The cost of solar power crashes
23 Jul 2010 [0 Comments | 227 views]
The day to look forward to is the day that the cost of energy generated from renewables converges with the cost of energy generated from fossil fuels. Cynics say that day will never dawn. They are wrong, and this is why. According to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association, convergence will occur in southern Italy by [...]
Are we really too stupid to get climate change?
31 Mar 2010 [0 Comments | 177 views]
There have been some developments on the climate change front. While climate change sceptics lambast the University of East Anglia (UEA) and its Professor Phil Jones for allegedly hiding e-mail contradicting the man-made hypothesis, and while cynics in general suggest that the whole climate change thing is a money-making scam, a new scandal can be [...]
Climate change: it’s time to put an end to wishful thinking
3 Feb 2010 [0 Comments | 301 views]
Talking of truth or myth, climate change is in the news again. It turns out some of the science behind the global warming scare was wrong. And the growing body of opinion that says the whole climate warning thing is nothing less than a money making scam, gathers new momentum. There is a snag, however, [...]
Offshore wind farm, the critic’s line up, but they miss the point
8 Jan 2010 [1 Comment | 396 views]
The critics of the government’s plan to build a giant farm in the North Sea are lining up. One set of arguments say the job creation elements is being exaggerated, and most of the jobs will come from abroad. Another set of arguments says wind energy is no good anyway, it is unpredictable, and therefore [...]
It’s cold outside, and it proves nothing
7 Jan 2010 [1 Comment | 290 views]
Question: What have theories on global warming, inflation, the housing market, the MMR jab and our belief in miracles got in common? Answer…Well wait and see. It is surely only a matter of time before the press start saying the cold spell we are experiencing at the moment disproves global warming. After all, during the [...]
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen: you were not, and this is where you went wrong
21 Dec 2009 [4 Comments | 470 views]
Not many people left Copenhagen happy. Ed Miliband was so outspoken on the Copenhagen debacle that the Guardian was moved to paraphrase him with the headline: “China tried to hijack Copenhagen climate deal.” Muhammed Chowdhury, a negotiator representing the so called G77, which is made up of most of the word’s poorest countries said: “The [...]
Climate change: an appeal to wisdom
7 Dec 2009 [2 Comments | 446 views]
It’s not so much that people don’t care about climate change, it is that they don’t believe it. Are they right? What are the arguments for and against? The list of climate change sceptics is getting longer. One of the most vocal members of this list is the former Chancellor Nigel Lawson who, in his [...]
UN comes up with new idea for cracking the uncrackable problem of carbon emissions
20 Mar 2009 [0 Comments | 92 views]
In times like these, the issue of climate change and carbon emissions may seem irrelevant, but of course it remains an incredibly important issue.
As you know, it does seem there is a somewhat intractable problem. The share of global carbon emissions taken up by China and India is growing all the time. Some countries, especially the US, have said they won’t cut back on their carbon emissions unless China et al do the same.
But China argues that this argument is just too rich. They say that it was the industrial revolution that was responsible for much of the pressures leading to the apparent danger of climate change. They say it is just unfair that their own development should be held back, when the West polluted the world with such gusto for nigh on 200 years.
But the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Yvo de Boer, has come up with a cunning plan to crack the problem. But, as will be revealed further on, there is another even simpler solution.
The wind of madness blows on our future prosperity
27 Jan 2009 [2 Comments | 141 views]
If you were to ask people for a word to explain the collective errors that caused the economic crisis today, then it seems most would spit out the word made up of the five letters beginning with ‘G’, ending with a ‘D’, and which has an ‘R’ and two ‘Es’ in the middle. But it sometime seems to us that a slightly longer word would be more apt: madness. Surely only madness can explain how markets, governments, banks and the general public repeated the errors seen so often in the past.
But, here is another piece of madness for you.
You may have heard, there is this thing called a credit crunch, and to deal with it governments everywhere, and in particular in London, have come up with this idea of spending.
Spend, spend, spend. This is the mantra of today’s world. Before the credit crunch it was us, you and me, and the bloke next door. We spent too much, and saved too little. And now we have run out of puff, the government has taken on the baton.
And yet, while all around sparkling new money is being spent by the government, the one area where such spending can be justified is being starved of the cash it needs.
It beggars belief . But it is true, nonetheless.
Climate change: it’s time to tax and give back, then save world
15 Dec 2008 [0 Comments | 106 views]
Last week the issue of Kyoto, cap-and-trade and what we do about cutting back on carbon emissions was on the agenda.
It is bad timing of course. Who cares about saving the world for the next generation, when the world needs saving for this one? (If only it was as simple as just saving the cheerleader.)
It is just that while climate change may not be topic of the moment, it seems some people do still care. But there is a problem. We are looking at the wrong cure. While the world focuses on the credit crunch, there is a risk that as our eyes turn away from the ball, we will all get hoodwinked into the wrong move.
