Archive for the ‘Business & Politics’ Category

• A Picture is Worth… Gasoline Consumption Per Day

  In light of the Clinton-McCain gas tax holiday proposal I think this statistic (shown after the jump) from the Economist and BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005 should be highlighted. The image shows gasoline consumption per day around the …

• China is now the world’s biggest polluter

  China is number one, in greenhouse gas emissions that is. A report from the University of California says that Chinas greenhouse gas emissions have been “underestimated” and that the country probably took the number one position from USA in 2006-2007. …

• Apple Doesn’t Like the Big Apple

  New York has decided to become greener and reduce their emissions by 30% by year 2030. The city has started an environmental campaign called GreeNYC to get the people engaged and active. So far so good. But now the campaign …

• “I underestimated the threat”

  “Emissions are growing much faster than we’d thought, the absorptive capacity of the planet is less than we’d thought, the risks of greenhouse gases are potentially bigger than more cautious estimates and the speed of climate change seems to be …

• Perverted Australia 2020 Summit IGNORED Climate Emergency, Renewables & Climate Genocide

  Australia has just had a 2-day Ideas conference in Canberra called the “Australia 2020 Summit”. This exercise was brought on by the right wing, Bush-ite Rudd Labor Government, ostensibly to garner Ideas for a better Australia.. Unfortunately the Australia 2020 …

• Earth Day

  Today it’s Earth Day. You didn’t know? Oh, no need to feel so bad about it. Earth Day was founded in USA in September 1969. At a conference in Seattle, Washington, the US senator Gaylord Nelson announced that in the …

• The global food crisis

  We are already now starting to see riots and protests around the world that have been triggered by the lack of resources. And unfortunately this is a sight we will see more and more of in the future. People are …

• Australia 2020 Summit betrayed Australian children

  The Australia 2020 Summit Initial Report IGNORES the Climate Emergency and Sustainability Emergency facing the World with Australia being the world’s top Developed nation “annual per capita CO2 polluter” (and it also IGNORES horrendous Australian child abuse – one third …

• Australia 2020 Summit: 25 Ideas for Greening Climate Criminal Australia

  Australia is having an “Australia 2020 Summit” in which1,000 chosen delegates will gather in Canberra for 2 days to discuss ideas for a better Australia (http://australia2020.gov.au) . Australians had the opportunity of submitted ideas on 10 topics and these have …

• Four in 10 Americans rather want to see a solution to the gas crisis than a cure for cancer

  We have recently seen gas and oil prices skyrocket on the global market, but, how do the rising energy costs affect how Americans prioritize and think? Well, that was the question behind a recent survey commissioned by the Fairfax County …