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Even Exxon is for Cap & Tax not Cap & Trade

devonwhittle — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 10:21:29 +0000

Exxon’s CEO has come out and said that he thinks a carbon tax is a better idea than a carbon market. I wonder if the recent financial crisis has made us query the ‘power of the market’ and the wisdom of giving ‘Wall Street traders’ another tool to play around with and profit from.

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New York Underwater

devonwhittle — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:56:56 +0000

Check out this awesome photo of New York after climate change. It’s a swimming pool in Mumbai with an aerial photo of New York city pasted to its floor. Very clever. New York Underwater is a post from: Devon Whittle. You can contact the author at devonwhittle@gmail.com. Related posts:New domain, new theme, new RSS feed How to use [...]

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Climate of Change: Tear on our 'Shared Sky'

devonwhittle — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:47:19 +0000

I’m on a seasonal clerkship at the moment so posting may be sporadic at best for a few more weeks. But I’ve been meaning to post this link to TEAR’s Climate of Change DVD for awhile.

I like Ben’s conception of the “shared sky” at the start of the video and the way they simply present some of the issues climate change has forced us to confront.

TEAR is one aid agency/development/social justice group that I really like. They’ve done a great job on this climate change resource. It’s especially impressive given the limited resources at their disposal.

(also Room3 have done a great job on their video productions too).

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Is the drought caused by daylight saving?

devonwhittle — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:55:13 +0000

David Zetland has an hilarious post of a letter to the editor in Albury-Wodonga. Quote: “I believe that this one hour extra sun is slowly evaporating all the moisture out of everything. Why can’t the Government get the CSIRO to do studies on this or better still, get rid of daylight savings.” (!)

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Why hydrogen isn't a solution

devonwhittle — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:27:31 +0000

If you think hydrogen is a solution to our energy problems read this. Why hydrogen isn't a solution is a post from: Devon Whittle. You can contact the author at devonwhittle@gmail.com. Related posts:Free CFL lightbulbs and lo-flow shower heads Now tweeting live from Arusha, Tanzania 10 ways to save energy with your computer

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Cap and Dividend the way to go

devonwhittle — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:42:26 +0000

Tax carbon, refund the profits to everyone. You know it makes sense, and others agree.

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No need to fear emission flight

devonwhittle — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:34:52 +0000

The Economist has a good article on the fear of companies fleeing countries that restrict carbon emissions to go to those that have more lax regulations. It concludes that as energy is often a tiny part of the overall cost of goods, the fear is generally unfounded.

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India worried about EU carbon tax

devonwhittle — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:34:16 +0000

India is worried about a potential EU carbon tax on imports. They say if bilateral talks fail they will take the dispute to the WTO under the “no less favourable treatment” provision. It seems the EU carbon import tax will only apply to certain “developed” countries, which seems a bit odd and provides a firmer foundation for a challenge since it discriminates between countries.

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Please increase the petrol excise

devonwhittle — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:20:27 +0000

Some evidence that economics works. When the price of petrol hits a certain point, people stop driving, manufacturers start making fuel efficient cars, and the trains start filling up. The simplest, quickest and easiet way to kickstart green transport? Tax non-green transport. You can even use the revenue to help those that’ll get hit the worst by the change.

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Eating local not the point

devonwhittle — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:10:22 +0000

Ezra Klein bashes the whole ‘eat local’ movement in a recent post. It turns out that transport costs from overseas account for only about 4% of the total GHG emissions of food. So eating local is only a marginal improvement, especially compared to say reducing red meat consumption. I think often local food does taste better though, no need to grow it for transportation or pack it with preservatives. Also, this really depends on what food it is and how it is transported. Mangoes shipped from Mexico are probably better than air freighted snap peas from Zambia.

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