Kolbert, The Butterfly, and the Environment - The Triangular Relationship

What is one claim or observation that Kolber makes in "Butterfly Lessons"? Locate a quote to frame you response.

 Kolber makes a claim that humanity has known that climate change is a constantly shifting element, and has known so since the time that humans first began to record climatological statistics. I believe this claim to be true, and that those who disregard that any climate change is going on choose to be blind to the truth (denial, two posts down, whole article on it). The evidence is provided through a quote by Chris Thomas (the entomologist/biologist in the article), who states, "Every single one [butterfly species] has moved northward since 1982". This provides physical evidence that such a change is taking place, now especially, and provides the basis that the climate has been changing constantly (but not to the degree it is now).

How might you relate "Butterfly Lessons" to your project on place and environment?

It can be related because humanity is dramatically affecting the degree to which the climate is changing. Take my project focus for example, the Hudson River, which has been polluted for decades. Though this is a local effect on pollution, it shows the degree to which human processes affect. Fish are either evolving or dying off, and those that are evolving are doing so by becoming toxic resistant.

The Environment from a Frackers Perspective

Intro Paragraph for a Paper from a Fracking Advocate's Perspective

     In today's world, energy resources balance on a  knifes edge, swaying from surplus to deficit on a constant basis. Hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is the process through which a very fast, highly pressurized fluid shoots from a drill into cracks/fractures, which speeds the natural weathering process and allows for the extraction of natural gasses and other fossil fuel based products. Fracking allows for access to a large supply of before non accessible fuel sources which will increase energy reservoirs, decrease pandemonium in the energy section of the economy, and allow for a larger land based operation for fuel extraction on non-foreign soils.

Definition of fracking from - - - - - -> http://www.energyfromshale.org/what-is-fracking?gclid=CMjXxM2e-KsCFQor7AodwmNJrg

Fibers, Vegetable Vs. Man-Made

As always, most of my posts deal with ways in which green science continues to help the world by reducing waste, reuse of waste through recycling processes, and through scientific benefit of the environment. This post in particular deals with a book dealing with how fibers derived from various sources affect ground reinforcement from natural processes such as erosion and weathering, or from man made processes like seepage. The book covers the various pros and cons of vegetable fibers in conjunction with  man-made fibers, and how each is beneficial in its own way.
For more information on the book, here is the website ----------> http://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=30889

What does it mean to be in denial?

Denial is a Freudian concept that states that a person whom, in order to cope with some sort of painful or unwanted moment, chooses to reject something even in the face of insurmountable evidence proving that this moment or item is in fact truth. An example of someone in denial would be overzealous religious fanatics. The reason I bring this up is because of the fact that just the other day men with signs proclaiming "Evolution is a lie" and crosses stating "repent or perish" paraded around the brickyard, trying to influence others into their system of denial. These men, despite insurmountable scientific fact and overwhelming consent by the populace, choose not to accept the truth, and thus reject it, following the very definition of denial. The reason I bring a wide sweep in my example stating "overzealous religious fanatics" is because many within religious (mainly Christian or Islamic) organizations believe all to firmly that there deity is the "one true god", and remain close minded to any and all evidence of anything to the contrary.