Lee on Sep 09 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Economics, Lee's Page
(photo: Ian Murchison | website)
The nationalization of Fannie & Freddie is often presented as a crisis of faith for the political right, due to its manifest incompatibility with the advertised belief in the “free market.” However, Sunder Katwala at NextLeft cleverly recognizes that it also presents a challenge to orthodoxy on the left, given that [...]
Lee on Sep 03 2008 | Filed under: Environment
The logo for COP15 is gorgeous:
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Lance on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
Notice what drilling is doing to the wildlife.
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Lee on Aug 14 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
According to a new study of 405 coastal dead zones, the Earth’s oceans may be experiencing a dramatic decrease in oxygen content. Chemical pollution is a prime culprit.
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Lance on Aug 02 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Environment, Lance's Page, energy
Pelosi says, “I’m trying to save the planet; I’m trying to save the planet.”
Charles Krauthammer points out the incoherence of this:
Does Pelosi imagine that with so much of America declared off-limits, the planet is less injured as drilling shifts to Kazakhstan and Venezuela and Equatorial Guinea? That Russia will be more environmentally scrupulous than we [...]
Lance on Jul 28 2008 | Filed under: Economics, Environment, Lance's Page, energy
I know that many of you think that global warming, at least anthropogenic global warming, is a fraud. I am not so sure. Either way though, I think Peter Huber has the broad contours of any attempt to address it correct.
So does the climate computer have a real audience, or is it really just another [...]
Lance on Apr 25 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Environment
Over at Green Tech we get some figures that should be rather sobering for those who wish for alternative energy to be a significant source of energy in the near future:
Put another way, we’d need to equip 250,000 roofs a day with solar panels for the next 50 years to have enough photovoltaic infrastructure to [...]
Peg on Apr 23 2008 | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Environment, Peg's Page, regulation, science
One of the toughest tasks to master is to keep an open mind. We work hard to discover what we ultimately believe to be the truth. After all that effort, often the last thing we wish to do is have to re-analyse, check - and toss out what we have labored so long to achieve.
Nevertheless, [...]
Peg on Feb 25 2008 | Filed under: Peg's Page
How often do I agree with Paul Krugman? Not. Very. Often. But - here is that blue moon moment.
Ignore the snarky dig relating to the fact that President Bush is a recovering alcoholic. Read on and see why we have lost our collective minds by putting ethanol in our tanks.
Increased [...]
Lee on Feb 02 2008 | Filed under: Books, Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Interviews, Lee's Page
Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie)
John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African petroleum: Untapped: The Scramble for Africa’s Oil (the paperback edition is due out in April). Whilst [...]
Lee on Jan 14 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web
The European Commission is introducing new constraints on biofuels after just recently mandating their expanded use. Says the Commission: “We have seen that the environmental problems caused by biofuels…are bigger than we thought.” Uh-huh. Are you guys really sure you’re not just making this stuff up as you go along?
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Lee on May 29 2007 | Filed under: Environment, Interviews, Lee's Page
A few weeks back I posted a facile little rebuke aimed at the national security implications of Green Party presidential candidate Alan Augustson’s political platform. Alan responded to this in such a way that I realized I had little idea what the Green Party’s position on security matters was, relative to its environmental policies. Indeed, [...]
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