The focus of today’s commentary is about the insurance industry and the role and the consequences that the warming planet is having on the industry and how this is and will effect your daily life. There are two principal aspects that I am going to address. First, how climate change is impacting insurance and the implications to each of us…
It’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard from me as I was on vacation. My son Zack (35) and I went on a wilderness kayaking trip on the Allagash River in very northern Maine with a group from Sierra Club. We had a great time. It was so very nice to get removed from civilization for 8 days and just relax.…
It’s been a few weeks since my last post as I took some time off to enjoy the summer as it quickly slips away from us all. Unfortunately, the deteriorating climate doesn’t take a vacation. You’ve undoubtedly heard about the UN report that documents how dire and irreversible the climate circumstances are. (See the long article posted at the end of my portion.)…
I was listening to the radio yesterday and the “disk jockey” asked the listeners what covid habit you got into you were going to get ride of/change now that restrictions are being lifted a bit. I realized that one that I have fallen into is writing this article pretty much every Sunday. You may have noticed, but probably not, that I missed…
It is hard to comprehend that we are around half way through summer. It sure doesn’t seem like it to me. It’s going by so quickly and for some reason I feel like I’m missing out. Maybe because of the weather? Too hot, too dry, too wet, too cool, too windy (meaning being unsuitable to kayak on Lake Michigan). But…
As usual, it’s been a busy week for environmental news. This week I am going to stay focused on what’s going on in the automotive realm and on the transition to an EV future. Before I do, though, I want to start with some good news. Having been rightfully accused of being the bearer of doom and gloom in many…
It is a shame, but not surprising, that things have to be this bad to wake up people to the fact that “we ARE there” already. In case you have any doubts, the following headlines from this week should provide a sobering jolt to your consciousness. We all know people who either don’t get that there is a problem or don’t comprehend…
Happy Father’s Day and first day of summer! Today’s article is about science and a new way of measuring what we humans are doing to our atmosphere and subsequently the climate. Here’s a fundamental premise of the piece that follows. “The miracle of life on Earth hinges on a delicate balance. The sun’s rays enter the Earth’s atmosphere, warming the planet. At the…
Recently, I’ve mostly been writing about what is going to happen to our society as a result of a warmer climate. Real estate, insurance, finance, fossil fuel industry, carbon taxes, transportation (especially cars and trucks), etc. I decided today to remind everyone why these consequences are all going to happen. Paraphrasing what someone once said, It’s the Climate Stupid. As CO2…
I start today by reiterating my long standing prediction that by 2030 all new cars (and increasingly it looks like light duty trucks and maybe even some heavy duty ones too) sold in the U.S. will be fully electric or drive 95% of the time on electricity. Back in 2014 when I first made a bet on this it was pretty…