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The issue of exactly where climate change impacts will be felt directly comes up a lot. One detailed look at this question comes from the consulting firm Maplecroft, Big economies of the future – Bangladesh, India, Philippines, Vietnam and Pakistan – most at risk from climate change: A new global ranking, calculating the vulnerability of 170 . . . → Read More: Mapping our climate change vulnerability A pair of articles in the NY Time focuses on one of the more perverse aspects of our current energy/climate amalgam of ugliness: Flaring natural gas. The thumbnail description: When oil is extracted from wells, it’s often accompanied by natural gas. There’s no economical way to store and use that natural gas, so it’s . . . → Read More: Unnatural emissions: Flaring gas from oil sites Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #694: September 26, 2011 Costs of Owning a Vehicle by State: There are many costs involved in owning a vehicle, such as depreciation, interest on financing, taxes and fees, insurance premiums, fuel, maintenance, and repairs. Research has been done to calculate the difference in those costs over a five-year period on a State . . . → Read More: The cost of car ownership in the US For the average energy or climate geek, the daily open hydrant of news can be a relentlessly depressing and detached mix. It’s all either eye-glazing details about megawatts of electricity and gigatons of CO2 and billions of vehicle miles traveled, or another round of enervating stories about countries finding yet more excuses to do far . . . → Read More: Solar co-ops to the rescue Chris Mooney has an interesting piece up at the site of The American Prospect, which addresses the reality gap in how lefties and righties perceive technical issues, like climate change, and specifically how we view the role of experts. There’s plenty to recommend in the piece — so please go read it all when you’re . . . → Read More: Mind the (reality) gap I get one question a lot about food prices, as happened in a discussion recently with a friend who owns two restaurants: How much does speculation push up the price of food? My standard answer is that it’s definitely a contributor, but I can’t honestly say whether I think it accounts for 1% or 50% . . . → Read More: Food price outlook  3 comments - (Comments are closed)  Biofuels, Climate change, Economics and business, Food, Oil, Public policy Jason Scorse has a new book out, What Environmentalists Need to Know About Economics, and there is a video of him talking about the same topic (as part of a book tour?). The 24:40 video is well worth your time. I should mention that I discovered this on Michael Tobis’ blog, even though every one of . . . → Read More: Walk like an e-cono-mist 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Climate change, Communications, Economics and business, Public policy So sayeth autobloggreen: Steadily rising fuel costs during the first three months of 2011 have had virtually no impact on total U.S. petroleum deliveries, says the American Petroleum Institute (API). First-quarter deliveries rose by 5.5 percent, compared to the same period in 2010. For March, deliveries surged by 7.3 percent over the same month in 2010, hitting . . . → Read More: Logic Easter Egg: Gasoline prices If US Doesn’t Price Carbon, Could Nations Boycott American Products?: British economist and lead climate negotiator Lord Nicholas Stern (of the famous Stern report) issued something of a warning to the United States last week. He effectively argued that if the US fails to address climate change by enacting a pricing scheme to reign in carbon emissions, . . . → Read More: Carbon tariffs are coming New Report: Growing Water Scarcity in US is ‘Hidden’ Financial Risk for Investors Owning Utility Bonds (emphasis added):
New Report: Growing Water Scarcity in US is ‘Hidden’ Financial Risk for Investors Owning Utility Bonds Download the report [PDF] October 21, 2010 BOSTON – Growing water scarcity in many . . . → Read More: The water-money nexus |
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