This is the right policy, for the wrong reason. Lower gas prices? Well it's the wrong reason to stop filling reserves. Refining and speculation are more powerful bottlenecks than crude oil supply in retail gas pricing.   more »

What would it take to restore enough of the ice cap to give polar bears a chance at survival? Maybe floating snow machines? Wind/wave powered pumping platforms floating in the arctic sea that spray sea water up into the 50 below zero arctic air.   more »

An interesting article in Grist. How do you get the CO2 coming out of our tailpipes and smokestacks back out of the air once it's been mixed together? Scientists and entrepeneurs are looking for a majic techno fix that does this. The main problem is that it takes huge amounts of energy, and with our present energy mix, where would that energy come from? Burning more fuel, producing more CO2.   more »