The ultimate resource is the free human being, and the master resource is energy. Control energy, and control human beings. Humans become slaves when energy is denied them, as the green movement is so effectively doing through the world. The irony is that destroying human liberty does not help the environment. Unfortunately, politicians are almost [...]
Japan
Risky Business – Cal Beisner of Cornwall Alliance, explains the hidden dangers of the National Day of Prayer for Creation Care. Protecting people by yelling ‘Fire!’ – A Wall Street Journal example of how the EPA use cargo cult science to scare people. James Hansen’s post-normal dreams – A very interesting examination of post normal [...]
Video from CNN shows the March 2011 tsunami crashing into Fukushima nuclear site. Another site, at Scientific American, gives facts and figures regarding this disaster. And below is a simulation from NOAA, showing the propagation of the tsunami from its source. The response by the dark green environmentalist crowd to this horrific [...]
(Chris Horner) Although usual suspects are now saying that the chain of events leading to Japan’s nuclear crisis is simply proof that we need to now rule out the last energy source that works, in terms of providing the necessary, base-load power required to run a modern society, it actually proves the opposite. With nuclear [...]
Thank the Lord the death toll is incredibly low. One could easily imagine millions perished in this disaster, but as of today 6,539 were killed in the disasters, mainly in the tsunami.
This volcano, and some others that I hope to blog on, erupted shortly after the 9.0 quake shattered Japan. The 1,421-metre (4,689-feet) Shinmoedake volcano in the Kirishima range saw its first major eruption for 52 years in January. There had not been any major activity at the site since March 1.
Today the largest earthquake in its history struck Japan. A magnitude 9.1 quake struck at 38.322 lat., 142.369 lon., with a focus 24.4 km beneath the ground, making this the fourth largest recorded earthquake in history. It occurred off the east coast of the island of Honshu. The USGS provides a list of the earthquake [...]
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