Introduction: The World is Not Ending

Every generation of humankind thinks it will be the last. With global warming, world terrorism, energy crisis, and the threat of pandemic diseases, this generation might actually be correct; if not for our own power to peacefully resolve our problems. Much of what stands in our way is merely the noise of incompletely advertised facts that will interfere with effective solutions. For example, if we solve the problem of industrial output of carbon dioxide, we may still face trouble from the burning of the rainforests and pollution of the oceans. Our addiction to oil not only warms the planet, but funds despotic regimes and their use of terrorism. The warming itself and the incursion of civilization into previously forested areas contribute to the rise of new diseases.

Our problems are interlinked, and so are the solutions. We must expand our thinking from just the passive to the active. In addition to reducing carbon dioxide emissions we also develop oil-free methods of producing energy, and the means to extract the excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Not only can we stop damaging the planet, but we can also repair some of the existing damage, free ourselves from the threat of terrorism, and rescue civilations from despotic regimes.

Much of the debate about global warming lacks solid data, or data that is too easily mis-interpreted. Some assertions are just plain wrong. Global warming is occurring, but not all of the warming is due to industrial causes, and the major part of the industrial causes would be surprising to most people.

My blog documents my exploration of the assertions surrounding the crises of the world. I do not agree with the Bush administration, but just as strongly I do not agree nor believe all of the assertions of Al Gore. I have been tracking global warming since 1977. In the 1990s I worked on proposals for NASA's mission to planet Earth series of satellites, including a heat budget satellite to establish the baseline for the study of global warming.

Even if global warming is not entirely due to industrial output of greenhouse gases, it seems really stupid to dump more into the atmosphere while the Earth is warming.

Wish us all good luck and success in this endeavor.