tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post7461474164621323737..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Not Quite Off the Hook But Getting Closer.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-7162714673692401312016-11-10T08:17:05.341-08:002016-11-10T08:17:05.341-08:00I hope you realize, Jose, that my remarks were sat...I hope you realize, Jose, that my remarks were satirical.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15437957043581164882016-11-10T07:52:01.657-08:002016-11-10T07:52:01.657-08:00Very convenient "studies" made by the no...Very convenient "studies" made by the north.Josehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127026201311122425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-19077819529971052712016-11-08T07:52:03.285-08:002016-11-08T07:52:03.285-08:00"Low carbon growth" - that's certain..."Low carbon growth" - that's certainly a loaded term. It can mean just about anything which means it can be used to conceal one thing masquerading as something else.<br /><br />The Chinese are currently big on the "energy intensity" game, itself a sort of low(er) carbon growth. They use efficiency techniques that require less fossil energy per unit of production. The Tar Sanders and others do the same. Usually it's a device employed to accompany a significant increase in output that generates a large net increase in emissions. It's certainly better than nothing but, when taken in the context of the "carbon budget," the limits to the overall GHG we can still emit, it's a double edged sword.<br /><br />The sort of low carbon growth supported by the Steady State movement seeks to cap and reduce overall emissions by limiting extraction, production, consumption and waste by prohibiting the production and sale of useless junk and requiring products, such as appliances, to be repairable and upgradable as needed to extend their lifetime by twice or three times what it is today. Growth is still allowed but it will be growth in knowledge that can be put to service of general populations to improve their quality of life and overall happiness. The goal is to live better yet manage the economy so that it stays safely within the finite limits of the environment.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20564858818776282852016-11-08T06:37:20.085-08:002016-11-08T06:37:20.085-08:00I just heard on the radio news, they say we need s...I just heard on the radio news, they say we need something called "low-carbon growth". <br />Hughnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-5404633208983642592016-11-07T21:34:59.914-08:002016-11-07T21:34:59.914-08:00Hi, Toby. Thanks for the link. I have "Climat...Hi, Toby. Thanks for the link. I have "Climate Wars" around here somewhere - wait, it's on my desk at the bottom of one of these fast breeding stacks of books. I'll see what's new in the YouTube piece before going back to the book.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-34160342799325489152016-11-07T15:49:07.121-08:002016-11-07T15:49:07.121-08:00For those who really want to get scared, there is ...For those who really want to get scared, there is this. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRLg8No0RVQ" rel="nofollow">Gwynne Dyer - The Geopolitics of Climate Change </a><br /><br />As you remember, Dyer wrote the book on Climate Wars and did the Massey lecture on it. This is a follow-up lecture with Q. & A. following.Tobynoreply@blogger.com