China Will Soon Emit More Greenhouse Gases

The Apologists For Space Science Always Seem Over-impressed By Engineering Trivia And Make Far Too Much Of Non-stick Frying Pans And Perfect Ball-bearings. To My Mind, The Outstanding Spin-off From Space Research Is Not New Technology. The Real Bonus Has Been That For The First Time In Human History We Have Had A Chance To Look At The Earth From Space, And The Information Gained From Seeing From The Outside Our Azure-green Planet In All Its Global Beauty Has Given Rise To A Whole New Set Of Questions And Answers.

We Are The Intelligent Elite Among Animal Life On Earth And Whatever Our Mistakes, [earth] Needs Us. This May Seem An Odd Statement After All That I Have Said About The Way 20th Century Humans Became Almost A Planetary Disease Organism. But It Has Taken [earth] 2.5 Billion Years To Evolve An Animal That Can Think And Communicate Its Thoughts. If We Become Extinct She Has Little Chance Of Evolving Another.

Nasa Will Send Up A Big Sun Shade That Will Be In Orbit Between The Earth And Sun And Deflect 2 Or 3 Percent Of The Sunshine Back Into Space. It Would Be Cheaper Than The International Space Station.

One Pound Of Uranium Is Worth About 3 Million Pounds Worth Of Coal Or Oil.

We Thought We Knew 20 Years Ago. That Led To Some Alarmist Books – Mine Included – Because It Looked Clear-cut, But It Hasn’t Happened. The Climate Is Doing Its Usual Tricks. There’s Nothing Much Really Happening Yet. We Were Supposed To Be Halfway Toward A Frying World Now. The World Has Not Warmed Up Very Much Since The Millennium. Twelve Years Is A Reasonable Time. The Temperature Has Stayed Almost Constant, Whereas It Should Have Been Rising - Carbon Dioxide Is Rising, No Question About That.