illconsidered | November 14, 2012The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 13
Table of Contents
Chapter 15
Chapter 14
The Clone Document, September 7, 2055
I was in the University library when a short innocuous looking fellow approached my carousel.
"Are you Luc Pascal Fontaine, son of the late Robert Fontaine?"
I looked at him warily, curious what he was about. "Yes."
"I have a package for you." He lifted his briefcase, putting it on top of my books and papers. "I need a signature."
"Fine," I said.
He snapped open his case, removing a clipboard and a heavy manila envelope. "If I can just get you to sign for receipt, here…
illconsidered | November 12, 2012Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week in the Planetary Crisis
Sipping from the Internet Firehose...
November 11, 2012
Chuckles, COP18+, Post Sandy, Athena, PwC, Extremes, Ice Ages, World Bank, Cook
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy
Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, Food Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Food Production
Hurricanes, Monsoon…
illconsidered | November 8, 2012Via Thngsbreak, we have the charming Lord Monckton back at it with all out Birtherism:
The diligent, unpaid heroes who have been investigating the dodgy document for more than a year on behalf of the people of Maricopa County, Ariz., have found a long list of irregularities in Mr. Obama’s identification documents.
I have used the investigators’ list to draw up a schedule of probabilities – one for each individual irregularity. The probability that the “birth certificate” and other Obama identity documents are genuine is just 1 in 75 sextillion.
Funny, that was just about the same odds I gave…
illconsidered | November 7, 2012The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 12
Table of Contents
Chapter 14
Chapter 13
Olivia, August 30, 2055
All of a sudden I had a whole lot of woman on my hands. It was a whole new ballgame. Olivia was smart, sexy and a lot of fun. I stayed at her suite the first night and the next we spent at mine.
Matt and Jon just laughed when I explained why I had stood them up. Jon went back to Ottawa. The Senate was not in session, but the Senator had research and PR jobs lined up to keep him busy for a month. A week later, Matt came around to say goodbye. He was heading to the coast.
"I'm glad to…
illconsidered | November 6, 2012Climate Crocks has a new video out about Sandy and the unusual weather patterns that allowed its formation.
Good stuff!
All the pundit chatter and the Bloomberg news coming out on the side of reality does give one hope that from the ashes of Battery Point climate change mitigation policy might rise. I do however recall the same attention and promise after the Hurricane Katrina debacle, and well, we all know how far that got us.
Hope springs eternal, but also "fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice..."
Who thinks Sandy and its warning will stick?
illconsidered | November 6, 2012Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week in the Ecological Crisis
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
November 4, 2012
Chuckles, CCAMLR, Maldives, Subsidies, Cook
Sandy: General, Impacts, Caribbean, Nukes, Attribution, Politics, Recovery
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy
Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Methane, Geopolitics
Food Crisis, Fisheries, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Food Production…
illconsidered | November 1, 2012The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 11
Table of Contents
Chapter 13
Chapter 12
The Reception, July 23, 2055
Mom and Dad's old friends, university people, and a gaggle of 32nd cousins chattered and whispered at tables throughout the reception hall. Matt and Jon had disappeared. I was doing my best to represent the family. Everybody wanted to express their condolences in person. It was long and drawn out. People I hadn't seen for years kept coming up to me to commiserate and chat.
All at once Jon was standing behind me. "It is decided," he said.
"What's that?"
"Matt's going to sell me…
illconsidered | October 30, 2012See Wind Map for real time animation. Also, do you notice anything over on the east coast??
(h/t to P3)
illconsidered | October 30, 2012The reality of weather modification is no conspiracy theory. Or at least, so say the conspiracy theorists....
Hurricane Sandy is being described as the “worst storm in 100 years” and will possibly mutate to super-storm status once it combines with a polar air mass over the eastern United States enabling it to cause widespread damage and chaos, but how convenient is the timing of this “natural” event in regards to the election? Is it possible that the storm is a contrived event designed to throw the election for Obama?
Just askin'....
