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Zero carbon Britain: Rising to the climate emergency
Zero carbon Britain: Rising to the climate emergency A new report out today from Rapid Transition Alliance founding member the Centre for Alternative technology (CAT) looks at how the UK can cut energy demand by 60% and reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions using current technologies, without relying on unproven carbon capture. By modelling the changes needed […]
Countries from Siberia to Australia are burning: the age of fire is the bleakest warning yet
Countries from Siberia to Australia are burning: the age of fire is the bleakest warning yet It is time not only to think the unthinkable, but to speak it: the world economy, civilisation, and maybe our survival as a species are on the line On any day, between 10,000 and 30,000 bushfires burn around the […]
Economists and climate change: Building castles in the sky
Economists and climate change: Building castles in the sky Economist John Kenneth Galbraith once said that “the only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” Unfortunately, when some economists turn their sights on the economics of climate change, their unreliable methods imperil not just the economic life of humankind but its very existence. I […]
Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong
Why Apocalyptic Claims About Climate Change Are Wrong Environmental journalists and advocates have in recent weeks made a number of apocalyptic predictions about the impact of climate change. Bill McKibben suggested climate-driven fires in Australia had made koalas “functionally extinct.” Extinction Rebellion said “Billions will die” and “Life on Earth is dying.” Vice claimed the “collapse of civilization may have already begun.” […]
The Coming Big Freeze
The Coming Big Freeze The BIG FREEZE is upon us. The volatility in weather that our computer has been forecasting on a long-term basis should result in this winter being colder than the last. In Britain, the snow has hit an already flood-ravaged country as temperatures plunged to -7C. This is part of the problem we face. The […]
Microbes a key factor in climate change
Microbes a key factor in climate change Preface. The IPCC, like economists, assumes our economy and burning of fossil fuels will grow exponentially until 2100 and beyond, with no limits to growth. But conventional oil peaked and has stayed on a plateau since 2005, so clearly peak global oil production is in sight. As is […]
It Bears Repeating: Renewables Alone Won’t End the Climate Crisis
It Bears Repeating: Renewables Alone Won’t End the Climate Crisis ‘We have to look at downsizing, degrowth, using less.’ Although the media still portrays climate change as some vague threat to “the environment,” it is really a self-made blitzkrieg that is already destabilizing a highly energy-intensive and complex human civilization. Greta Thunberg has spoken prophetically: our […]
The Top 5 Ways We Use Oil & Gas
The Top 5 Ways We Use Oil & Gas If climate change and the use of fossil fuels is starting to worry you, consider this: The lion’s share of the petroleum in the United States is being used just to get around–to get people and things from point A to point B. Industrial, residential, commercial […]
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us
Memo from a Climate Crisis Realist: The Choice before Us If we don’t take these 11 key steps, we’re kidding ourselves. Second of two. That first query was this: The modern world is deeply addicted to fossil fuels and green energy is no substitute. Am I wrong? Read my fact-based argument here. Today I ask: Question 2: Human […]
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects
Of Warnings and their Ripple Effects In her testimony to the US Congress, Greta Thunberg did not prepare a statement for submission to the record. Instead, she submitted the most recent scientific report, issued by the IPCC three weeks earlier. She said simply, “I am submitting this report as my testimony because I don’t want […]
Air-conditioning the outside—really
Air-conditioning the outside—really Qatar is both a country and a peninsula which juts out about 100 miles into the Persian Gulf. It is precisely this geography which makes it both one of the hottest and muggiest places on Earth. The average daily high in mid-summer is 108 degrees F (42 degrees C). With temperatures now exceeding those […]
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist To see our fate clearly, we must face these hard facts about energy, growth and governance. Part one of two. Why is this important? Well, if Greta Thunberg and followers are to inspire more than emotional release about climate change, the world needs […]
Morgan Stanley: “Climate Will Be A Key Driver Of Asset Prices In The Months And Years Ahead”
Morgan Stanley: “Climate Will Be A Key Driver Of Asset Prices In The Months And Years Ahead” “Sunday Start”, authored by Morgan Stanley equity strategist, Jessica Alsford In three weeks, the world’s leaders will begin to gather in Madrid for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference. The intensity of the global climate strikes this […]
Fed Warns Climate Change Is A Major Threat To The Economy
Fed Warns Climate Change Is A Major Threat To The Economy What is a good way for the Fed to deflect attention from the fact that after a decade of liquidity injections it has created the world’s largest asset bubble? Why point to another, even bigger – in its view – threat. And with green […]
The Climate Crisis Is Real: Here’s the Expert Advice on What We Need to Do
The Climate Crisis Is Real: Here’s the Expert Advice on What We Need to Do A global primer on next steps, from keeping oil in the ground to changing our diets to shifting to a green economy. “The world is waking up,” Thunberg told world leaders at the recent UN Climate Action Summit. “And change […]
