Category Archives: climate change

Climate deniers, lobbyists pollute COP28

Posted on December 8, 2023 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit and I were reading news stories about the COP28 summit, where some attendees from around the world are seeking solutions to global warming but many others are just spreading misinformation. I clicked on a NY Times article and … Continue reading →

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A bigoted Earthling with interplanetary dreams

Posted on September 28, 2023 by oddmanout215

My neighbor Swamp Rabbit and I saw a news report about Elon Musk, who wants to direct the course of wars and launch billionaires to Mars. He owns a big chunk of social media and is in the electric car … Continue reading →

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No existential catastrophe (author lays 6-to-1 odds)

Posted on September 5, 2023 by oddmanout215

The heat goes on, breaking records. Time has become a slow-motion blur that flattens everything I say and do. Incidents that should matter are like river flotsam, here one minute, gone the next. But the river, visible from the dirt … Continue reading →

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Global warming or global boiling? What about floods?

Posted on August 28, 2023 by oddmanout215

We were discussing the weather, a popular topic these days. My neighbor Swamp Rabbit told me what the UN secretary-general had said: “The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.” “Great quote, but what … Continue reading →

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Behold! Seven-headed dragons just up ahead.

Posted on July 24, 2023 by oddmanout215

I was telling Swamp Rabbit about former VP Al Gore’s recent comments on global warming, which included this one-liner: “Every night the TV news is like taking a nature hike through the Book of Revelation.” “That’s pretty funny,” Swamp Rabbit … Continue reading →

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A wake-up call, or just an excuse to zone out?

Posted on July 17, 2023 by oddmanout215

I forgot to turn off the radio before I left my shack to go to work. My cats, Thoughts and Prayers, were locked in and had to listen all day to scary weather reports on NPR. No wonder they seemed … Continue reading →

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DeLillo’s ‘airborne toxic event’ is still unfolding

Posted on June 20, 2023 by oddmanout215

My neighbor Swamp Rabbit dropped by on Sunday to wish me a happy Father’s Day, but we ended up talking about that strange day earlier this month when the air smelled like burnt toast and the skyline looked like a … Continue reading →

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Energy update: Clean vs. dirty in Texas showdown

Posted on June 17, 2023 by oddmanout215

“You and them other cynics were wrong,” Swamp Rabbit said. “Texas ain’t gonna cut back on wind and solar. That creepy little gov’ner and his oil cronies can’t win on account of there’s too much money to be made in … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court sullies Clean Water Act

Posted on June 2, 2023 by oddmanout215

I was lecturing Prayers, my favorite feral cat. The news is hardly ever new, I told him. At best, it’s a reminder that the people who run this country now might be even less enlightened than the idiots who, generations … Continue reading →

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Martin Amis (1949-2023) braved the moronic inferno

Posted on May 24, 2023 by oddmanout215

My neighbor Swamp Rabbit was drinking beer on his porch when I told him that British author Martin Amis died last weekend.   “Okay, but what’s that got to do with the price of eggs?” he said, referring to the … Continue reading →

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