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illconsidered | May 15, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 39
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Chapter 41
Chapter 40
Learning To Stand, June 17, 2056
The weeks ground by. The meetings, the lack of progress really grated. I wasn't doing well in my work. The damned membrane grew, but it kept wanting to curl up in tubes and I didn't know why. It had something to do with humidity.
At UNGETF, Group 7 was monitoring corporate activities, but it was soul destroying. Fifty low energy ships were now sailing around the Arctic making clouds to no noticeable effect. One hundred more were planned. They were retrofitting them at…
illconsidered | May 14, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom
May 12, 2013
Chuckles, Beauty, COP19+, G8, Red Lists, 400 ppmv
Lake El'gygytgyn, CCAC, Unburnable , Pricing Nature, Cook
Fukushima: Note, News, Policies, Related Papers
Melting Arctic, Arctic Fox, Methane, Geopolitics
Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production
Hurricanes, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather…
illconsidered | May 8, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 38
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Chapter 40
Chapter 39
A Walk in the Park, April 26, 2056
I got a bit of a surprise when I got home. Edie caught me just as I was entering and asked, "Do you think we are descending into a New Dark Age?"
My head was full of genomic patterns, molecular shapes and chemical cycles --- walking home I had been going over the design of my synthetic carbon eater --- and I was flummoxed. It was so out of the blue.
"I don't know. I haven't thought about it."
Edie wasn't about to be put off. "Well think about it. I'd like to discuss…
illconsidered | May 6, 2013 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
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illconsidered | May 1, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 37
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Chapter 39
Artificial Biology, April 19, 2056
I was beginning to feel like things were slipping out of control. I don't know that they had ever been in control, but before Edie started Neurolin, before the Group 2 disaster and before Rhamaposa started talking about conventions of idiots, I had felt I had a handle on what was going on. Now I realized I was at a loss. What effect would the drug have on Edie? What good would the Group 6 cloud makers do? The Group 5 sun shade project was at best speculative. On top of which…
illconsidered | April 29, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Sipping from the Internet Firehose...
April 28, 2013
Chuckles, COP19+, PAGES2k, Ocean Heat, Earth Day, Unburnable
Subsidies, Pricing Nature, Thermodynamics, Cook, Shrinkology
Fukushima: Note, News
Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, GMOs, GMO Labelling, Food Production
Monsoon, Notable Weather, New Weather, GHGs, Temperatures, Aerosols…
illconsidered | April 24, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 36
Table of Contents
Chapter 38
Chapter 37
UNGETF Reacts, March 24, 2056
The public reaction after the Group 2 disaster was muted in North America. Not so in the USSA. A huge crowd rioted in Brasilia and burnt down the DCS building. The police just stood around and watched; firemen did not attend. The technical staff and a couple of executives were killed. UNGETF was forced to suspend Group 2 operations in the USSA.
At the next regular meeting, we were informed that Group 6, the cloud makers, had been given the go ahead. It was going to take…
illconsidered | April 22, 2013(featured image is the effect of Australia's summer heatwave on Melbourne's historical record, source)
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
April 21, 2013
Chuckles, COP19+, UNFF10, Unburnable, EU-ETS, Earth Day, Warnings, Externalities
Subsidies, World Bank, Pricing Nature, Thermodynamics, Cook, Prizes
Fukushima: Note, News, Policies
Melting Arctic, Geopolitics, Antarctica…
illconsidered | April 17, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 35
Table of Contents
Chapter 37
Chapter 36
Neurolin, March 17, 2056
Edie was changing. I didn't know how, but she was no longer the shy retiring mouse of a woman she had been. A week later I happened across a clue.
As a matter of course, we segregate our garbage into compostable, recyclable, paper and junk. I was throwing some paper away, when I noticed a flattened medication box. I picked it up. It was labelled Neurolin. "Clarify, deepen and solidify your thoughts," it said. I knew there were cognitive enhancers on the market, but I had…
illconsidered | April 15, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom
April 14, 2013
Chuckles, UNFF10, GCF-DC, EGU, G8, Marcott, Warnings
Subsidies, Cook, Shrinkology
Fukushima: Note, News, Policies, Related Papers
Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food: Crisis, Fisheries, Prices, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Production
Hurricanes, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather,…
illconsidered | April 10, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 34
Table of Contents
Chapter 36
Chapter 35
Prometheus, March 8, 2056
To be honest, the Group 2 debacle was more of a public relations disaster than an ecological one. The damage was dramatic, but relatively restricted. Within 48 hours someone leaked the hazmat team video on the internet and all hell broke loose. The media were all over us.
