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An Email from Santa Claus to Climate Skeptics
A few Christmases ago, I published this email from Santa, which arrived on the night before the night before Christmas. Readers had so much fun with it, it's become an annual tradition. Enjoy!Happy Holidays!Scott, aka The Green Skeptic_______________________ TO: Global Warming SkepticsFROM: Santa ClausDATE: A few nights...[read more]
Energy Matters In Solar Marketing
Every now and again I am so impressed by brilliant simplicity that I write about it, because i think we can all learn from great examples and clearly your energy matters when it comes to good marketing.Unless someone trumps them in the next few weeks, I think I now have to award Energy Matters with the cleverest bit of marketing 101...[read more]
An Email from Santa to Climate Skeptics: An Annual Green SkepticTradition
A few Christmases ago, I published this email from Santa, which arrived on the night before the night before Christmas. Readers had so much fun with it, it's become an annual tradition. Enjoy! And have a Happy Holiday. Scott, aka The Green Skeptic _______________________ TO: Global Warming Skeptics FROM: Santa Claus DATE: A few...[read more]
Harnessing The Sun’s Energy For Water And Space Heating
The pace of solar energy development is accelerating as the installation of rooftop solar water heaters takes off. Unlike solar photovoltaic (PV) panels that convert solar radiation into electricity, these “solar thermal collectors” use the sun’s energy to heat water, space, or both.China had an estimated 168 million square meters...[read more]
Climate Change & the Holiday Season
This short video, made with the help of my great undergraduate assistant Cory Kleinschmidt, tells the story of how climate change might be affecting a holiday tradition among many Canadian families, including my own.[read more]
All I Want For Christmas Is …For Obama To Enact A Federal Climate Policy
Smithsonian Magazine has posted some unusual portraits of jolly Saint Nick and asked readers to vote for the Scariest Santa. Here’s my choice: ...[read more]
Cartoon: Santa Claus’ counterproductive coal policy
Human-caused global warming is poised to sink anything that happens to be residing on the North Pole into the chilly Arctic deep– see The war on Santa Claus (and Superman) And that suggests Santa needs to rethink his policy for dealing with naughty children — as Non Sequitor makes clear: Of course, I’m sure the climate-destroying...[read more]
Santa's Email to Climate Skeptics
A few Christmases ago, I published this email from Santa, which arrived on the night before the night before Christmas. Readers had so much fun with it, it's become an annual tradition. Enjoy! And have a Happy Holiday. Scott, aka The Green Skeptic _______________________ TO: Global Warming Skeptics FROM: Santa Claus DATE: A few...[read more]
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