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Going on hiatus
It’s hard to believe that I started this newsletter over four years ago! I began writing during early COVID-19 to provide accessible climate analysis to a broader audience. I intended to base my argum...
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AI is turning the corner
A quick post this week, entirely human-generated. ...
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Academic Fan-Fic of a Painless Net Zero Future
Most of my posts have been focused on the United States for obvious reasons. But now that my news feed is broader than the New York Times, an open letter published in the UK caught my attention1. Five...
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Environmental Analysis Is Off the Rails
The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision this week reinstating the Uinta Basin Railway project, and frankly, it’s about time someone applied analytical rigor to environmental impact assessment...
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Did our Digital Overlord Meet His Match?
A revealing update on my three-part series1 that tracked Elon Musk’s power consolidation from Tesla shareholder to information broker via X and DOGE, now turbocharged by xAI....
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The Information Paradox
I feel slightly guilty for a month-long silence, but I think you’ll find I’ve spent my time well. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in data analysis for some projects related to topics I’ve covered here, an...
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Making Agrivoltaics Work
TL;DR: Agrivoltaic technologies face implementation challenges that robotics and AI can help address effectively. With appropriate design considerations, practical implementation is feasible even in M...
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Rethinking the Energy-Agriculture Nexus
TL;DR Plants waste energy when overexposed to light. Agrivoltaics captures this wasted energy while reducing water needs, increasing crop yields, and diversifying farm income. Implementation challenge...
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The Evolution of Elon Musk, Part 3
TL;DR In parts 1 and 2, I traced Musk’s evolution from Product Builder to Information Controller, documenting his $39 billion conversion of Tesla stock into unprecedented governmental power through DO...
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The Evolution of Elon Musk, Part 2
TL;DR: Last week, I documented Musk's conversion of Tesla wealth into governmental power through DOGE. This week, I examine how his AI investments amplify this asymmetry, recommend self-defense measur...
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The Evolution of Elon Musk, Part 1.
TL;DR: Musk converted $39B in Tesla stock to control Twitter/X and then leveraged this platform to gain unprecedented government authority through DOGE. The data suggests this calculated trade of tran...
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Beyond DeSci Part 3: From Concept to Code
TL;DR: The SciValidate concept has evolved from theoretical discussion to working code with a functional prototype available at scivalidate.org/example. Many technical and social challenges remain. Jo...
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Beyond DeSci Part 2: Starting Small
TL;DR: SciValidate seeks to be a trust verification system that helps readers evaluate scientific claims and strengthens the integrity of online scientific discourse. Please sign up here to help with ...
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Beyond DeSci: A Modern Architecture for Scientific Trust
TL;DR: Scientific literature needs a modern validation architecture that enables verified scientific expertise to flow through social media while maintaining rigor and accessibility....
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The Leash is Broken
TL;DR: Trump’s EO expands federal oil/gas leasing, adding $2B in revenue by undercutting the free market, while consumers see no price benefit. Winners: Oil majors. Losers: private landowners and our ...
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The Scientific Literature is Dead. Now What?
TL;DR: The death of traditional gatekeepers in journalism and science doesn’t mean the death of truth-seeking. The scientific method matters more than ever in a world where authority must be earned ra...
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Beyond Good vs. Evil: Tradeoffs in Modern Agriculture
TL;DR: We need 50% more food by 2050, but we already use 65% of Earth’s farmable land. The solution isn’t choosing between industrial or traditional farming - we should measure and optimize their trad...
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Holiday Break(ing)
TL;DR: Among many policy proposals, Project 2025 proposes eliminating both ARPA-E & EERE and criticizes international ‘climate reparations’ but inexplicably maintains the gargantuan budget for the Nat...
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The Information Paradox
I feel slightly guilty for a month-long silence, but I think you’ll find I’ve spent my time well. I’ve been up to my eyeballs in data analysis for some projects related to topics I’ve covered here, an...
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November 17, 2024
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Another year. Another COP. Same ol' same ol'
TL;DR: COP29 in Baku brings the usual mix of unmet goals, protests, and demands for more money, with affluent nations pressured to fund global climate efforts while accountability remains elusive. Are...
