Posted in climate, leadership on Mar 30th, 2008 No Comments »
A reduction in domestic emissions would slow the pace of global emissions increases, no matter what happens elsewhere.
US Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. EPA, April 2, 2007
Posted in barriers, technology on Mar 21st, 2008 No Comments »
… good enough for our transatlantic friends… but unworthy of practical or scientific men.
Report of a committee of the British Parliament on the idea of an incandescent lamp, 1878
Posted in barriers on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
With tongue in cheek and apologies to the Wal-Mart version we have all heard, please consider these thoughts that are sure to help us NOT achieve sustainability in 2008.
1. Refuse to consider thoughts and opinions other than your own. If you are right and everyone else is wrong, why bother?
2. Remain glued to the status [...]
Posted in energy addiction on Mar 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.
George W. Bush, 2006
Posted in climate, government action, taxation on Mar 5th, 2008 No Comments »
We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less.
Nicolas Sarkozy
Posted in general on Mar 1st, 2008 No Comments »
I never will forget a couple of years ago I had a fascinating conversation with the President of China, and we were discussing what our future would be and whether we wished to contain China. And I said, “I don’t wish to contain China.” I said, “The biggest security threat China presents the United States [...]
