World On Fire?
Folks who live in the great white northland of Minnesota know that summer is a season to be celebrated. The North Star State suffers through long, dark months of brutal…
The Powerless World
The human population of the planet earth is now approaching 8 billion. This is a remarkable fact because for many centuries the world's population barely grew at all. Scholars estimate…
The Incredible Blessing of Fossil Fuels
There sure is plenty of bad news lately. The US government recently reported a 0.9% drop in 2nd quarter GDP. (GDP, or gross domestic product, is a measure of our…
Tough Predictions
Baseball legend Yogi Berra once quipped, "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." This humorous statement is especially true regarding climate. It goes without saying that the earth's…