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Recovering from a Tuesday hangover
TL;DR: The election boosts MAGA, threatening checks and balances. Staying vigilant is essential. But the manuscript is progressing. ...
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Taking a short break (again)
To my loyal readers: I’ve been up to my eyeballs in data analysis, aiming to have a decent manuscript draft before the holidays. This has meant revisiting and in many cases refining my previous quanti...
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Water. There is no substitute.
TL;DR: The world's food supply is at risk because many countries that produce our food are facing water shortages, a problem expected to worsen due to climate change. However, policymakers are still n...
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The Tragedy of San Onofre
TL;DR: The closure of the San Onofre removed a source of reliable carbon-free energy capacity from the West Coast. The decision failed to balance safety with enlightened environmental science, leadin...
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Bellwethers
TL;DR; The Bellwethers, a group of prominent women former leaders (and others), published an open letter urging American politicians to make the transition to clean energy their top priority. Unfortun...
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Beyond the Limits: A Critical Look at Cultured Meat
TL;DR: Cultured meat is often promoted as a sustainable alternative to traditional livestock farming. But is it better for the environment? Direct comparisons are complex, but cultured cells require a...
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Climate Week - Are solutions coming into focus?
TL;DR: “Climate Week NYC” focuses more on public policy than engineering solutions. The only effective path to address climate change is to combine the two, but the “week” doesn’t chart one. Neither d...
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Engineering, Journalism, and the Circular Firing Squad (Part 3)
TL;DR: Volcanic eruptions produce airborne dust clouds that reflect sunlight and cool the Earth. Can we use this knowledge to lessen the effect of rising carbon dioxide? Maybe. But if we do, we’re fly...
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Doing Something
After regularly expressing my frustration about the condition of modern science in many past issues, I think it’s time to do something positive about it. [Yes, the title of this installment was inspir...
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Science has devolved
TL;DR: Modern science has taken authority for what is “truth” from the Church. In assuming this authority, scientific institutions have lost their ability to think broadly. We rely on increasingly nar...
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Engineering and iLUC (Part 3)
TL;DR: Biofuel life cycle assessments rely on flawed assumptions and inaccurate data. Current methodologies for iLUC assign fixed values to different crops without considering specific land conversion...
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Engineering and iLUC (Part 2)
TL;DR: iLUC unfairly singles out biofuels for their impact on land use while ignoring the broader implications of human activities and the fundamentally cyclical nature of carbon in the environment....
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Engineering and iLUC (Part 1)
TL;DR: Indirect Land Use Change (iLUC) is a complex and controversial concept used to estimate the carbon emissions associated with biofuel production. By expanding the calculation beyond direct emiss...
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Engineering vs. Economic Net Zero (Part 3)
TLDR: SBTi and VCMI are ineffective in combating climate change due to conflicts of interest, flawed metrics, and reliance on voluntary measures. Instead, companies should consider a simplified system...
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Engineering vs. Economic Net Zero (Part 2)
TL;DR:We should eliminate carbon offsets entirely and focus accountability for net zero on Scope 1 emissions for publicly traded companies. Current methods lead to double counting of emissions and bla...
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Engineering vs. Economic Net Zero (Part 1)
TL;DR:We should eliminate carbon offsets entirely and focus accountability for net zero on Scope 1 emissions for publicly traded companies. Current methods lead to double counting of emissions and bla...
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The Hidden Danger of Computer Models
Simple models that provide actionable insights are more valuable than complex ones with inherent inaccuracies. Particularly in climate science, scientists need to avoid relying on other people’s model...
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Corporate Energy is not the Enemy
We should work with the existing energy industry to achieve a smooth transition instead of demonizing it....
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Science in the headlines
Journalists fail in their public duty to inform by focusing on controversy over facts. ...
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How Environmentalism is Ruining Earth
Religious dogma among environmentalists calls for preserving an idyllic concept of the natural world. This set of beliefs actually distorts the truth and threatens the global economy. It’s time to cal...
