Category: Politics or technology?
It would be a major achievement if, a decade from now, Copenhagen has replaced Kyoto as the city most associated with efforts to avoid catastrophic climate change. Mention of the name of the Japanese city that hosted the first international...
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Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:55 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics or technology?
Imagine watching your 35th hour of television this week on a 42-inch plasma screen. Upon switching the TV off for the night, a message appears alerting you that you have just spent $12 on electricity watching American Idol.
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Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:32 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics or technology?
Given the glacial pace at which CCS technology is improving, by the time it's ready we'll either have already stopped burning fossil fuels or it will be too late to do anything about the consequences to the climate of doing so.
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Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:00 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics or technology?
This week's question is one of finding fault. What brought us to the current confluence of crises? Was it a failure of the political, or the technological? Unlike the beltway pundits and the political scoundrels they defend, who use the...
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Category: Politics or technology?
The question is, is the energy crisis a manifestation of political failures or technological shortcomings? The answer is both, plus a third factor, one that Coby identified last week: the need to curtail our rapacious habits. I'd rank the obstacles...
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