Monthly Archives: April 2009

Perhaps some other laws have been ignored too?

I mentioned a scientific paper the other day that is making its way through peer review titled, Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics by Gerhard Gerlich and Ralf D. Tscheuschner. It seems there may be other laws of physics that have been slighted, see On the First Principles ofContinue reading “Perhaps some other laws have been ignored too?”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger

Gyppo Logger n An independent, or small, logging contractor often working on a minimal operating budget with substandard, “haywire,” equipment. A busheler, someone who will do piecework. The term “gyppo” (or “gypo”) is not necessarily the same as the Irish Traveller, though the etymology seems to share the same root. The term is thought toContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger”

Timber's Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger

Gyppo Logger n An independent, or small, logging contractor often working on a minimal operating budget with substandard, “haywire,” equipment. A busheler, someone who will do piecework. The term “gyppo” (or “gypo”) is not necessarily the same as the Irish Traveller, though the etymology seems to share the same root. The term is thought toContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger”

Drat, that pesky second law of thermodynamics

Authors Gerhard Gerlich and Ralf D. Tscheuschner argue that within the frame of physics there can be no greenhouse effect. Abstract: The atmospheric greenhouse effect, an idea that many authors trace back to the traditional works of Fourier (1824), Tyndall (1861), and Arrhenius (1896), and which is still supported in global climatology, essentially describes aContinue reading “Drat, that pesky second law of thermodynamics”

The trouble with Hemp

… there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong. Any time there is a discussion about forests, someone brings up the possibility of substituting hemp for paper and for petroleum products. I read on one discussion forum, “[Industrial hemp] can be harvested every four months while traditional varieties of trees are allowed toContinue reading “The trouble with Hemp”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Timber Beast

Timber Beast n Forest Service personnel (or any establishment types) who invariably side with timber industry. Someone obsessed with denuding woodland of all marketable timber. A logger. A lumberjack. The title of a book by Archie Binns, copyright 1944. Like most definitions, the meaning of Timber Beast has morphed over the years. The first definitionContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Timber Beast”

For Every Complex Environmental Problem

For every complex environmental problem there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong. Any time there is a discussion about forests, someone brings up the possibility of substituting hemp for paper and for petroleum products. I read on one discussion forum, “[Industrial hemp] can be harvested every four months while traditional varieties ofContinue reading “For Every Complex Environmental Problem”