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Engineering, Journalism, and the Circular Firing Squad (Part 2)
In light of the week’s news, let me highlight that the word “verdict” comes from the Latin “verus dictum,” which translates to “saying the truth.” A trial that reaches a verdict thus produces a statem...
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Engineering, Journalism, and the Circular Firing Squad (Part 1)
On March 31, The New York Times launched a series titled “Buying Time” in a front-page, above-the-fold article entitled “Can We Engineer Our Way Out of the Climate Crisis?” The first article discusses...
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The Trouble with Science.
After the long break, I have accumulated a number of leads for new installments, many from the pages of The Old Gray Lady, the New York Times. The inspiration for this one came recently from the May 1...
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Earth Day + 54 years
I will continue with reruns starting tomorrow, but I wanted to get a fresh installment out today because it’s officially “Earth Day”. I think of it as the primary holiday (from “holy day”) in the litu...
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The meaning of "net zero"
I’ve spent the past few issues (re)exploring the connection between human behavior and “climate action”. This theme reappears, so it’s essential to appreciate the difference between action and reactio...
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There is a path to healing
As I catch up with social media posts and their need for soundbite-sized summaries, I thought I’d distill the past 17 issues in a way that can be written as a single article. ...
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A pause to catch up
Part of the purpose of these recent re-runs is to consolidate the logical thread that leads to practical solutions to the difficult climate control problem in a more compressed form. Another motivatio...
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A New Year
To my readers:...
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117. Ending 2023 on an optimistic note
After last week’s installment, the one where I extended my two-year-long COP tirade, I had second thoughts. For my final installment of 2023, I’d like to revise my views somewhat. Specifically, I thin...
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116. The Engineering Specifications of COP28
Yep. Your “delegates” put 198 Parties on the global expense account. In addition, there were 285 press conferences, 518 related ‘events’, and 195 exhibits. Plus, venues for COP29 and COP30 were final...
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115. A different flavor of climate denial
“Climate denial” is a pejorative characterizing those who willfully ignore the well-established connection between human activities and global warming. That flavor of denial involves the ignorance of ...
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114. The solution space
Yes, the crispness of winter is in the air (at least here in the US), so it’s COP season again. This is what passes for global governance on “climate”. Despite many efforts over the centuries, Earth i...
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113. A Thanksgiving Wish
Happy Thanksgiving to all! I figured I’d send this out on Wednesday with the expectation that many of you will enjoy (or at least spend) time with family tomorrow. May you all have a safe and pleasant...
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112. A Holy War
I thought I’d do a short piece on something lighter but based on a news item. Naturally, the fodder comes from the New York Times, where the opening sentence says a lot:...
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111. Are Solar Stills a Solution Yet? (Part 1)
Recently, MIT publicists announced a ‘breakthrough’ in desalination in an MIT News article entitled “Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water.” This article was pick...
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110. Polls vs. Ballots
I said I’d return to my more technical themes, and I will. However, during my vacation, I read Heather Cox Richardson’s Substack post here, which caused me to pause again for a data-linked and social ...
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109. A Nobel for data analysis
I’m on vacation next week and plan to steer back to energy/water/climate when I return, but I thought I’d cover one more anecdote pointing to “value signaling” as a social problem. I believe that it’s...
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108. Choosing a frame
As you’ve undoubtedly heard, last Saturday, the State of Israel was invaded by Hamas, which controls the government of the Palestinian territory of Gaza. To put this in an American context, it’s as if...
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107. Academic Integrity Under the Microscope
Academic science is in crisis. I mean that in the medical sense, “the turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.” The mechanisms by which res...
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106. The social cost of privacy
I thought I’d take a slight detour. In the last installment, I highlighted an enormous opportunity for improvement in science-based messaging, particularly when discussing global warming. Current mess...
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105. Eco-Anxiety
This week, I’m covering another New York Times article, “How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety” by Rome bureau chief Jason Horowitz. As the title suggests, this article connects...
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104. STEM, DEI, and Academic Freedom
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103. COPout...again
In the last issue, I reiterated my conclusion that humans are making no progress in climate control. Unfortunately, the IPCC (comprised of ‘thousands of scientists’) begs to differ, and whenever there...
