Tag Archives: climate change
Veblen cars and useless concerns for the climate
Lexus has an ad on the jacket of today’s The Hindu for its new premium hybrid electric vehicle, the LS 500h. The product description states that the car “extends relentless innovation to environmentally conscious engineering with a performance-centric Multi Stage Hybrid … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, affordability, capital accumulation, climate change, electric-hybrid engine, hybrid vehicles, Lexus, lithium-ion battery, LS 500h, private transport, public transport, Veblen goods, wealth redistribution, wealth signalling
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A flood as an opportunity
Our preparedness for the effects of climate change is both mitigating global avg. surface temperature rise and better planning public spaces and improving the distribution/accessibility of resources. Continue reading
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Tagged 2015 South India floods, anthropogenic global warming, climate change, Eric Holthaus, floods, Hurricane Harvey, public infrastructure
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What’s common to #yesallwomen, scripta manent, good journalism and poka-yoke?
A professing of intelligence without continuous practice can, and will, occasionally legitimise immature thinking. Continue reading
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Tagged #notallmen, #yesallwomen, Annie Zaidi, climate change, false balance, Fatal Beatings, feminism, Franz Rosenzweig, free speech, Indian Constitution, intelligence, molestation, patriarchy, poka-yoke, Rowan Atkinson, slapstick, The Quint, written word
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The metaphorical transparency of responsible media
We in India often complain about how the media doesn’t care enough to cover science stories. But when we’re looking back and forward in time, we become blind to the media’s efforts. Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, 2017, authoritarianism, BJP, climate change, counterproductive continuity, David Fahrenthold, Donald Trump, Facebook, Google News, ideologue, independent media, Jay Rosen, Jeff Leek, left-wing, Philip Stark, religion, right wing, Science, science journalism, science media, speaking truth to power, The Intersection, The Life of Science, The Wire, Twitter
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We did start the fire
An ‘air purification’ ritual by Indian priests in Tokyo is one of the dumbest things I’ve seen done in a while. Continue reading
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Tagged BJP, carbon footprint, climate change, cow piss, Hindu ritual, NDA, public health, yagya
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Conflicts in the Middle East are bringing down NOx emissions
Two years ago, a study in Science put a detailed analysis behind an idea that had already taken root on a lot of people’s minds: that the unfavourable weather conditions climate change was creating around the world could be related … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, humanitarian crises, NASA Aura, nitrogen dioxide, Ozone Monitoring Instrument
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The devil in Obama’s new emissions target for the US lies in base year details
President Barack Obama announced a new climate change target for the United States’ electricity generation sector on August 3. Hailed by many as ambitious, the plan dictates that power plants in the world’s largest economy and second largest polluter reduce their emissions below 32% of their 2005 … Continue reading
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Tagged base year, carbon dioxide, Clean Power Plan, climate change, Kyoto Protocol
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Twitter isn’t impressed with what we’re doing about climate change
The Wire May 26, 2015 English is a happy language. At least the 10,000 most used English words are positively biased, according to a 2012 study conducted by mathematicians from the University of Vermont. To reach their conclusion, they used … Continue reading
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Tagged climate change, hedonometer, Keystone pipeline bill, Kyoto Box, Mechanical Turk, natural language processing, Twitter
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Curious Bends – outraged warriors, bizarre obsessions, dubious drugs and more
It’s been one year since we launched Curious Bends – a newsletter where we bring you science, technology, data and India stories from around the web, once a week (subscribe). We’ve enjoyed serving you important and interesting stories. Thank you … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-depressants, climate change, information balance, literacy, science journalism, urine, World Health Statistics
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