NYTimes writer Timothy Egan spotlights what he doesn’t know about diet and health. The diet-heart hypothesis was debunked long ago. No doubt Egan missed that development because he was working within the NYTimes’ anti-science force field. Continue reading Five Guys’ cheeseburgers aren’t killing anyone
Day: March 22, 2013
Erin Brockovich Debunked in Discover magazine
You could have read about the “Texas sharpshooter effect” in “Science Without Sense” — 17 years ago. Continue reading Erin Brockovich Debunked in Discover magazine
UN Economist: Atmosphere could absorb at most another one trillion tons of CO2
How would the economist know? Do economists even know anything about the economy? Finally, there is already more greenhouse gas in the atmosphere than there is radiation available to be absorbed. The atmosphere can hold a lot more CO2 with little (if any) warming effect. Continue reading UN Economist: Atmosphere could absorb at most another one trillion tons of CO2
Green Hell: FoE offers ’10 ways to save water’
Why should we have to ration the most abundant substance on the planet? Continue reading Green Hell: FoE offers ’10 ways to save water’
Where’s the global warming mate? Cold weather puts Britain on brink of running out of gas
Isn’t spring supposed to be coming earlier these days? Continue reading Where’s the global warming mate? Cold weather puts Britain on brink of running out of gas
Earth Hour: Vain Symbolism, Environmentally Unfriendly
For 60 minutes Saturday night, those living in the shallows of our culture will kill their lights during Earth Hour to increase awareness of climate change. Some will feel self-righteous. Nothing will be achieved. Continue reading Earth Hour: Vain Symbolism, Environmentally Unfriendly