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102. Decarbonization and history
In this installment, I’d like to consider humanity’s so-called “addiction” to geologic carbon from the perspective of human history. Note that there was a long period during which humanity got along j...
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101. Water in the news
My newsfeed presented me with a new article from the Washington Post, entitled “Here’s where water is running out in the world — and why”. This is precisely the sort of shock headline that makes scien...
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100. Reflections
Amazingly, this is the 100th installment of my newsletter. I originally intended it to be educational, but it has become more of a self-fulfilling outlet for my views. The purpose is identical, to pre...
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99. Developing a Third Solution (Part 11)
This solution now feels workable, but there are a lot of ragged ends. Among other things, I’ve mixed a lot of different units for energy, area, and water for expedience and clarity. These ought to be ...
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98. Developing a Third Solution (Part 10)
I skipped last week because of an accumulation of personal issues and unanticipated technical problems. I didn’t want to rush something out to meet a self-imposed deadline because this installment req...
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97. Developing a Third Solution (Part 9)
I apologize to at least some of my readers for the recent surge of math in this series. It’s a process of refining ideas by eliminating the mathematically implausible. Ultimately, engaging both creati...
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96. Developing a Third Solution (Part 8)
I apologize for being slightly late with this installment, but I found the results this week incredible—as in, “I am not sure I believe this result”. I’m still not 100% sure, frankly. I subscribe to t...
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Something a little different
On this July 4th week, I thought I’d take a break from solving the “climate control” problem with something perhaps a bit more achievable: Food labeling....
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95. Developing a third solution (Part 7)
One frequent “issue” raised whenever I’ve brought up either off-shore desalination or industrial-scale cisterns to a theoretically knowledgeable audience is the cost of transporting water to the site ...
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94. ChatGPT and Science
I wanted to return to this particular side-track because of all the hype and teeth-gnashing that AI is attracting these days and to connect earlier installments with the central theme. Nowadays, it fe...
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93. Seriously, how much money are we talking about?
Last time1, I discussed why I believe that Venture Capital is the wrong economic model to address climate control, and it got me thinking, “If not VC, then how will the transition be financed?” Previo...
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92. John Doerr and me
I thought I’d take a slight detour and share my insights into VC and my observations of John Doerr’s prolific career as a premier venture capitalist. ...
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91. Developing a third solution (Part 6)
I’ve officially been at this for over two years. I missed the second anniversary last time around! Such is the consequence of lacking an editorial staff or organizational constraints. Nevertheless, li...
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90. ChatGPT is a fake. A really talented one!
After releasing the last installment, I have become increasingly worried about all the hype ChatGPT is getting. (That’s short for Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer, in case you were wondering.) ...
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89. ChatGPT is a fraud
Yes, that’s a clickbait headline! But not without reason. Read on....
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88. Why deforestation has no climate effect
This is a topic I’ve covered a few times before, but frankly, I’ve chosen my words carefully to avoid appearing too judgmental. But the deeper I’ve gone into the interaction between the biosphere and ...
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87. Heilmeier and Climate Control
First of all, to all those who celebrate, Happy Star Wars Day!...
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86. Developing a third solution (part 5)
We’re taking a really “old school” approach to climate, considering primarily technologies that existed before the Industrial Revolution. Here’s where we are....
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85. Developing a third solution (Part 4)
One purpose of brainstorming is to kill an unworkable idea early before it sucks up too many resources. I view it as a backward sales process—rather than enumerating the key selling points to close a ...
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84. Developing a third solution (Part 3)
The last installment1 established that simply by combining well-established technologies, we can collect meaningful quantities of fresh water as rainfall over the ocean and deliver it in bulk to a pip...
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Join me on Notes
I just started Substack Notes and would love it if you joined me there! Here’s the first thread to prime you:...
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83. Developing a third solution (Part 2)
Caveat: This installment contains a lot of math. If that causes you to be anxious, you may want to skip it!...
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82. Developing a third solution (Part 1)
With a refreshed mission statement of this serial:...
