Are solar panels sustainable in snow prone regions?
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: renewable energy, solar energy, solar power
And the rich got richer, who cares
16 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of regulation, economics of religion, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle, transport economics, urban economics Tags: Deirdre McCloskey, entrepreneurial alertness, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact, top 1%
"The rich got richer, true. But…" —@DeirdreMcClosk buff.ly/1Imdv4o http://t.co/M3ERx3JTIn—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
Why developing countries aren’t interested in global climate treaties
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmists, free-riders, game theory, global climate treaties, Green alarmists, healthier is wealthier, international treaties, richer is safer
Do Residential Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver?
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming Tags: climate alarmists, energy conservation, expressive voting, nanny state, offsetting behaviour, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, tokenism
The researchers found that the upfront cost of efficiency upgrades of a large randomized controlled trial of 30,000 homes in Michigan came to about $5,000 per house, on average. But their central estimate of the energy savings only amounted to about $2,400 per household, on average, over the lifetime of the upgrades.
After the upgrades, homes used 10 to 20 percent less energy for electricity and heating. But, that was only about 39 percent of the savings that engineering modelers had predicted ahead of time. The program simply wasn’t as effective at saving energy as everyone thought.
/cdn0.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/3817414/Screen_Shot_2015-06-23_at_3.40.36_PM.0.png)
Europe at night
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Europe, The Great Fact
Europe at Night http://t.co/kfcGA5qE8y—
Earth Pictures™ (@EarthBeauties) July 06, 2015
Beijing by night
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: Beijing, China
MT @MaxCRoser: #Beijing lights at night. Left: 1992, right: 2009 #China #cities #development #geographyteacher http://t.co/gPbaePQv9b—
Stephen Matthews (@srmdrummer) February 16, 2015
I thought solar energy supplied more energy than this
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - USA Tags: Big Solar, climate alarmism, global warming, renewable energy, solar energy
These solar power plants provided around 0.11% of US electricity in 2012. vox.com/2014/6/12/5803… http://t.co/z7gUh0ofdD—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) April 09, 2015
@oxfamnz @GreenpeaceNZ Further evidence of mass kidnappings of principled environmentalists – indoor pollution version
14 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: air pollution, climate alarmists, expressive voting, global warming, green hypocrisy, indoor pollution, Kuznets curve, rational irrationality, The Great Escape
The deadliest environmental problem today is indoor air pollution — killing 4 million a year. vox.com/2014/9/15/6150… http://t.co/xtwLRfkVF2—
Vox Maps (@VoxMaps) June 11, 2015
Electricity prices by country, state and province
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, climate alarmism, green rent seeking, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
The latest on peak oil
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics Tags: doomsday prophecies, peak oil
Humanity keeps finding new reserves of energy: buff.ly/1H0DUQR #progress http://t.co/IFbHg3YOwn—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) July 06, 2015
US Shale map
08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics Tags: Oil prices, shale oil
US Shale map http://t.co/yO1bkeq2mK—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) May 21, 2015
Richer is greener: environmentalists are Environmental Kuznets Curve deniers
07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic growth, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health and safety, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, liberalism, property rights, public economics Tags: healthier is wealthier, Japan, Kuznets environmental curve, richer is greener, richer is safer
The Kuznets environmental curve describes an empirical regularity between environmental quality and economic growth. Outdoor water, air and other pollution first worse and then improves as a country first experiences economic growth and development.
While many pollutants exhibit this pattern in the Kuznets environmental curve, peak pollution levels occur at different income levels for different pollutants, countries and time periods. John Tierney explains:
In dozens of studies, researchers identified Kuznets curves for a variety of environmental problems.
There are exceptions to the trend, especially in countries with inept governments and poor systems of property rights, but in general, richer is eventually greener.
As incomes go up, people often focus first on cleaning up their drinking water, and then later on air pollutants like sulphur dioxide.
As their wealth grows, people consume more energy, but they move to more efficient and cleaner sources — from wood to coal and oil, and then to natural gas and nuclear power, progressively emitting less carbon per unit of energy.
When I was living in Japan in the mid 1990s, they just completed a period of rapid operation of the Kuznets environmental curve. I was told by my professors at Graduate School that in the 1960s, cities and prefectures welcomed polluting industries because of the better paid jobs they offered. At that time, shipping companies used like to go to Tokyo because the pollution in Tokyo Bay was so bad that it would clean all the barnacles off their ships. That made them sail faster.
Japanese incomes and wages doubled over the course of the 1960s. The Japanese voter was now prepared to support stricter pollution standards and environmental controls.
Life expectancy is at an all time high: buff.ly/1ICraAi http://t.co/jgRqKy8LfQ—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 28, 2015
In the early 1970s, the ruling LDP stole the long-standing environmental policies of their opponents in a big crack down on pollution because the country could now afforded them.
Poverty has plummeted in East Asia and the world. buff.ly/1NtIDyY http://t.co/SsY3sf3kyH—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) July 01, 2015
Plenty of developing countries are democracies now. Their people could demand through the ballot box higher environmental standards and clean tap water but they don’t because of its cost to economic development.
These 4 nations are 50% of mankind. That's 3.5 billion people who are living longer. buff.ly/1Kle6mU #health http://t.co/949oqisMsL—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015
The environmental movement lives in a state of denial regarding the relationship between economic growth and environmental quality.
OECD Better Life Index correlates with GDP
But US lower than poorer countries
& NZL higher than richer countries http://t.co/yrTCnO1B0l—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 26, 2015
Matt Ridley on the Pope and The Great Fact
06 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of regulation, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, liberalism, survivor principle Tags: doomsday prophecies, Matt Ridley doomsday prophets, Papal economics, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
See which way the data points for yourself, like @mattwridley. buff.ly/1HsZxgx #health #progress http://t.co/B3KbUJOn05—
HumanProgress.org (@humanprogress) June 30, 2015
Oil forecasting is hard
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, macroeconomics Tags: forecasting errors, Oil prices, peak oil
Oil forecasting is hard, EIA edition bloombergview.com/articles/2015-… http://t.co/J2mvpKYrsc—
Justin Fox (@foxjust) April 16, 2015
Solar and wind power – forever just round the corner
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Big Solar, Big Wind, creative destruction, green rent seeking, renewable energy, solar power, wind power
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Recent Comments