Welcome to

  Not all that glistens is gold

 – an environment under siege

 

• Preface
• Defining the issue
• Introducing the unnoticed pollutants
• Water
• The bath tub analogy
• Heat
• Rocket Fuels and Military Ordinance
• So, what do we do about this situation?
• What can we do as individuals?
• Conclusion

• Addendum
  

  1. Let’s put the issue into perspective
  2. The planet’s equilibrium
  3. Something for nothing
  4. Conservation of matter and energy
  5. The earth’s thermal balance
  6. Mechanical energy not dissipated into the atmosphere
  7. Seemingly inexhaustible supplies of oil and coal
  8. Carbon footprint
  9. Green energy and biomass
  10. Fuels
  11. Climate change – ‘true or false?’
  12. References