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China economic actions set bad example on global warming
by Ginosar 
China is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and would continue to be a much larger emitter as its economy grows in its customary rapid rate of close to ten percent. India would be the second over time. China is the most dangerous country to gl… more »
06/30/10 09:40:57 pm, Judaism and global warming
by Ginosar
Liberal US Judaism lost its compass
For many decades modern liberal Judaism in the US has focused its main attention on Tikkun Olam, making this world a better place for all humanity. The idea was to make the outstanding Jewish Mitzvot [commandments] r… more »
Can we slow global population growth significantly?
by Ginosar
Central to the things that we must do is to recognize that population growth is the immediate cause of all our resource and environmental crises. Dr. Albert Bartlett: I am shaking my head as I study population trends of different countries. I read… more »
More on- Why I oppose the the American Power Act
by Ginosar
Regarding the American Power Act, the Lieberman- Kerry bill in the Senate. There are many in the middle environmental mix who say- support this bill because it is the best we can get now. Not only that, the Democrats will lose their ability to master s… more »
The Gulf Oil Spill Is Insignificant - Our Oceans Are Dying
by Ginosar
While we are contemplating all the agonies and damages the oil spill in the Gulf is causing, let's think a little deeper, about the ocean itself. We use the ocean as dumping grounds, we use the oceans to get our sea foods, we use the oceans for recr… more »
We Must Start Geoengineering Studies Now
by Ginosar
I wish it would not be the case, but I believe we must start now R&D on geoengineering. For a long time I opposed anything to do with geoengineering, the massive processes that could artificially reduce the warming of the earth, for all the known o… more »
Carbon Offsets- Mike Tiswell- Washington Post
by Ginosar
Below is a good summary on the inadequacy of the Cap & Trade system.
The Washington Post
Carbon Offsets
Mike Tidwell
Global warming is our biggest environmental problem, and carbon offsets are one of our biggest barriers to a solution… more »
Commonwealth Club discussion missing the element of time
by Ginosar
I was listening last night to a discussion on energy and global warming at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. It was interesting and the speakers presented their arguments well. Except they essentially ignored the most critical aspect of global war… more »
We Are in Deeper Trouble than we Grasp
by Ginosar
Some of the exchanges with colleagues regarding the limited actions taken during and past Copenhagen Accord.
Matania, The article below matches Bill McKibben's choice of title for his book, Eaarth. The extra a is there because the earth is… more »
Urgency is the main issue
by Ginosar
That was my introduction to my talk a few days ago:
If you are driving your car alone in a flat city like Sacramento and you heard strange noises from your breaks, you would think: I better check the breaks some time.
However, if you are drivi… more »
Difficulties Predicting China energy consumption
by Ginosar
It is clear that the rapid increase in demand for energy by the major developing countries, mostly China India, could overshadow any attempt by the developed world to reduce its CO2 emissions. Therefore, let's look at some of the key uncertainties rega… more »
My presentation on Global Warming April 19, Sacramanto
by Ginosar
Sacramento United Nations Association-USA presents Dr. Matania Ginosar discussing "Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Fee" Monday, April 19, 2010 7:00 PM It is our Chapter's Annual Earth Day program, featuring Dr. Matania Ginosar, Environmental Scientist… more »
My Writing "style"
by Ginosar
My friends sometimes tell me to be more "polite", less direct in my writings and less "truthful". Here is an exchange with one friend about my writing style.
Matania
Friend x:
You tend to write what you feel and sometimes you don't temper w… more »
Paul Krugman accepts Dr.Weitzman time-criticality views
by Ginosar
As I studied in some depth the GW issue in the last few years, the most profound analysis I saw were by Dr. Martin Weitzman of Harvard on uncertainty and the need to fight GW now and forcefully. I wrote about one of his paper on this blog four months ago… more »
We must face overpopulation, some quotes
by Ginosar
In the discussions about global warming we rarely focus on one of the most crucial issues that humanity faces- over population. It seems like a taboo subject. Not only have that, instead of thanking China's aggressive effort to cut its own population gro… more »
Huge India and China impacts on GHG emissions
by Ginosar
A group of environmentalists bloggers are planning to visit China soon to learn about their actions and plans on GW. I set them the following: By all means go to China, but remember India is our weakest link in the fight against GW. China and I… more »
The Administration is slowing its effort against Global Warming
by Ginosar
One way to understand the way this Administration is attempting to fight GW is to follow the interviews and writing of Energy Secretary Dr. Steven Chu over the last year. When he was selected to his position over a year ago Dr. Chu was very optimistic… more »
A very weak national energy plan?- Dr. Chu in Newsweek
by Ginosar
Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek interviewed our secretary of energy recently. Many of Secretary Chu views there are very disappointing to me. It is likely that Newsweek selected what was appealing to them, or their sponsors, and not Dr. Chu' full views. Unfor… more »
India would be the weakest country to slow GW!
by Ginosar
This is a follow up to my article about India and global Warming: http://www.ginosaronglobalwarming.org/blog1.php?p=109&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1I selected this NYT article to help you get a better feel how difficult is to achieve anything… more »
INDIA contribution to Global Warming
by Ginosar
Since the developing world will emit the largest amount of GHG by far in the coming decades we need to look at the key players to understand them and their potential to curtail GHG emissions.
