Continuing our long debate, here is another entry.
It seems to me that there are four possible long-term outcomes of the conflict between preventing climate change and travelling long distances quickly:

We come up with a way to keep flying without doing too much climatic harm. This could be sequestration of carbon from biomass, it could be [...]

Since I filed my 2006 taxes in British Columbia, I was eligable for the $100 Climate Action Dividend that accompanies their new carbon tax. It was an unexpected thing to receive, since I have been a legal resident of Ontario for almost a year, but welcome nonetheless.
The question is: how could I spend $100 in [...]

The European Union has agreed to start integrating air travel into its emissions trading system. This is a big step, given how the industry has often been excluded from carbon pricing schemes - especially where international travel is involved.
Arguably, the biggest piece of news is that they want to charge non-EU carriers for emission permits [...]

For three Saturdays in August, New York City will be making six miles worth of city streets exclusively the domain of bikes and pedestrians. It’s an impressive undertaking, and a good method for making people think twice about their assumption that streets exist for the sake of drivers. For a long time, city dwellers have [...]

In the spirit of summary, I have assembled many of my best photos onto a single page. They can also be viewed as a slideshow.
My photos are covered by a Creative Commons License.

Thought of the day:
One barrel of oil contains about 5.8 million British thermal units (BTUs) of energy (1700 kilowatt-hours). That is roughly equivalent to the energy output of an adult human working 12.5 years worth of 40 hour weeks.
At present, the world uses about 31 billion barrels of oil a year. That is equivalent to [...]