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Category: sustainability

World energy future not hopeless

Posted on June 10, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

The IEA is trying to make the best of it is maybe another way of phrasing this superficial spin about the lack of any serious progress in reducing Read More →

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Resistance against Wind Turbines in Netherlands

Posted on May 27, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

Planning wind turbines on land in the most densly populated country in the world (The Netherlands) is somewhat of a challenge. Driven by it’s EU commitment for 14% Read More →

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Have the climate sceptics really won? | Science | guardian.co.uk

Posted on May 25, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

The article argues that climate sceptics are not a real problem – that there is sufficient climate consensus, but that there is no popular plan to do something Read More →

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Canadian government doubles advertising spend on tar sands

Posted on May 17, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

See the guardian article below: big PR spending to get that precious tar-sand oil to you. Unfortunately this seems to work. 16M$ to say that tar sand oil Read More →

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Burning trees: not green after all

Posted on May 7, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

Biomass and specifically buring wood from trees in coal power stations is a quick way to reduce CO2 emissions and increase sustainability. Unfortunately the numbers are not adding Read More →

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White House warned on imminent Arctic ice death spiral

Posted on May 3, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

It seems the arctic ice sheet disappearance may have a cascading effect on whether patterns. This may have quite serious consequences, and will happen within a few years: Read More →

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Conservative US shoppers turned off by eco-friendly lightbulbs, study finds | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Posted on May 1, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

Who would have guessed that the combination of anti global warming propaganda and polarization of opinions in the US would make 50% of people prefer old fashioned incandescent Read More →

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Parliament opposes higher "polluter's permit" price

Posted on April 17, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

A sad day for Europe; no fix in sight for the broken ETS. Maybe it is all for the best; let it fail and replace it by something Read More →

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IEA: Progress towards clean energy has stalled, IEA says

Posted on April 17, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

There is no significant contribution of sustainable energy to the world’s energy supply; CO2 per energy used has not come down. There is some progress though: “From 2011 Read More →

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The Real Casualties of Global Warming Probably Haven't Been Born Yet

Posted on April 15, 2013February 14, 2017 by theboss

Somewhat off track 🙂 MIT Technology Review article: climate change from the perspective of philosophy and morals in the form of a review of 3 books on the Read More →

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