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Undo the Folded Lie (The Earth Debate: Part 5)

Thursday, December 10, 2009
By Daniel Yeow
Undo the Folded Lie (The Earth Debate: Part 5)

I am angry. I’m angry at the world. I’m angry at the direction it is headed, not so much because of the direction itself, but more because it was within the power of a handful of men to choose this direction, and they deliberately chose to betray the trust of future generations for their...
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The Earth Debate: Part 4

Wednesday, July 22, 2009
By Daniel Yeow
The Earth Debate: Part 4

The famed classical economist Thomas Malthus once said: “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio. A slight acquaintance with numbers will show the immensity of the first power...
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The Earth Debate: Part 3

Thursday, July 9, 2009
By Daniel Yeow
The Earth Debate: Part 3

There is a good reason that our “pale blue dot” is blue, and that is because over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered with water. It is no surprise that life began in the oceans, and water is still essential to life today. On average, a human can survive no longer than 3...
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The Earth Debate: Part 2

Friday, July 3, 2009
By Daniel Yeow
The Earth Debate: Part 2

In part 1, it was established that warming was taking place, and that the consequences of warming were not good for humans. I wanted to get those points out of the way first because they are the easiest, and are widely accepted as fact, even by most so-called climate change skeptics. The response so...
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The Earth Debate: Part 1

Monday, June 29, 2009
By Daniel Yeow
The Earth Debate: Part 1

(note: Paul Krugman said more-or-less the same thing as I am about to do so in his NY Times Column this morning) The trouble with the Earth, is that it is our home. Because it is our home, it is exceedingly difficult to treat any policy decisions to do with the earth in a completely...
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The Weather

Friday, March 12, 2010, 4:23
Sunny
Sunny
1°C
current pressure: 1005 mb
humidity: 23%
wind speed: 18 km/h SW
sunrise: 6:54
sunset: 18:27
 

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