 2011

George Orwell

A Total Waste of Time and Effort It’s all based on borrowing, it isn’t real, and we are gobbling up all the resources around the world just to sustain our spending. We’re really not the rich country that we are … Continue reading →

2011 (red)  is tracking 2006 (green) quite nicely. http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/seaice/extent/AMSRE_Sea_Ice_Extent.png

Three Himalayan glaciers have been shrinking over the past 40 years due to global warming and two of them, located in humid regions and on lower altitudes in central and east Nepal, may disappear in the future, researchers in Japan … Continue reading →

I have been riding up into the mountains every afternoon. A couple of days ago I rode up a 15% grade for two miles at 99 degrees in direct sunlight. By the time I got to the top I was … Continue reading →

US debt crisis: Barack Obama tells America it must live within its means President Barack Obama said that the debt bill finally passed by Congress on Tuesday was only the “first step” towards ensuring the world’s most powerful economy lived … Continue reading →

It is becoming increasingly clear that sea ice in the Arctic is largely controlled by Pacific Ocean temperatures. During the long period of cold Pacific water prior to 1977, the ice became quite thick. During the 1980s and 1990s, the … Continue reading →

I stumbled on an interesting blog by a Canadian currently living in Grenoble, France. This caught my attention because I used to work nearby in Meylan. Grenoble is where the Bastille is located – and hundreds of pizza restaurants. http://elisehahn.com/2011/07/24/bastille/