Category Archives: Climate change policy
The Energy Dream is not enough
I have watched a few videos recently where Bill Gates talks of a forthcoming revolution in energy technology. I don’t want to do him an injustice but he gives the impression that he thinks this energy revolution will “save the … Continue reading
The Bustard’s Third Rule – kids v nukes
The Bustard’s Third Rule on climate policy is that it takes less time to raise a child than to build a nuclear power plant. Here is some good evidence: http://qz.com/681753/the-united-states-newest-nuclear-power-plant-has-taken-43-years-to-build/ The implication of this is that if we want to … Continue reading
Diversity – everywhere except in the most important place
Resilience needs diversity: diversity means that if one bit of a system goes wrong, other bits, unaffected, can carry on and make up for local failure. Creativity needs diversity, too: as in the case of evolution, you need to try … Continue reading
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Tagged belief economics, biodiversity, boom and bust, diversity, education, resilience, schooling
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Dealing with special ones
The Bustard has been busy with real work and novel writing, hence its absence. Now right back to climate policy. The special one, Jose Mourinho, is no longer so special, and his second stint at Chelsea came to a sorry … Continue reading
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Tagged cement, Clean technology, climate policy, EU Emission Trading Scheme, EU ETS, fertiliser, leakage, lobbying, Mourinho, steel, zero carbon
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The dangers behind averages.
2 degrees has become a familiar figure. We need to stop the climate getting warmer than an average of 2 degrees to avoid catastrophic climate change. In fact, as top climate scientist James Hansen says, even 2 degrees is too … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 degrees, averages, drought, Middle East, refugees, Syria
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