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Clarity about hair
You can hardly mention the words “lifestyle change” without some clever egg bringing up “hair shirts”. Here’s Mr Lomborg, quoted in the Guardian this summer: “This is not about ‘we have all got to live with less, wear hair-shirts and … Continue reading
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Talking crap
If you do a crap then you probably wash your hands afterwards. If you don’t wash your hands you probably won’t get ill. And if you then bump into the President in the corridor and have to shake hands with … Continue reading
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The messenger, not the message
It’s the messenger not the message. We cannot persuade deniers to embrace regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It’s not for lack of trying: campaigners have hectored deniers with marketing and propaganda; politicians have preached to them from pulpits garlanded … Continue reading
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Restricting N2O-based CERs and ERUs in EU ETS
One practical risk of restricting the use of nitric acid project-based CERs and ERUs for compliance purposes in the EUETS is that it could backfire – resulting in an increase in GHG emissions. N2O abatement at a nitric acid plant … Continue reading
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Domestic capital equipment and good manners
Sharing capital equipment could be a handy way of cutting emissions. Domestic capital equipment (DCE) has very low utilisation rates and so it would make sense to share it more. There are five houses in this terrace in Shrewsbury each … Continue reading
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