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Category Archives: Nuclear Weapons
Setting of the Doomsday Clock at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for 2019
Setting of the Doomsday Clock at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists for 2019 The Doomsday Clock started measuring the time to midnight in terms of the danger of nuclear war and events. It now includes risks from climate change … Continue reading
Posted in 2020 Election, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Communications, Department of Defense, Donald Trump, Military Budget, North Korea Nuclear Threat, North Korean Nuclear Agreement, Nuclear Weapons, Paris Climate Agreement, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change
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Introduction to the Planets Mercury, Venus, and the Earth by Dennis Silverman
Introduction to the Planets Mercury, Venus, and the Earth by Dennis Silverman For the OLLI course “Introduction to the Solar System”. SC215, on December 6, 2018. intro slides Mercury(1) Venus(1) Planet Earth
Trump’s October Surprises
Trump’s October Surprises A so-far secret and unwritten middle class tax cut, to cut middle class taxes by 10%. It can’t be voted on until after the election, so I suspect, we have to have a Republican Senate and House. … Continue reading
The Need for a 28th Amendment on Abusing Social Media, Lying, and More
The Need for a 28th Amendment on Abusing Social Media, Lying, and More The last Amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1992, long before the rise of social media, and before the occurrence of the Trump Presidency of Lies. … Continue reading
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Deeper Physics Discussions of “Antman and the Wasp”
Deeper Physics Discussions of “Antman and the Wasp”. Even if I conclude that Antman and the Wasp’s shrinking and reexpanding are not physically possible, thinking about them allows one to present physics teaching in an interesting context. First I will … Continue reading
Is It Moral to Wipe Out the Persian Civilization Because of Trump’s Machismo?
Is it Moral to Wipe Out the Persian Civilization Because of Trump’s Machismo? The words “macho” and “machismo” haven’t been popular for a while. But we haven’t had a President who takes threats, which are just words, as a personal … Continue reading
New Summary of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2016
Summary of California Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 2000 to 2016, 2018 Edition This report is from the California Air Resources Board. The units used are Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent (MMTCO2e), which we will shorten to “CO2” or just … Continue reading
Posted in Air Quality, Autos, CAFE Standards, California Power Mixes, California Smog, Climate Science, Conservation, Donald Trump, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Nuclear Weapons, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Summary of Climate Topics for Southern California, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change, Waste Energy
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The Absurdity of Trump’s Trusting Enemy Dictators
The Absurdity of Trump’s Trusting Enemy Dictators Even that sentence is an absurdity, but true. Is there anything that Trump won’t give away to dictators? Is there anything that Trump won’t believe from a dictator, even in the face of … Continue reading
Isn’t It Time for the President to Get a Science Advisor?
Isn’t It Time for the President to Get a Science Advisor? Donald Trump is about to enter into face-to-face negotiations on perhaps denuclearizing North Korea, or the Korean Peninsula. Nuclear weapons development and testing, ICBMs, nuclear reactors, and nuclear fuel … Continue reading
Trump Awards Himself “His” Nobel Peace Prize
Trump Awards Himself “His” Nobel Peace Prize In several talks in the last few days, Donald Trump, our erstwhile President, has claimed “His” Nobel Peace Prize, for being the one who brought the Korean War to an end, and denuclearized … Continue reading
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