There is one part of the arguments used by those against climate change measures that I do not understand. I can understand many of their arguments and many arguments have force, but the one area which leaves me puzzled is that those against climate change measures often most vociferously complain about is that of cost. [...]
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Today I shall tell you about the good news and the bad news. First, there is the good news. According to the methodology accepted by the Kyoto Protocol for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of the six greenhouse gases recognised by Kyoto, the United Kingdom has reduced is greenhouse gas emissions between 2007 and 2008.
Now the [...]
Filed under: Coal, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, energy statistics, gas, global warming, microgeneration, natural gas | Tagged: Greenhouse gas emission statistics for the UK, residential emissions, UK emissions | Leave a Comment »
The United Kingdom has for the past ten years used fairly consistently the same amounts of energy each year. The government when it publishes the figures adjust them for the average temperature in the UK between 1971 and 2000. In each of the years the adjustment has led to a higher theoretical use of energy [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, energy statistics, global warming, heat, solar, solar energy | Tagged: figures for energy 1970 to 2007, UK energy figures | Leave a Comment »
We need constitutional reform with checks and balances on the power of the executive.
Filed under: Alistair Darling, David Cameron, Tony Blair, gordon brown, parliament, tax | Tagged: arthur conan doyle, choosing the judiciary, flaws in the british constitution, members of parliament, MPs' expenses, power of UK Prime Minister, scots influence in the UK, Scottish Parliament. MPs, sherlock holmes | 3 Comments »
It seems that politics will not permit the spending of money on say solar energy unless it is “cost effective” which means “cheaper than fossil fuel energy” on a direct immediate basis.
We are apparently too unsophisticated politically to take account of the fact that solar energy may well save our planet and all that live on her from catastrophic climate change.
Filed under: carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, solar energy, solar panels | Tagged: climate change denial, climate change deniers, Dr Chu, expenditure on cliamte change measures, politics of climate change, role of climate change denial | 4 Comments »
Chile is a prosperous, sophisticated country, abundant in many natural resources. It produces half of the world’s copper, high quality fruit and in its Central Zone, where most people live, Chile enjoys a moderate and comfortable climate which enables Chileans to grow some of the finest wines in the world and export some of the [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming | Tagged: atacama desert, Chile, chile copper, chile wine, Dr F Santibanez, merlot, santiago, thermal inversion | Leave a Comment »
Statistics about the planet
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, global warming | Tagged: amount of forests lost, amount of land loss due to dersertification, amount of land loss due to erosion, number of births, number of detahs, number of people on the world, worldometer | Leave a Comment »
Get 50% grant on the cost of a solar thermal ssytem for your school, college, hospital or organisation
Filed under: Alistair Darling, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, genersys, global warming, grants, microgeneration, renewables, solar, solar energy, solar panels | Tagged: granst for not for profit organsiations, grants for solar, not for profit grants, pahse 2 low carbon buildings programme, Solar Trade Association | 4 Comments »
Minnesota was the first state in the USA to pass a law requiring ethanol to be mixed with vehicle fuel. It has a large agricultural industry, so it was logical to tie its own industries with a fuel source that was thought to be environmentally positive. It environmental record on other matters is good – [...]
Filed under: biodiversity, biofuels, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, oil | Tagged: amount of fuel that corn and soya could provide for USA, biofuel law, emission savings from biofuels, emissions released by soil, emissions savinsg from biofuels, ethanol from agriculture, fertilisers released by biofuels, minnesota, pesticides | 2 Comments »
