Yet another one of those global warming hypocrisies, this time from the patron saint himself.In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President’s home energy use surged more than 10%, according to t…

I wrote this post on prioritizing funding for global development issues on the Beyond Borders blog. The post is based on the Bjorn Lomborg’s work at the Copenhagen consensus and this highly recommendable TED Talk. The key insight from Lomborg is basic…

In typical Sri Lankan fashion - about a month late and for a few more than one hour. Ok so it was an island-wide power failure. Given the frequency of these failures, (multiple times a month where I live) the folks at Greenpeace or WWF should nominate…

From Bloomberg.com:U.S. plans to replace 15 percent of gasoline consumption with crop-based fuels including ethanol are already leading to some unintended consequences as food prices and fertilizer costs increase. About 33 percent of U.S. c…

Since the December of last year, I was an armchair activist on Global Warming. I hated everyone who used more than one car…went by bus, to cut down the emissions (the financial aspect played a major role as well)
As a student of science, I did a little reading into the matter. It is amazing how […]