I recently appeared on From the Stacks, the weekly video podcast of the Cornwall Alliance for The Stewardship of Creation. Cal Beisner was the host; he is also the founder and president of the Alliance. Cal and the folks of the Alliance are at the forefront of the effort to apply God’s Word to caring…
Category: Environment
Exposing the Truth about Climate Change
If you want to really understand the truth about climate change, I would highly recommend reading the books and articles on the list below. First, a few books: Global Warming Skepticism for Busy People The Great Global Warming Blunder: How Mother Nature Fooled the World’s Top Climate Scientists Climate Change: The Facts 2017 “A Disgrace to…
What Do I Mean by Energy Efficiency? Let Me ‘splain it to You
I liked “I Love Lucy.” One of my favorite things in the show was when Lucy would get in trouble and Ricky would tell her that she had some “‘splaining to do.” A friend and I had a brief discussion on Facebook about energy efficiency. And it reminded me how twisted the definition of ‘efficiency’…
Big Science is Not Objective
Life is not easy, but it is a lot simpler than many would have us believe. Here are a few simple (but not simplistic) thoughts for us to chew on: God is our Creator and He created the world in six days. Jesus is our Savior if we repent of our sins and call on…
Maybe it Needs More Subsidies
My Friend Josiah and the Carbon Tax
My friend, Josiah Neeley, recently published a piece, “Confessions of a former carbon tax skeptic.” In it, he professes his belief in taxing carbon and then evangelizes conservatives with the gospel of carbon taxation in an attempt to convert us. Except Josiah doesn’t actually share much good news about the carbon tax with us. Instead,…
Eliminating Renewable Energy Subsidies is Key to Boosting Prosperity
Residential electricity prices have steadily increased for years, up more than 15 percent in the United States (not including Texas) since 2004. A newly released U.S. Department of Energy report on electricity markets and reliability makes it clear that renewable energy subsidies are contributing significantly to the increasing cost—and the decreasing reliability—of the national electric grid. Yet the report…
How Convenient: Trump’s Environmental Stance May Harm Six Year Old Girls
Update: @claires tells NBC 10 Consumer Advocate @NBC10_Emily it has hired an independent lab to test products that may contain asbestos. https://t.co/rtLTkINSdA pic.twitter.com/zFm0BSArcF — NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) December 28, 2017 Claire’s, the cosmetic and accessories company for young women, recently recalled nine cosmetic products because a mother had tested her six-year-old daughter’s makeup kit containing…
Short Memories
We have such short memories. Relating to today’s debate about fossil fuels versus renewable fuels, here is what The Times of London said about a similar debate over coal versus renewables: Coal is everything to us. Without coal, our factories will become idle, our foundries and workshops be still as the grave; the locomotive will…
Get Your Swimsuits Out
According to the New York Times, it won’t be long before we will all be swimming to work: The truth is, how shall we put it, a bit more nuanced.