The Politics of Alternative Energy (3): The Need for Public Ownership of the Carbon “Idea”

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Other News Sources

(July 4, 2011) “If in the long run we are the makers of our own fate, in the short run we are the captives of the ideas we have created”. These words of economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek’s today resonate loudly in the carbon “idea” – that the West should fast-track a low-carbon economy no matter what the socio-economic cost.

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Lawrence Solomon: Polar opposites

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Other News Sources

(July 1, 2011) A decision by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan becomes a different story through a media lens.

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Aldyen Donnelly: A Response to Peter Foster’s “The Demons in Krugmanomics”

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 29, 2011) The following is a response to Peter Foster’s article published in the Financial Post on June 29, 2011. To read The Demons in Krugmanomics, click here.

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Lawrence Solomon: Supreme skeptics

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 24, 2011) The justices of the United States Supreme Court this week became the world’s most august global warming skeptics.

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Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 18, 2011) On Tuesday, June 14, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced it had requested a petroleum exploration permit to develop large shale oil deposits in the Shfela Basin, 30 miles west of Jerusalem.

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Lawrence Solomon: NASA scientist reverses sunspot prediction, bolstering global cooling theory

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 17, 2011) Five years ago, NASA’s David Hathaway predicted that the Sun was about to enter an unusually intense period of sunspot activity. Today, Hathaway believes his earlier prediction was wrong. This comes amid a flurry of other reports, including from scientists at the U.S. National Solar Observatory (NSO) and U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, indicating that global cooling, and perhaps even a new Little Ice Age, is on its way.

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The Rubber Duckies: Scaring cell users

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 17, 2011) The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) wins an Honourable Mention in this year’s Rubber Duckies Award. 

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The Rubber Duckies: Bloomberg pushes his health obsessions

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 17, 2011) New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s fervent implementation of junk science policies makes him this year’s unrivalled winner of the Rubber Duckies Award.

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Aldyen Donnelly: BCAA’s conclusions about hybrid vehicles

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 14, 2011) After one spends a little time calculating paybacks for different vehicle purchase options under different energy and vehicle price, tax, emission rating and purchase incentive scenarios, it becomes obvious that any tax measures intended to change consumer energy use should focus on car purchase and annual re-registration, not fuel purchases.

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Lawrence Solomon: Israeli oil could bust the OPEC cartel

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 13, 2011) The old energy order in the Middle East is crumbling and a new energy order is emerging to give the West some spine. In this new order, Israel is a major player.

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