Rhamaposa survived only with the intervention of the Secretary General and several heads of state, including the Asian Union and the USSA. I have no proof, but I'm sure they knew of the pressure exerted by…
illconsidered | April 8, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Information Overload is Pattern Recognition
April 7, 2013
Chuckles, Fools, COP19+, MDGs, Critical Decade, Bintanja, Marcott, Warnings
Subsidies, World Bank, WTO, Cook
Fukushima: Note, News, Related Papers
Melting Arctic, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, GMOs, Food Production
Hurricanes, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New Weather, GHGs,…
illconsidered | April 4, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 33
Table of Contents
Chapter 35
Chapter 34
Group 2 Disaster, February 17, 2056
At the next UNGETF conference, we were given an interim report on Corella Corporation activities on behalf of Group 2. They were using balloons to hoist tons of sulphur pellets for release in the stratosphere. It was fully automated. No people went aloft. The cargo was dispersed from a series of vents along the bottom of a V-shaped gondola. When the drop was complete, the balloon turned on a transponder and vented hydrogen to drop lower in the atmosphere.
The…
illconsidered | April 1, 2013 Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck YearsThis weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor. Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup
skip to bottom Sipping from the Internet Firehose...March 31, 2013 Chuckles, COP19+, North Korea, WSF, PES, Sensitivity Missing Heat, Marcott, Warnings, Subsidies, HSBC, Cook Fukushima Note, Fukushima News Melting Arctic, Megafauna, Geopolitics, Antarctica Food Crisis, Fisheries, Food vs. Biofuel, GMOs, Food Production Hurricanes, Notable Weather, Extreme Weather, New Weather GHGs, Carbon Cycle…
illconsidered | March 28, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 32
Table of Contents
Chapter 34
Chapter 33
Jon Visits, January 27, 2056
On Sunday Jon called to say he would be dropping around to visit next week. The Senator was scheduled to hold a series of meetings with Provincial and First Nation leaders. He didn't know when he would be free, but he would make a point of seeing us.
I felt a little odd being just another scheduling point in my brother's busy life, but I resolved not to let it put me off. Anna was running a fever and Edie was tired, so I didn't have time to dwell on it.
On Tuesday, when I…
illconsidered | March 26, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week of Climate Chaos News
Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
March 24, 2013
Chuckles, Equinox, COP19+, WWD, Earth Hour, Marcott, Grinsted
World Bank, Cook, Weathermen
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News
Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, Food vs. Biofuel, Land Grabs, GMOs, Food Production
Hurricanes, Monsoon, Notable Weather…
illconsidered | March 20, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 31
Table of Contents
Chapter 33
Chapter 32
One Thing After Another, December 14, 2055
The next few days were just one damned thing after another. On Monday, when I walked into Ecology 550, a spontaneous wave of applause broke out.
I held up my hands. "Okay. Okay, listen I'll make you a deal. Hold the applause until after we fix this problem and then we'll all celebrate. We still have a lot of work to do." My statement had just the sobering effect I wanted.
As I looked around the room, I noticed a few faces that didn't belong. Officially the…
illconsidered | March 18, 2013Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years
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Another Week of Climate Instability News
Information is not Knowledge...Knowledge is not Wisdom
March 17, 2013
Chuckles, COP19+, CITES, JOGMEC, Marcott
Bottom Line, Subsidies, Cook
Fukushima Note, Fukushima News, Anniversary, Nuclear Policy
Melting Arctic, Polar Bears, Methane, Geopolitics, Antarctica
Food Crisis, Fisheries, Food Prices, GMOs, Food Production
Hurricanes,…
illconsidered | March 14, 2013The Bottleneck Years
by H.E. Taylor
Chapter 30
Table of Contents
Chapter 32
Chapter 31
A Convention of Idiots, December 12, 2055
Reality landed right on my shoulders with a thump that evening. I was at home in the library categorizing and prioritizing the Ecology 550 students' geoengineering ideas, when the phone rang. It was from Sri Lanka.
"I'll get it!" I called out.
"Luc."
"Yes. Hello Peter. What's up?" I turned the lights down and sat back in the half light of the video to talk.
"I'm just trying to get a handle on the big picture. I don't know what to think anymore."
He slurred…
pgleick | March 13, 2013Here is the second in what will be a series of posts on how little things like changes in technology we take for granted, or simple behaviors, can have a big impact on water use. The first looked at turning off the water when you brush your teeth: a seemingly trivial thing. It turned out not to be so trivial. (I will, on occasion, also blog about the “not so little” things like fundamental changes in our agricultural systems, dietary choices, and industrial processes.)
The Pacific Institute has done extensive and groundbreaking research over the past 25 years on a wide range of water, climate…