one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
September 09 2011
May 03 2010
Green faith in the technology saviour“Just because there is an economic incentive to invent something, doesn't mean that inventing it is technically or physically possible”
November 03 2009
June 19 2009
January 12 2009
September 04 2008
June 25 2008
November 16 2007
Responsibility isn't only local“If a gadget is made in China by an American company and exported and used by consumers from Stockholm to Sao Paulo, Brazil, should the Chinese government be held responsible for the carbon released in manufacturing it?”
November 12 2007
September 24 2007
July 16 2007
Happiness doesn't cost the earth
June 23 2007
June 02 2007
May 12 2007
May 04 2007
Goverments know they have false figures“The rich nations seeking to cut climate change have this in common: they lie”
April 26 2007
April 19 2007
April 17 2007
February 19 2007
January 18 2007
Carbon offsetting is like wearing blinkers“Telling people to plant trees to prevent global warming is like telling them to drink more water to keep down rising sea levels. The water - or gas - will come out in the end”
October 18 2006
Amusing analogy for carbon offset schemes“Just as in the 15th and 16th centuries you could sleep with your sister and kill and lie without fear of eternal damnation, today you can live exactly as you please as long as you give your ducats to one of the companies selling indulgences”