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An important book, “Climate Change: The Facts”
This quite comprehensive book includes all aspects around the climate issue in 21 short, well documented and easily understandable chapters. For non-scientists or individuals with a weak technical orientation this may still be a good read.
It is more than a skeptical book on this subject: it does not only ask questions but provides answers and many facts that disprove current beliefs Read more
Syngenta: good reasons to refuse the Monsanto offer
A deal is a deal, good or bad. For the shareholders of both companies, two groups to which I don’t belong, the proposed merger may well be a bad deal. Neither will it be any good for the employees.
There are three reason to this negative assessment –financial, operative, and strategic– that don’t point to valuable synergies. Read more
Toxicology: expert disorientation
In matters such as climate, human health, or other existential worries, no one day goes on without us being served the news of an imminent disaster, a scandal, or a terrorizing situation.
So, recently, antieverything groups were delighted that Read more
The irony of strategy: Monsanto
A couple of weeks ago we learned that Monsanto wants to acquire Syngenta to form the largest and most complex agricultural input company in the World. Doubts have been voiced about the viability of such merger because of the Read more
Temperature correlates with anything, and nothing
. This is a scientific article. Or at least I pretend it is because it did not yet go through peer review.
Summary of the summary: It’s impossible to know from observation how much of the actual warming can Read more
Feasibility of electrical autarchy in Switzerland.
The Swiss Federal Council, our government, has decided to get out of nuclear energy and to orient our electrical supply toward renewable sources. This decision has not yet been confirmed in the Parliament, and we, the people, will have Read more
Carbon dioxide: a fertilizer, a life saver, or a pollutant ?
The US EPA decided a few years ago to name carbon dioxide a pollutant. This means that such substance is detrimental to the environment, to life.
Is it actually the case for CO2? We all know that it is Read more