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Kurt Nelson

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Mar 28, 2024

Climate Change: A Large Part of False Hope is Half-Truths.

I was listening to the news the other day. More alarming reports on dramatic changes in the Earth’s climate system. The Arctic is now…

Climate Change: A Large Part of False Hope is Half-Truths.

Kurt Nelson

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Mar 15, 2024

Putin’s Global Meltdown

Back when I first heard that Russian troops had invaded Ukraine, and that Russia was bombing Ukraine’s capital city, I said out loud…

Putin’s Global Meltdown

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 27, 2024

A Green New Education

The latest report coming out of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), just in case you didn’t hear, wasn’t very good. In…

A Green New Education

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 27, 2024

Our Mr. Sun, an all star movie review

Our Mr. Sun is a 1956 documentary film that was the first of four such films Frank Capra produced and directed for the Bell Labs Science…

Our Mr. Sun, an all star movie review

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 24, 2024

Climate Denial Fractures, Calves a New Category

Undeniable changes in Earth’s climate systems, occurring faster than expected and worse than predicted, have led to new classifications and…

Climate Denial Fractures, Calves a New Category

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 23, 2024

Doomer Count Now To Include Those Closeted

Are you a doomer, a climate change doomer? I’ve been called one, although I don’t really feel like one.

Doomer Count Now To Include Those Closeted

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 22, 2024

How You Think About Climate Change Affects the Weather in Your Back Yard

I used to think that the answers to averting cataclysmic climate change were technological, and that the primary barriers to a bright and…

How You Think About Climate Change Affects the Weather in Your Back Yard

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 21, 2024

Cognitive Dissonance: a Step by Step Guide

Climate Change. It’s always in the news, it’s never good news, and yet even if you don’t pay any attention to the news at all, it’s still…

Cognitive Dissonance: a Step by Step Guide

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 19, 2024

Can Solar Save Us?

In a recent issue of the Duluth Reader, I tried to answer at least part of the question “can solar save us?”, the part about the sun. Sure…

Can Solar Save Us?

Kurt Nelson

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Feb 19, 2024

Can Solar Save Us?

As numerous tipping points appear upon the horizon, and newspaper headlines read, “Climate Change, worse than predicted and faster than…

Can Solar Save Us?

Kurt Nelson

Kurt Nelson

Kurt has worked for more than 30 years as a solar energy advocate, educator, and installer. Now mostly retired, he is still energized by the sun.

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