The main ones now are India and China.
Let's look at In… more »
"The West's Carbon Emissions Are Irrelevant"
by Ginosar
All the presentations at the Efficiency - Art Rosenfeld conference were interesting and many illuminating, but the most significant discussion, I believe, was by Professor Richard Muller. He talked about the immense future increase of CO2 by the emerging… more »
The next generation of Energy Efficiency
by Ginosar
The Rosenfeld Symposium
The next generation of Energy Efficiency
A few days ago [3/9/10] I attended an energy efficiency conference at UC Davis honoring the champion of California energy conservation and efficiency, Dr. Art Rosenfeld.
The confere… more »
Subsea permafrost is losing its ability to be an impermeable cap.
by Ginosar
Over the last several years it became clear to some astute scientists that our slow and ineffective way we have been trying to curtail global warming is not going to slow significantly, if at all, the earth's temperature rise. The magnitude of GHG releas… more »
Reducing energy consumption dictates change of feelings
by Ginosar
When we were starving as cave people and often had nothing to eat, we developed a strong urge for more food, and more possessions.
That essential need was justified in the past, it was a basic survival need. It is still driving most of us.
But it… more »
Excellent Al Gore article
by Ginosar
This is a very good article by V.P. Al Gore about the current situation of the GW "debate."
I suggest you read it completely.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/opinion/28gore.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print
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Part 2. The Energy Dilemma- by Dr. Nathan Lewis
by Ginosar
This second section is barely edited and also deserves expansion. If possible I may do it over time. But I believe it so important it should go out on the web now. M.g.
I. What is a Safe CO2 level?:
We do not know what is a safe le… more »
The Energy Dilemma - Nathan Lewis- Caltech
by Ginosar
Lecture by the famed Nathan S. Lewis of Caltech, California Air resources Board- ARB 2/23/10 I just finished listening to today's (Tues.) video presentation by this well known Caltech professor on global energy needs in light of the limitation of… more »
Wrong way of fighting global warming
by Ginosar
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them Albert Einstein When I directed the Solar energy office at the California Energy Commission my staff thought that I should approve every one of their p… more »
Another Dr. Holdren warning
by Ginosar
Dr. Holdren, I believe, is one of the most aware scientists about the real danger of global warming. Again and again I have seen him pointing to the time-criticality of global warming. I also believe that even the green media and blogs ignore his warning… more »
What is in the Name?
by Ginosar
The term "Climate change" was coined by people who oppose the scientific facts, gathered over decades, that the earth is warming due to our vast use of fossil fuels. It was coined by the people on the right that deny global warming and was designed to re… more »
Road to efficiency
by Ginosar
The following article is about energy related research at Idaho National Labs done by one of my sons, Dan Ginosar, PhD.
Road to efficiency
Inventor favors small steps to energy independence
By SVEN BERG. From the Post Register in Idaho… more »
Few comments on effective grasroots lobbying
by Ginosar
In an article in today's highly respected Climate Progress web site they were discussing the desire of many industry leaders for fast, bipartisan, political decision on the rules of the game for global warming. Actual laws would allow industry to proceed… more »
#2: How does Self gratification relate to fighting global warming?
by Ginosar
In the previous writing on this issue I suggested , in part, that in many cases people brain activity may determine their ability to grasp the global warming issue. Some opposite views may be that it is more likely to be lack of knowledge, lack of ed… more »
How does Self gratification relate to fighting global warming?
by Ginosar
I just finished reading a detailed, multi year study: The Neural Basis for Self-Control, by Antonio Rangel, PhD, associate professor of economics at the highly regarded California Institute of Technology - Caltech. It tries to answer the following : "Y… more »
WHY THE POLITICAL RIGHT REJECTS GLOBAL WARMING
by Ginosar
We view the Right, the conservative elements in the country, as ignorant, and worse, for rejecting the reality of global warming and the fact that it is human-driven. It seems to me that it is natural for the political Right to reject the proven fact of… more »
A Country Based on Deception and Lies
by Ginosar
I include this discussion under global warming because I want to show you how the US is operating with low morality, lies and deception in our every day life. This damaging behavior would destroy our national effort to fight global warming, because man… more »
We are all deniers of Global Warming.
by Ginosar
We are inclined to be very hard on global warming deniers accusing them of stupidity and much worse. This may not be justified, since we are also deniers but to a different extent.
