CO2 – California Globe

More California Chickens Come Home to Roast

January 22, 2025 1:42 pmJanuary 22, 2025 1:42 pm

What burns hotter than a disco inferno? A fire in a battery energy storage system designed to store electricity from intermittent sources such as wind and solar. Both Goleta and Nipomo have these battery energy storage facilities and Lompoc may...

Ringside: The Many Colors of Hydrogen

January 9, 2025 12:03 pmJanuary 9, 2025 12:04 pm

The lightest and most abundant substance in the universe, the simplest possible molecule, hydrogen (H2), is touted as the clean burning fuel of the future. Zero pollution. But how can hydrogen be extracted or manufactured in its pure form, and...

Tailpipes and Chimneys Greening Gardens and Forests

November 18, 2024 2:45 amNovember 18, 2024 2:46 am

A farmer in South Korea’s Gyeongbok Province carefully tends to his potato field, while halfway across the world the engines of a thousand cars idle on an American interstate highway. These seemingly disconnected scenes share a bond through the fertilization...

Human CO2 Emissions Are Supercharging Corn Yields

September 18, 2024 7:00 amSeptember 18, 2024 7:01 am

How can carbon dioxide, which has been portrayed as a dangerous pollutant threatening the very existence of humankind, be considered even remotely beneficial? Sadly, such a question can be expected from people – children and adults – who have been...

Actual Headline: ‘What Happens When Climate Change and the Mental-Health Crisis Collide?’

April 15, 2024 2:53 amApril 15, 2024 6:30 pm

“What happens when climate change and the mental-health crisis collide?” That actual headline in Nature.com triggered my BS meter. What does climate change have to do with mental health? “The warming planet is worsening mental illness and distress. Researchers need...

Ringside: Evaluating Underground CO2 Sequestration in California

March 20, 2024 10:20 amMarch 20, 2024 10:20 am

While the confirmed skeptic will consider Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) to be the ultimate waste of money, it nonetheless is happening. Billions of dollars have already been committed, with no end in sight. Regardless of how one might judge...

City of Sacramento’s Sneaky All-Electrification Plan of Existing Buildings and Homes

December 15, 2023 9:12 amDecember 16, 2023 9:06 am

The City of Sacramento is developing a plan to electrify every building in the city to create an all-electric city – under the guise of its “Climate Action and Adaptation Plan” that details “the City’s efforts to support the State...