Hardware and IP addresses analyzed to assess the carbon footprint of the cryptocurrency Technical University of Munich (TUM) The use of Bitcoin causes around 22 megatons in CO2 emissions annually…
Category: Climate Economics
Young people blame climate change for their small 401(k) balances
from Market Watch By Kari Paul Published: May 23, 2019 9:46 a.m. ET Many young people today think civilization may not exist when they’re of retirement age. Here are ways…
Illinois Could Raise EV Registration Fee To $1,000, Hike Gas Tax
From OILPRICE.com By Tsvetana Paraskova – May 13, 2019, 12:30 PM CDT A bill at the Illinois legislature proposes to raise the annual registration fee for electric vehicles (EV) from…
Research sheds light on UK’s new unsustainable viewing habits
A new study looks behind closed doors to reveal how UK viewing habits are shifting away from traditional broadcasting with more data-intensive streaming options now the default for many. Lancaster…
UN Chief António Guterres, Citing Climate Worries, Says He Only Eats At Steak Houses Once Every 3 Months
From The Daily Caller United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he’s cut back eating out at steak houses because of his concern over global warming. Guterres said he “used to…
Decarbonisation and the Command Economy
From The GWPF Date: 08/05/19 Professor Michael Kelly, University of Cambridge The costs of retrofitting exiting domestic buildings to improve energy efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions, compared with the savings…
“Climate Change Costs Are Starting to Bite Business”… How Not To Conjugate Verbs
Guest eye rolling by David Middleton From the Sierra Club… Climate Change Costs Are Starting to Bite BusinessCorporate America wants a stable business climate, and climate chaos is anything but…
The World Bank’s Misguided Green Energy Policies To Persist
From Forbes Tilak Doshi Energy I analyze energy economics and related public policy issues. President Trump’s nominee to head the World Bank, David Malpass, was formally approved by a unanimous…
Sanity and humanity return to the World Bank?
Extreme greens grouse, but African and other poor families see hope in David Malpass Paul Driessen President Obama infamously told Africans they should focus on their “bountiful” wind, solar and…
EU consumption results in high carbon emissions from tropical deforestation, studies show
It’s a good thing they’re not trying to control lives or central planning or some such~ctm Chalmers University of Technology A sixth of all emissions resulting from the typical diet…
New global standard counts the cost of environmental damage
Chalmers University of Technology Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money – and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard will help companies…
Tesla Factory Store Uses Diesel Generators to Recharge Slow-moving Model 3 Inventory
From the truth about cars By Ronnie Schreiber on March 8, 2019 Let’s say you manage one of the soon-to-be-closed Tesla factory-owned stores and, for whatever reason, you have dozens…
Trump Budget Guts Renewable Energy Spending To Pay For Border Wall
From The Daily Caller 4:57 PM 03/11/2019 | Energy Jason Hopkins | Energy Investigator President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget calls for huge reductions in Environmental Protection Agency and…
Climate Scientist Nic Lewis: ‘European CO2 Emissions Don’t Matter’
From The GWPF Date: 09/03/19 Edwin Timmer, De Telegraaf To tackle global climate change it is far more important that fast-growing developing countries do more than any well-intentioned steps in…
The World Bank and its Defunct Energy Policy
By Tilak Doshi, The shock resignation of World Bank President Dr Jim Yong Kim, announced in early January, more than three years before his term would have ended, and the…
AOC says America should lead the world
In committing national economic suicide and sending living standards back to 19th century Paul Driessen 29-year old ex-bartender and freshman U.S. Representative (D-NY) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received thunderous environmentalist and media…
Progressive State Climate Change Playbooks
From Roger Caiazza On December 12, 2018 the New York State Energy and Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced the availability of three “playbooks” produced by the U.S. Climate Alliance, a…
Tesla May Not Make It Past Q1 Without Vendor Concessions Or A Capital Raise
From Seeking Alpha Jan. 25, 2019 4:09 PM ET About: Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) Summary Tesla is seeing an implosion of demand – not just in US but also internationally. European…
New York’s Green New Deal
I can’t vouch for the provenance of this, but it seems real, ~ctm On January 15, 2019 New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo did his State of the State…
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