the Expando pen is a breakthrough in pen technology, especially developed for the upcoming climate meeting in Copenhagen.
Designed to grow (or shrink) depending on what kind of agreement it signs
it brings competition back in signing protocols, and give your fellow signers a bad case of pen if they fail to meet the challenge..
not to mention the goodwill it will bring you when returning from Copenhagen...
1543-1758
1859-still being disputed
1912-1970
1600-1859
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the question is, do we have the time to argue about global warming?
Helios advocating sun power
Eros never misses a target
Poseidon speaks for wave power
Aphrodite speaks to the heart of men
the four Anemoi (wind gods) shows the awesome powers of wind.
Dionysus endorsing ethanol
I've been listening to podcasts on global warming and the future (both Stanford and Oxford universities have excellent lectures on itunes U), a lot of what I'm hearing scares me, but the fact that some really smart people are working on solving some of the earth's problems is comforting. That's not the feeling I get when reading what the skeptics are saying. Richard Dawkins, (speaking about creationism, but I think the analogy travels) compares them to Yappy terriers (I'm not sure the skeptics on global warming is as benign as terriers though) and as I already have an obnoxious terrier at home and seldom consult her when seeking information. I think I'll ignore the skeptics for the time being.
For some examples of how the debate is going check the comments I did get on this post (occasionally rather nasty reading )
Earth is at peril
According to a majority of scientists the earth is getting warmer
the main culprit in this warming is, according to them, humans burning of fossil fuels
Other scientist reading the statistics in another way
say that is due to the sun and that we might be going into a colder spell
Other skeptics on climate change use a more colorful vocabulary
And some have rather far flung theories on energy sources
Those who believe that climate change is a fact, sometimes have pretty radical solutions to the problems
But even if all the people who think that climate change is a fact and that the earth is in utter danger....
and all the skeptics who think that global warming is the greatest hoax in human history are right
wouldn't a shift to a more sustainable way of living, less stressful to the environment, be a good thing? What's there to loose in gearing the earth towards sustainable energy sources. Ponder if 1.3 billion Chinese would live the extravagant lifestyle of your average Californian...
they would need six more earths to sustain them and who wants to explain to them that they can't?
Read more at www.blogactionday.org/ and at climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu/
and then wind down at listen to some really interesting lectures at the 21th century school
Maybe the biggest climate culprit in the world is the buildings we live and work in. Let's hope for more green architecture in the future and more energy effectivity in the buildings we already have.
Aircraft generate almost as much carbon dioxide as the entire African continent produces and air travel is on a constant rise.
The growing population is of course not a only a problem when coming to the climate, feeding up to 12 billion people puts hard strains on the earth. Curing Malaria, Aids and other tropical diseases is essential in putting a curb on the population explosion and education, especially giving girls the possibility to study.
Approximate one fifth of all greenhouse gases comes from animal production yet meat production and consumption is on the rise globally.
Sweden has done relatively much when coming to renewable energy sources and energy effectivity, Swedish consumers compensates these gains by driving around with Europe's most gasoline thirsty automobiles. Apart from using large cars half of the car trips taken in Sweden are under 5 km in length, a length that makes going by bicycle a faster alternative.
In a portable yet sexy design it works both while walking or when traveling on wheels
Be the most connected person in your neighborhood. Thanks to the ample amount of power cords everyone will want to be your friend.
Team up and commute king style.
Can be used even when there's no wind, bring it to the football game...
And indoors while attending a cocktail party
While at the beach it brings the possibility to a cold breeze
And works great while deejaying
Read more on global warming at: http://climatechange.thinkaboutit.eu/
