Comments for World Energy Blog http://worldenergyblog.com commentary and critique of world energy news... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:14:07 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Carbon Cycle by Reid Horne http://worldenergyblog.com/2009/09/carbon-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Reid Horne Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:14:07 +0000 http://worldenergyblog.com/?p=407#comment-9 Good article on basic science that 5th graders understand, but the scientifically illiterate US populace does not understand or care to understand. Sometimes its good to refresh on basic ideas, like that there is a carbon cycle driven by the sun or that we are all currently living on a planet spinning in space. Any one of these illustrations and graphs could debunk 99 percent of the "debates" and general discussions and commentary that are commonplace in the media and general conversation. I'd like to see Lou Dobbs or Sean Hannity or Neil Cavuto or Glen Beck or any one of the pundits put up one of these graphs and go, "well, it turns out that coal fired power plants are not a natural cycle at all... Who knew?.... Instead, we see Exxon Mobil front groups misinforming the already misguided and illiterate and disinterested public. If only science were as interesting as politics or power or wealth or fame... Good website, keep it up. Good article on basic science that 5th graders understand, but the scientifically illiterate US populace does not understand or care to understand. Sometimes its good to refresh on basic ideas, like that there is a carbon cycle driven by the sun or that we are all currently living on a planet spinning in space.

Any one of these illustrations and graphs could debunk 99 percent of the “debates” and general discussions and commentary that are commonplace in the media and general conversation.

I’d like to see Lou Dobbs or Sean Hannity or Neil Cavuto or Glen Beck or any one of the pundits put up one of these graphs and go, “well, it turns out that coal fired power plants are not a natural cycle at all… Who knew?….

Instead, we see Exxon Mobil front groups misinforming the already misguided and illiterate and disinterested public.

If only science were as interesting as politics or power or wealth or fame…

Good website, keep it up.

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