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Stern Report Not Right or Wrong, Just Irrelevant


Following the discussion on the Stern report’s projections for the economic cost / benefit of tackling climate change, I’d like to introduce a new perspective: The cost of climate change avoidance is irrelevant, since most of today’s avoidance schemes are wholly ineffective anyway.
I make this assertion following UK treasury projections that the “green levy” on […]

Coming Off The Nuclear Fence


Plans were approved this week to build what has been described as an “ultra mega power project” in the form of a $4.2 billion, 4,000 MW coal fired power station in Gujarat, India.
Environmentalists will be dismayed to hear of this decision, which will generate up to 23 million tons of Co2. However, many arguments against […]

Lots More Nuclear Power - Good Thing or Bad Thing?


Nuclear power – an abundant source of carbon free energy, or a dangerous and expensive power source with huge risks to our health and environment?
Britain may not have much choice in this matter as its government seems determined to take the nuclear route in an effort to bring Co2 emissions in line with its […]

Is Sir Humphrey Appleby In Charge of Climate Change Policy?


Fans of the British Television Series “Yes Minister” will be familiar with the trials of Government Minister Jim Hacker at the hands of dastardly civil servant Sir Humphrey Appleby, frequently demonstrating the futility of promoting progress in a government bureaucracy. A typical exchange between the confounded Hacker and slippery Sir Humphrey plays out as […]