Alan Detwiler

Be Resilient - Thrive And Be Happy In An Uncertain Future

Nothing is as certain as change. But no one can know just how much things are going to change - and how fast. History gives us some insight. Wars, plagues, famines, political upheavals... they all seem remote partly because, for most of us, we did not directly experience them. But they did happen and I think it is fair to say that, in general, each such event was largely unexpected. Unexpected... (posted by Alan Detwiler 9 days 2 hours ago.)

Saving Money By Reducing Energy Use

The worldwide increase in use of oil and fossil fuels seems likely to result in price increases for fossil fuels, especially oil. Many people predict that oil supplies are not adequate to fill demand. Some predictions are that oil price increases will be in the range of two to three times 2011 prices within the next 10 years. Predictions vary. Food prices could increase at similar rates because food production and... (posted by Alan Detwiler 71 days 23 hours ago.)

A Resilient Garden For Unpredictable Climate, Grow Your Own If Climate Change Causes Food Shortages

None of the popular theories for predicting climate change make sense. Each theory has at least one fatal flaw. The folks at the Centre for Ice and Climate at the Neils Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen have it right: no one knows [1]. There could be further warming, or temperatures could more or less stay within... (posted by Alan Detwiler 259 days 20 hours ago.)

Kitchen Gardening During Drought

Temperatures worldwide have been rising. They may continue to rise. Longer and more severe droughts are forecasted. Special strategies are needed by gardeners to deal with increased water needs of garden plants. Two-feet deep topsoil will stay moist longer than lesser thicknesses. Adding topsoil can be expensive but is one of the more effective strategies. If your soil is already two-feet or more thick, breaking up the... (posted by Alan Detwiler 1 year 43 days ago.)

Kitchen Gardening During Global Warming

The earth is warming. It seems most scientists think humans are at least partly responsible. If the scientists are right, we should all work together to reduce how much CO2 we are putting into the atmosphere. The major sources of human generated greenhouse gases are transportation, heating homes, and industries. If you seriously want to reduce how much humans are contibuting to global warming, go for reductions... (posted by Alan Detwiler 1 year 45 days ago.)

What Makes Science Fiction Good

Science fiction describes a world more wonderous and better than our more ordinary real world. It is the world and the universe as it can be imagined to be. What the author imagined is presented as real and to an extent we experience the author's vision as being real. Before us are the wonders that technology has yet to produce, marvelous devices that correct what is wrong with the real world and give us that which we want... (posted by Alan Detwiler 1 year 47 days ago.)