Climate and energy

And he built the website all by himself, too! Check it out.

The 12 year old in question is Ian Douglas Miller (yep! son of Ruth Douglas Miller who runs the Wind Application Center at K-State).

I’m really jealous of Ian. He gets to say all the blunt things that I’m not allowed to, because I’m old. Sample - his description of sea level rise, and the myth that warming is actually GOOD for the planet.

Global Warming won’t hurt anything, in fact, it would make your coastal summer vacation resort warmer. Well, that’s true, except your vacation resort is going to be UNDERWATER… At first glance, the map looks normal. Then you start looking closer… “Hey!! Where’s Florida!?!”

His “Solutions” page is awesome. Ie, why you should get a heat pump: “Geothermal heat pump. Your air conditioner is an electricity hog. This isn’t.” And the last item on his list of things to do: ” Use your creativity!! Think of more!”

CEP can’t ever top this… so we just humbly offer our Kansas climate study. Judging from the downloads, everyone who reads this blog has read the climate study at least twice but here it is again. Just in case you want to read it again.

Yay, Ian!!!

— Maril Hazlett, www.climateandenergy.org