(h/t mandas)
illconsidered | October 29, 2012Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week in the Ecological Crisis
Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom
October 28, 2012
Chuckles, COP18+, TWotW, Gas Flaring, Thomas, CBD, OIF, Cook
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy
Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Food Production
Hurricanes, GHGs, Carbon Cycle,…
illconsidered | October 29, 2012As pretty much everyone should be aware already, Hurricane Sandy is getting close to landfall in the New Jersey area where it will collide with a strong winter storm coming down from Canada. It seems no one really knows what will happen, but all the people who should agree it will be very bad. This storm is huge. Added into the mix is a full moon causing the highest high tides of the year.
As usual, for the most comprehensive coverage of weather events the go-to place is Jeff Master's Weather Wunderground. The latest posting:
Hurricane Sandy has changed little in intensity today, and…
illconsidered | October 26, 2012As you travel the inter-tubes in search of learned discourse, understanding and information to prepare you for the coming climate cataclysms, you will see many curious creatures, some common, some rare, who are here for the sole purpose of deterring, deceiving and confusing you. Some will pray on your admitted ignorance or uncertainty. Some will pray on your subconscious wish that climate change not be real or if it is, it will be benign. Some will seem to engage sincerely but seek only to lure you so deep into the rabbit hole you will be unable to return. Some will dazzle you with words so…
illconsidered | October 24, 2012The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 10
Table of Contents
Chapter 12
Chapter 11
The Funeral, July 23, 2055
I don't remember my mother. We had recordings of her singing, that is all. She died when we were young and dad never remarried. He raised us alone. He was a grumpy old ecologist with three rambunctious boys. All of his friends were doctors or professors. It made for a strange and daunting home environment. As soon as we were old enough, he began dragging us up north on his scientific expeditions.
Dad was a hard sonofabitch. His father had died when he was young and he had to fight…
illconsidered | October 24, 2012So this is an idea shamelessly stolen from Noah Smith, a blogger who writes about economics. He has created an "illustrated bestiary", introduced thusly:
In your journey through the Econ Blogosphere, you will be beset by a great many curious and interesting species of EconoTroll. At first you may be intimidated by their voluminous use of insider jargon, their rough-and-tumble personal attacks, their strenuous insistence that you read the complete works of their movements' founders before participating in any discussion, and above all their sheer persistence and apparent surplus of spare time…
illconsidered | October 23, 2012Just thinking about a previous look at Roy Spencer:
We believe Earth and its ecosystems—created by God’s intelligent design and infinite power and sustained by His faithful providence —are robust, resilient, self-regulating, and self-correcting, admirably suited for human flourishing, and displaying His glory. Earth’s climate system is no exception.
in the context of this recent post of his that finishes with this similarly fact-free gem:
It’s time for the 99% to start supporting the 1% a little better, because in the end it is the 1% who enables the 99% to maximize their standard of living…
illconsidered | October 23, 2012So Mitt Romney believes putting more money in the hands of the job creators (aka rich people) will spur economic growth and so he will cut their taxes by 20%. But he also said in the first debate that he will not reduce the tax burden of the wealthy (aka job creators) at all. So...reduce tax rates in such a way that it simultaneously puts more money and no more money in the hands of the wealthy.
How stupid does he think the American voters are? And more importantly: is he right?
illconsidered | October 22, 2012Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week in the Ecological Crisis
Information Overload is Pattern Recognition
October 21, 2012
Chuckles, COP18+, CBD-COP11, Mayor, Knight, OIF, Uranium, GCF, Cook
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Nuclear Policy
Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Production
Hurricanes,…
illconsidered | October 18, 2012The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 9
Table of Contents
Chapter 11
Chapter 10
Robert Fontaine, July 18, 2055
I was heading for the library when I got a phone call from Bessie Waters, a neighbour who visited with dad occasionally. She was worried. "I knocked on the door and there was no answer," she said. "I think you should check on him."
I was supposed to give a lecture late that afternoon. I called my old faculty advisor, Dr. Yablonski, to arrange a substitute and headed home.
Bessie was not around. The kitchen was as I had left it. The house was dark and quiet. For a second before…