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  • Shoddy Science Reporting Complicit in Anti-Intellectualism

    Because of the sensationalism committed by science reporters, American's mistrust of science has been amplified. Without bothering to explain the process of science, and the need for replications of studies, and without stressing all the follow-up work required to verify a scientific position or statement, science reporters and the news outlets ...
    Posted to Science by rjgwood on November 18, 2008

  • "Hummers to Farmer's Markets" paradigm

    Great story - to me, the real question is whether or not we should be constantly picking apart local food systems for inconsistencies, or whether we should just throw our weight behind what seems to be the best ideas. Personally, I think that constantly questioning what seem like simple answers to complex problems can only improve these systems,as ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by David Thier on October 14, 2008

  • Hybrids, not as good a move as you think

    Before you go out and buy a hybrid you may want to look into turning your current vehicle into a hybrid. In recent years many advances have been made towards using hydrogen in conventional gas burning engines. While some ideas seem to have been made by crack pot hippies or your neighbor experimenting in his garage some ideas will actually work. ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by allanmain on July 8, 2008

  • Balderdash

    The topic's author made an utterly opinionated, ill-informed, unsubstantiated, hotly debated, and strongly contested claim: ''Virtually every objective climate scientist now accepts that humans are causing the Earth to baste like a meatball on a skewer..'' Balderdash. Follow the link to the left to see list of major scientific organizations, ...
    Posted to Science by swamper777 on February 9, 2008

  • Wool? Cotton? Termites?

    Methane (CH4), accounts for 20% of the total radiative forcing from all of the long-lived and globally mixed greenhouse gases. However, the issue of greenhouse gases and how they contribute to global warming is a rather complicated issue. Relegating it to just three gases (CO2, H2O, and CH4) does a serious disservice to the overall problem. As ...
    Posted to The Green Lantern by swamper777 on February 9, 2008