Umbra on exerting yourself in traffic

Dear Umbra, I bus, bike, or walk to work 98 percent of the time. I was wondering, when I’m biking...

Is coal with carbon capture and storage a core climate solution?

The goal of carbon capture and storage (CCS), also called carbon sequestration, is to take carbon dioxide that would have...

Rasmussen poll biased on offshore drilling

Rasmussen Reports did a poll that they tout as showing "67 percent Support Offshore Drilling."

Given the biased way they did the poll (details here), I'm surprised the number was so low.

The first question they asked: "How concerned are you about rising gas and energy prices?"

Pretty much everybody is concerned. Duh. But in a flawed poll, almost a push poll, the point of the first question is to get people thinking about about the pain of gasoline prices, rather than, say, the coastal environment or global warming.

Second question: "In order to reduce the price of gas, should drilling be allowed in offshore oil wells off the coasts of California, Florida, and other states?"

I kid you not. That was the question. And Rasmussen is supposedly a serious polling firm. I'm just surprised that only 67 percent answered that loaded question "yes."

Val Kilmer to star in Arctic horror flick

Photo: © Val Kilmer This summer, the Iceman cometh … to a horror flick about global warming. The Thaw, which...

Notes on a recent trip to Mexico

In Mexico, a milpa is a garden patch, usually kept by several families, to grow a substantial portion of a...

With berries and bread, you can make a delectable summer pudding

For years, I’ve drooled over photos of summer pudding — a traditional British dessert that’s the same deep blue and...

Select Committee acquires documents related to EPA’s proposals for rulemaking on auto emissions

We reported a few weeks ago that the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming had reached a...

The New York Times’ absurd energy editorial

The lead editorial in today’s NYT, “Energy Fictions,” is a misguided and misinformed smear of Obama’s outstanding energy proposals. It...

Carmaker knows most efficient freight system: trains

Interesting presser from Honda this week: