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Western Hemisphere Blue Marble. 1992. Fritz Hasler NASA image.
This is my 194th article for CleanTechnica. I think you might say that I am a CleanTechnica (e.g. clean energy) evangelist. I also have taken my electric cars to car shows and driven them in 4th of July parades for 10 years. I also promote EVs and green lifestyles whenever I get the chance.
To what extent am I walking the walk, putting my money where my mouth is in my own life? I’m no paragon of green virtue, but I’ve made green choices when they’ve made economic sense and didn’t stretch my limited budget too much. See my report card below.
For 30 years from 1974 to 2024, I was a “public servant,” a NASA research scientist, at the Goddard Space Flight Center. There I learned that the north polar ocean ice pack has been shrinking over the last ~30+ years and virtually all the mountain glaciers in the world are retreating. Strong enough evidence for me to be convinced that we are in the middle of a strong global warming event. I am also convinced that this global warming is caused by the CO2 produced by the burning of fossil fuels.
