one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
October 03 2008
One of the clearer explanations I’ve read of how the current financial mess came about.
August 01 2008
Spain implements heavy measures to reduce energy consumption. The population’s reaction is pretty much what you’d expect and explains why limits of this type are rarely implemented elsewhere.
April 22 2007
Cities are wealth generators“When you integrate all these people and all these activities and the struggle to make a living, total productivity increases”
October 28 2006
That’s going to hurt
A report on global warming by the British treasury says it will be cheaper for developed nations to tackle the problem with significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, than to deal with the consequences later. Duh.
With most politicians looking no further than their own noses the next elections, I doubt that will kickstart anything except a few empty promises.
Meanwhile, Belgium is part of the 7 European countries that will exceed their individual emission limits. No big surprise there either, they’re too busy trying to cause a depression down south before climate change does it for them.