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81. A decarbonization fetish
First of all, a big thank you to my coterie of energy nerds, many of whom I spoke with last week at the ARPA-E Summit. I sincerely appreciate the encouragement you’ve given me to continue this particu...
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80. Hydrogen. Atomic #1
Before I dig in, I was told by a number of readers that my last installment, covering the incredibly daunting task for humanity, climate control, was depressing. That was, in fact, the exact opposite ...
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79. Climate Control
Before I start, let me suggest a pre-read for next week’s installment. Today’s New York Times published an article about the production of Green Hydrogen in Western Australia, an effort to reduce the ...
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78. Recap
I’m taking the week off from new content to contemplate life and the direction of this particular effort. Nevertheless, I thought I’d plant a few seeds....
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77. Experimental Economics?
As if on cue, an opinion article in last week’s Sunday New York Times caught my eye. The title “A Huge, Uncharted Experiment on the U.S. Economy Is About to Begin” was all it took. I’m intrigued! ‘Exp...
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76. Returning to the prime directive
After spending a few installments establishing that ‘bias’ is a fundamental flaw in both humans and our computer models, I feel comfortable moving beyond the pedantic premise of this serial into a mor...
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75. Recognizing the bias of models
I’ve been discussing “bias” for the past couple of installments, and I intend to return to technology—just not quite yet. So there is one more chapter here, I think. ...
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74. Reflections
First, let me apologize for missing last week’s installment. I ran into some unanticipated travel and computer problems that kept me from finishing on time. Plus, I’ve wandered into some deep topics t...
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73. Recognizing the limits of recognition
I dedicate this installment to my partner and muse, Marjorie Green, on her birthday and our third mensiversary. I credit her for the most impactful word in this series’s title, “healing”. It’s a power...
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72. Where is the sink? (Part 2)
Picking up from where we left off last time: “Today’s models of the biosphere suck.” After all the opportunities for refinement, the question is, “Why?” Let’s look at how such models have changed sinc...
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71. Brainstorming a third solution (Part 9)
This installment will be long and incomplete, but I think it’s worth trying harder to refine the story, so I will tell it in at least two segments....
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A New Hope
Rather than quickly wishing you all a “Happy New Year” and returning to overeating and watching the NFL, I thought I’d use this opportunity to review the standard year-end ritual itself. This is the t...
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Merry Christmas!
I’ve taken the week off and plan to take off next week unless some news item prods me to write. Plus, it is the time of year to reflect on what has been and will come, so I encourage you to take this ...
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70. Brainstorming a third solution (Part 8)
During this past week, many news outlets (including the New York Times, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and even PitchBook News) trumpeted a breakthrough in fusion research. The ineptly-named Nati...
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69. Why climate innovation is off track
Multinational corporations, mega-billionaires, and wealthy governments have begun to throw more money at the “climate crisis”, apparently following the herd. This approach is fundamentally flawed: It ...
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68. COP26-to-COP27 Readout
The 27th annual Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aka COP27, closed a little over a week ago. I spell out the complete name because it mirrors the...
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67. Brainstorming a third way (Part 5)
Let me begin this installment by saying how thankful I am to you, the readers of this series, not only my long-time supporters but also those who have recently discovered it. I hope you have a wonderf...
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66. Brainstorming a third way (Part 4)
When I started this series, I got flak from some who aggressively challenged me to get a reaction, i.e., trolls. However, I have a thick skin and patience, so I repeatedly directed them to the opening...
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65. Brainstorming a third way (Part 3)
One of my blind spots became apparent early on when I was looking for a way to demonstrate the quality of predictions by climate models to a non-scientific audience. I chose to draw an analogy with th...
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64. Blindspotting (Part 3)
This installment reveals a different sort of blind spot. Continuing with the visual analogy, I think I’ve discovered more of a fuzzy area, not just for me but perhaps for the scientific community. ...
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63. Brainstorming a third way (Part 1)
I thought I’d start with a simpleminded, in retrospect, understanding of The Greenhouse Effect and what I learned about it while writing. The Greenhouse Effect is, in essence, the physical explanation...
