jhgood, Author at cipec.org https://cipec.org/author/jhgood Articles on technology, TV, Entertainment and Politics Sun, 22 Dec 2019 19:23:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Rare Earth Metals https://cipec.org/politics/rare-earth-metals Thu, 31 May 2012 17:54:33 +0000 http://www.cipec.org/?p=29 Last updated on December 22nd, 2019 at 07:23 pmRare earth metals have been hitting the news recently. They are a set of 17 elements that are hardly famous outside of academic and industrial circles. Rare earth metals include such elements as Scandium, Yttrium, Promethium,  Europium and Erbium. These elements are confusingly called ‘rare’ despite being […]

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Carbon and Population https://cipec.org/environment/carbon-and-population Fri, 11 May 2012 18:24:14 +0000 http://www.cipec.org/?p=20 Last updated on December 22nd, 2019 at 07:05 pmCarbon and hydrogen are the basis of organic matter on Earth. The most basic hydrocarbon is methane – CH4. Carbon dioxide is usually thought of as inorganic (although some contend that there is no such thing as inorganic carbon chemistry) is carbon bonded with oxygen. Together methane […]

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Population Burden and Benefit https://cipec.org/environment/population-burden-and-benefit Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:28:23 +0000 http://www.cipec.org/?p=17 Last updated on December 22nd, 2019 at 07:00 pmMalthus, Paul Ehrlich and many other thinkers, social commentators and writers view people essentially as a burden. It is this perspective that leads to conclusions of doom and gloom not only for humanity but for the planet in general. In contrast to this pessimistic view of humanity […]

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