This is not just an intellectual issue of understanding the essentia… more »
On Human suffering
by Ginosar
The agonies, deaths and suffering in Haiti are profound now. Over fifty thousands probably died in the earthquake. A much larger amount of people are homeless and in need of food, water and shelter. A huge amount of human misery. Without minimizing the t… more »
Dr. Weitzman - The Extreme Uncertainty of Extreme Climate Change:
by Ginosar
Those of you who have the technical background and the desire to understand the global warming issue in more depth should study the following analysis by Dr. Martin Weitzman, a senior, highly regarded Harvard economist. He is dealing here with the issue… more »
The danger of global warming is larger than we think
by Ginosar
I. The magnitude of the problem is immense:Dr. Holdren said that the more elements of GW you understand: energy, oceans, climate, politics, the more depressed you would be.I understand his point since the complexity and difficulties we would be facin… more »
Feel the impact: time-lapse photography of extreme ice loss
by Ginosar
It is difficult to visualize the impacts of global warming since it is a small change in temperatures mostly. We do not grasp what small changes in temperatures, just one or two degrees can do. It is a huge change. They can turn a lash forest to dead… more »
USGS: Arctic Could Face Warmer and Ice-Free Conditions
by Ginosar
Recived today by email from USGS. We already know that the summer ice in the north pole region is decreasing rapidly, more rapidly than predicted by scientists just two years ago. Verifying the deterioration by geological studies helps us "see" the near… more »
SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THE COPENHAGEN FAILURE.
by Ginosar
It seems to me that the United States is the key stumbling block to getting a satisfactory international agreement. We have it all and we do not want to give our standard of living up. The largest cumulative GHG emissions came from us in our persistent q… more »
Dr. J. Holdren testimony before a House Comm.
by Ginosar
"...the current state of knowledge of global warming is sufficiently clear to state that failure to act promptly to reduce global emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases is overwhelmly likely to lead to changes in climate too extreme an… more »
The Carbon Bathtub - National Geographic
by Ginosar
The December 09 issue of National Geographic has a very clear diagram of our greenhouse gas and global warming problem. You can see it below on:
www.NGM.com/bigidea
It starts with:
"It's simple, really: As long as we pour CO2 into the atmosphere fa… more »
The Battle of Two Worlds
by Ginosar
This was written by By Benjamin Dovečar on 03/12/2009 15:58. We must grasp it to make the needed changes in our global conduct, and most of all, in the USA, the contry with the biggest waste culture. Matania "We live on one and the only planet… more »
Why we are falling behind in the clean energy race
by Ginosar
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) - The United States is falling behind in the race for clean, renewable energy and risks losing its prominence in high-tech manufacturing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said on Monday. "America has the opportunity… more »
Lord Stern - EU cut greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2020
by Ginosar
The developed countries, such as the EU and the USA, with other large GHG emitters, should cut their GHG emissions by 30% to reduce the likelihood of catastrophic events associated by increased global temperatures.
The views below by the well known and… more »
You are not qulified to assess Global Warming
by Ginosar
You are not qualified to Assess GW You may be interested in a note I just sent to a friend who think GW is not real. I read the article you suggested. As much as we do not like it and as much as you think you know about this issue, your v… more »
Pres. Obama is sleeping on Global Warming
by Ginosar
Below is what the president of Russia said a few days ago about the gravity of global warming: climate change posed a "catastrophic" threat. He is right.
Why is our own President so quiet about the gravity of Global Warming? Why his key global warm… more »
Gov. Schwarzenegger Energy Blunders
by Ginosar
I was sitting in the Governor's reception area a few years back, waiting to meet his energy adviser to discuss the Gov. photovoltaic initiative. I saw a stream of people going into a large conference room. Some were homemakers, young students, ministers… more »
Camping and the environment
by Ginosar
A few months ago my wife and I were camping on the shores of a lovely lake in the Sierras Mountains. It was just two hours drive from home. We fell in love with it last year when we, reluctantly, decided not to drive long distance to see one of my son… more »
Very Hard to Grasp Global Warming
by Ginosar
It is so hard to grasp the essence of global warming. It is natural to reject the idea that our beautiful world is changing rapidly and for the worse. The very thought that the stable climate that gives us brisk mornings, beautiful sunsets, green, majest… more »
Our national problem: Self-interest first, - America last
by Ginosar
OVERVIEW: We are facing serious national and global problems on scales we never experienced. We don't know what to do and what we try to do often falls apart a short time later. Currently we are facing so many problems, it is difficult to count them: h… more »
Impacts of Climatic Change Coming Faster and Sooner - United Nation Environmental Program
by Ginosar
From the United Nation Environmental Program- important to fully grasp the seriousness of the issue now. Global warming is time-critical. MG Impacts of Climate Change Coming Faster and Sooner: New Science Report Underlines Urgency for Governments to… more »
TIME-CRITICALITY OF GLOBAL WARMING
by Ginosar
Global Warming is unlike any other issue because we have no previous human experience of this magnitude and it is natural to minimize its significance. To paraphrase Neil Bohr, if Global Warming has not shaken you up yet, you probably have… more »