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62. Blindspotting (Part 1)
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so....
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61. What's the point of 'fighting' climate change?
At this point, I’m slightly frustrated by the scientific community, so I thought I’d start with a provocative question to poke the beast with a stick. It’s intentionally rhetorical. If you’re reading ...
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60. How much tax does 'Nature' owe California?
This week, I thought I’d ask a hypothetical question with a possibly insightful answer. The State of California has an established carbon market, such that “emitters” pay for the privilege of releasin...
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59. Another solution? (Part 3)
I’ve gotten a mini-surge of new subscribers lately, so I thought I should recap to put this installment in context. ...
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58. Another solution? (Part 2)
In preparing this installment, I realized I mischaracterized a semantic pivot in a previous issue, the one where I criticized the new wave of carbon capture technoacronym, BiCRS1. Specifically, I aske...
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57. Another solution? (Part 1)
Today is an interesting date. It marks the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, so there are now adults who have known only the post-9/11 world. And yesterday, the United Kingdom elevated a...
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56. Does it matter what we plant? (Part 3)
The title this time is a misappropriation, but it follows from the earlier ones, so we are where we are. In the last installment, I established that it does matter what’s planted. The previous install...
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55. Does it matter what we plant? (Part 2)
Apropos of this series,1 a recent episode of John Oliver’s HBO Series, “Last Week Tonight,” did a number on Carbon Offsets and the concept of “economic” as opposed to “engineering” net zero. His show,...
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54. Agriculture and Climate (Part 5)
For the past couple of issues, I’ve focused on two questions:...
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53. Are trees the best use of land?
For the past couple of issues, I’ve focused on two questions:...
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Questions to be answered. With data.
It’s summer, with all sorts of associated distractions, and I slacked this past week. Nevertheless, I want to ensure that the next installments are supported with solid facts rooted in direct measurem...
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52. Agriculture and Climate (Part 3)
The cover of the July 17, 2022 issue of the New York Times asked, “Can planting a trillion new trees save the world?” referring to an article by Zach St. George entitled “The Trouble with Trees”. To s...
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51. Agriculture and Climate (Part 2)
In the previous two installments1 2, we saw how the DOE’s SunShot program set an ambitious goal of reducing the cost of solar power (primarily from photovoltaic cells) to the cost of coal power at a “...
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50. Agriculture and Climate (Part 1)
Thank you for reading Healing the Earth with Technology. This post is public so feel free to share it....
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Renewable electricity and the learning curve
I’m going to spend an extra week of the so-called “free” time I devote to this rag examining technology advances that lead to the following remarkable statement:...
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49. Expanding the case for irrigation
This past week, I had the privilege of attending an ARPA-E workshop on “Carbon Farming”. Workshops are an essential part of how the Agency identifies new opportunities and quantitative ways to measure...
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48. Expanding the case for irrigation
As we emerge from our COVID-induced isolation, we are all beginning to re-establish our social ties. This past week, I had the pleasure of reconnecting over dinner with Dr. Howard Branz. Howard and I ...
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Another pseudopolitical science piece
While watching the coverage of the January 6th Committee this past week, I flipped the channel to see what FOX News might be covering instead. The programming executives there had seized on two counte...
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47. Misattributions to Climate Change (Part 7)
This installment revisits a “pseudo-political” science piece1 I put out earlier this year. ...
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46. Misattributions to Climate Change (Part 6)
I apologize for skipping a week, but I hope many of you were on a well-deserved holiday/spring break over Memorial Day. My lame excuse is the ARPA-E Summit, the first in-person conference I’ve attende...
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45. First Anniversary Edition
It’s hard to believe that I began writing Healing Earth a year ago! It started innocently enough. I had the simple aspiration to inform others, in simple terms, about the science underlying “climate c...
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44. IPCC WG III and reality (Part 3)
I thought I’d summarize the different sections of the rest of the report in the next couple of installments as a “Cliff’s Notes” version. I covered some of the Summary for Policymakers, Part C. “Syste...
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Recommended reading: The politics of oil prices from a history professor.
