Win the Battle but Lose the War

US President Donald Trump confirms that the US will pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement. BBC News A classic case of winning the battle but losing the war. Sure, by leaving the agreement, US is free to move ahead with whatever they want, although its many MNCs from there will not follow suit due…

Was Thinking About Going on a Cruise, but now…

Just read a report that an average cruise ship gives out as much emission as a million cars. Yes you heard it right, a million cars! A ship is like a mini country out at sea, but it doesn't power off its engine because it is a floating hotel with lots of amenities and services.…

The Latest Climate Change Report – Doomsday?

The latest report on climate change was recently released by a group of international researchers who report to the United Nations. So where exactly are we headed? If you study the chart above, we are on course to reach 2 degrees Celsius increase in global mean surface temperature over pre-industrial levels by 2050 if we…

Earth’s Bleak Future

Humans are doing too much damage for anyone to cope. Planting 1.7 billion acres of trees will only help remove 10% of the carbon dioxide that we emit annually. 1.7 billion acres. That's about the size of the United States. Carrying on our current trajectory, there's no stopping the increase of the global temperature by…

Learning Points from Bill Gates’s TED Talk on “Innovating to Zero!”

Another one on climate change. This one from Bill Gates examines fundamentally what needs to be done to solve the climate change issue. https://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates There is no other way around it. We need to achieve zero carbon emissions. Zero. At our current state, any number other than zero is going to be unacceptable. Several ideas…