Tag Archives: climate change

The Climate Change debate

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

I have rarely witnessed such passion and venom as currently besets the ongoing debate on climate change. It seems as if everyone has a view. Surprisingly for me, a very large section of opinion makers are firmly on the No … Continue reading →

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How will it turn out? Global Threats

Posted on April 27, 2009 by

This is the fourth posting in my 2019 Time Capsule series, looking at how the issues of today might be seen ten years from now. This entry is a topical one, particularly given the influenza scare over the weekend. Global … Continue reading →

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A pointless climate change documentary?

Posted on November 26, 2008 by

Phelim McAleer is a film-maker who has produced a documentary challenging the climate change consensus. He appeared on an Irish political program this evening to  debate with a climate scientist, Dr. Kieran Hickey. Now I haven’t watched much of this … Continue reading →

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What if we were not here any more?

Posted on April 10, 2007 by

What if humans no longer existed? What if one day, all the animals woke up to find us no longer here? What would happen to the Earth then? Here’s an account that speculates about what might happen next. I’m fascinated … Continue reading →

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Changing the world

Posted on September 29, 2006 by

A new cinema is opening in my home-town today, and one movie I really want to see is the Al Gore documentary “An Inconvenient Truth“. I’m sure I’ve got a fairly good idea of the content already without knowing much … Continue reading →

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