This week, I was well into composing the next installment when an issue of “Letters from an American” by Heather Cox Richardson (Professor of History, Boston College) came across my (virtual) desk. No...
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43. Misattributions to Climate Change (Part 3)
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42. IPCC WG III and reality (Part 1); Addendum
After hitting “publish” on the last installment, it occurred to me that I was publicly contradicting a significant conclusion of an international group of prominent scientists and opinion leaders, man...
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42. Misattributions to Climate Change (Part 2)
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Another pseudopolitical piece: Putin and the Pump
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41. How to Heal Earth for the Visual Learner
Getting to the essential truth about solutions to the problem currently known as “climate change” is a challenge. I’ve tried to address this challenge with primary data in previous installments, but I...
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40. Three simple questions for climate change solutions
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39. Holoeconomics & Energy (Part 3)
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38. Holoeconomics & Energy (Part 4), continued
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37. Holoeconomics and Energy (Part 1)
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36. Words don't matter (and they do)
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35. Is the California drought due to climate change?
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Oops--the missing issue
Sorry for the off-schedule post! Thanks to my regular readers for pointing out an error of mine. The attached post went out only to paying subscribers. That’s Substack’s default, but it’s entirely my ...
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A second pseudo-political diversion
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34. Holoeconomics & Energy (Part 3)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind science hea...
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33. IPCC in Action [IPCC Inaction] Part 7
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind science hea...
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32. Holoeconomics & Energy (Part 2)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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31. Holoeconomics and Energy (Part 1)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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A pseudo-political diversion
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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30. IPCC in Action [IPCC Inaction?] (Part 4)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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29. IPCC in Action [IPCC Inaction?] (Part 3)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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28. IPCC in Action [IPCC Inaction?] (Part 2)
The existential threat posed by the continued combustion of geologic carbon can be reversed using human ingenuity. But how?...
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Thanksgiving break
The installment isn’t coming together this week. I’m on Thanksgiving break with family and haven’t really had time to put together a story. ...
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27. Healing revisited, or "Don't we already have a solution?"
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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26. A fork in the road
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In previous installments of this serial, I have offered a peek behind the headlin...
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25. IPCC and Net Zero
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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24. Evaluating a "carbon footprint" (Part 2): Crypto vs Credit
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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23. Earth is getting warmer. So what? [Continuing Installment 6; Part 1]
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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22. Healing (Part 12). Reducing the only solution to practice
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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21. Evaluating a "carbon footprint" (Part 3): Paper or plastic?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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20. Evaluating a "carbon footprint" (Part 2): Crypto vs Credit
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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19. Healing (Part 9). Avoiding enthusiasm and superstition.
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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18. Healing (Part 12). Reducing the only solution to practice
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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17. Healing (Part 7). So...what's it gonna cost me?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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16. Healing (Part 6) Oceans of hope?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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15. Healing (Part 9). Avoiding enthusiasm and superstition.
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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14. Healing (Part 8). Can water alone be the complete solution?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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13. Healing (Part 7). So...what's it gonna cost me?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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12. Healing (Part 4). A ray of hope.
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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11. Healing (Part 3). What can the STEM crowd do about it?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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10. Healing (Part 4). A ray of hope.
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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9. Healing (Part 1). What can we do?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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8. What do we know now about Climate Change?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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7. Healing (Part 1). What can we do?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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6. Is Carbon exonerated by Henry's Law?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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5. Leading with Data
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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4. Where did all that carbon come from?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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3. Earth is getting warmer. So what? (Part 1)
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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2. Carbon. Hero or villain?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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1. Is Global Warming Real?
I’m Jonathan Burbaum, and this is Healing Earth with Technology: a weekly, Science-based, subscriber-supported serial. In this serial, I offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at leas...
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0. About this Newsletter
What to expect: In this “newsletter”, I’ll offer a peek behind the headlines of science, focusing (at least in the beginning) on climate change/global warming/decarbonization. I plan to release new co...
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Healing the Earth
I’m Jonathan Burbaum. Welcome to Healing the Earth, my inaugural newsletter. ...