Does a wild bear dance in the woods?
Bears apparently can and do dance in the wild - or something closely approximating it. Researchers with the USGS have caught several on hidden cameras lately. ***WARNING*** Do NOT …
Tag: environment
Build a castle in the sand, pay a fine out the butt
After an Isle of Palms (near Charleston, SC) patrol officer twisted his ankle on the beach one night, the morons on City Council set to work to regulate the …
Rally in Bali for Global Folly
Nearly 20,000 heads of state, environmental activists, reporters, Al Gore, and other assorted nitwits gathered in Bali, Indonesia to plan for Life After Kyoto, because the Kyoto Protocol expires …
Kangaroo farts could ease global warming
Most of the proposed strategies for reducing "greenhouse gases" focus on human consumption of fossil fuels which emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as a byproduct. However, methane is …
Next “Endangered Species”: Crab lice?
A Dutch museum is appealing for donations: they need crab lice - or at least one louse. No questions asked . . . and they are afraid for the …
Don’t sit under the baobob tree with anyone else but me
At one of the United Nation's designated "World Heritage Sites," accessible only through mountain paths in Nigeria, visitors are cautioned about getting too close to a certain tree, reports …
Obama's energy plan: shut down the economy?
October 8, 2007 2008 Presidential Race, Barack Obama, Democrats, Economics, Energy, Global Warming, Oil, Politics, Science 69 Comments
Perhaps annoyed, but undeterred by the constant snickering over his naivety on foreign policy, Senator Barack Obama hastened to add energy policy to the list of subject areas on …
As high as an elephant’s eye
Corn harvests are breaking all records, as is the acreage devoted to it - and yet there isn't enough to supply demand, and corn-based food products are rising dramatically …