Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report
Read my lips: To say that biofuels cause food prices to increase is either stupid, misleading or both. First-generation biofuels cause food prices to increase, because first-generation biofuels are made from food plants. Duh. Some companies thought it was opportune to make a quick buck selling [...]
Posted in Man & Environment, Systems Biology on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Researchers Mimic Bacteria To Produce Magnetic Nanoparticles
Well, this is good. We’re going to need smart little nano-critters to destroy all the other smart little nano-critters and synthetic organisms that are released accidentally.
Then we will have come full circle. Confident that we can do it all, we can then get back to baking bread, fishing in [...]
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘Revolutionary’ Carbon Dioxide Maps Zoom In On Greenhouse Gas Sources
Evidence-based policy at its finest.
Well, maybe only the evidence part. We’ll see if policy is ever affected, won’t we.
Posted in Man & Environment on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In a Warmer Yellowstone Park, a Shifting Environmental Balance
Wow, they got up enough courage to mention biodiversity right there at the end. If it hadn’t been for that, I would have thought the real issue was that the grizzlies might change from gophers to tourists. Or something.
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cosmic Clean-Up: Wild Ideas to Sweep Space
Trillions upon trillions of dollars spent on space programs, and nobody thought about cleaning up after themselves?
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Government Reports Warn Planners on Sea-Rise Threat to U.S. Coasts
Umm, has anybody told the President yet?
Posted in Biology & Medicine, Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Boston Bans Trans Fats
What an interesting concept. With a precedent like this, city governments could ban all kinds of things, couldn’t they. Automobile emissions, for example.
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thirsty Hybrid And Electric Cars Could Triple Demands On Scarce Water Resources
Oh, gee. Well, we’d better just stick to fossil fuels, then.
Posted in Man & Environment, Society & Politics on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US corn biofuels will expand Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’: scientists
Can anybody say organic ethanol? Or does that only work for broccoli?
Posted in Man & Environment on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Diesel fumes can affect your brain, scientists say
So, we’ve been inhaling diesel fumes since the end of the 19th century and they’re only just finding this out?
What about all the other pollutants that have been created since then? I guess we’re supposed to assume they’re completely safe as long as there’s no research that proves [...]
