Citations to 5 climate economists according to Scopus #climateeconomics http://t.co/3W2u5Wvosq—
Richard Tol (@RichardTol) July 10, 2015
Citations to 5 climate economists
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmists, global warming, Richard Tol
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
Environmentalists have been losing the battle for public opinion for some time
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, environmentalism, global warming, politics - USA, Public Choice, technological progress Tags: air pollution, climate alarmism, conservation, voter demographics, water pollution
Electric cars may be worse polluters than gas-guzzling vehicles
08 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, environmental economics, politics - USA, transport economics Tags: expressive voting, pollution, tokenism
Environmental damage for EVs appears to be worse in the Midwest and Northeast, where the electricity grid tends to rely on coal power plants.
In places like LA, EVs produce less environmental damage because the city’s air shed traps pollutants from gas cars…
The key is where the source of the electricity all-electric cars. If it comes from coal, electric cars produce 3.6 times more soot and smog deaths than gas, because of the pollution made in generating the electricity,
via A New Analysis of U.S. Counties Shows Where Electric Vehicles Cause More Pollution Than Gas Cars – CityLab and CityLab shows how electric cars can be WORSE for the environment than gas-guzzling vehicles | Daily Mail Online.
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
Temperatures from 2500 BC to 2040 A.D.
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, global cooling, global warming, Little ice age
Climate science should be based on long-term trends
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: global cooling, global warming, ice age, Little ice age
The evolution of global warming scepticism
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, environmental economics, global warming, rentseeking Tags: academic bias, climate alarmism, global warming, green rent seeking, publish or perish
Global temperatures since 1850
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, global warming, Little ice age
Global temperature since 1850.
From: OurWorldInData.org http://t.co/yNJ0iGq2N5—
Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) June 30, 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
The evolution of the scientific method in climate science
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, environmental economics, global warming, rentseeking Tags: academic bias, climate alarmism, global warming, green rent seeking, philosophy of science, publish or perish, scientific fraud
The media history of climate change scares
03 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, energy economics, entrepreneurship, environmental economics, global warming, industrial organisation, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: climate alarmism, global cooling, global warming, media bias
Who’s emitting how much greenhouse gases?
02 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: climate alarmism, global warming
Science says were all moving to Antarctica!
01 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in environmental economics, global warming Tags: Antarctica, climate alarmists, global warming
Pack your bags! SCIENCE says we are moving to Antarctica
web.archive.org/web/2010081702… http://t.co/I6SeIu1x41—
Steve Goddard (@SteveSGoddard) June 06, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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