Posted on January 28, 2009 by Rob Costa
Smash the Mirror tries to bring solid economic and rational thinking to sustainability, geopolitics, and current events. To that end, this is a pilot post for a new series on how the Credit Crunch of 08-09 will impact the environmental sustainability of human life. Posts in this series will appear under the tag “Crunching Sustainability“.
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Filed under: Economic Crisis: 2008, Sustainability | Tagged: crunching sustainability, economic crisis, eu, european union, fishing, Iceland, Sustainability | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 27, 2009 by Rob Costa
New York Times
Out of Brussels comes word that the European Union wants to work with the United States to lead a cap-and-trade emissions system for wealthy nations. A well-implemented cap-and-trade system has the perks of providing an absolute maximum for the traded emissions, and of taking advantage of the efficiency of the competitive market equilibrium [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Economics, Greenhouse Gases, Markets | Tagged: cap-and-trade, Climate Change, european union, new york times | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 26, 2009 by Rob Costa
“Have More Sex to Save The Planet” reads the headline on this Times Online Green Central Blog Post. Certainly, it’s quite an attention grabber. Unfortunately the post itself is quite simplistic and does little to create a positive image of sustainability and environmentalism. Humans will have to grapple with shrinking the environmental footprint of our [...]
Filed under: Climate Change, Economics | Tagged: bad journalism, Climate Change, non-market goods, sex, Times Online | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 15, 2009 by Rob Costa
Posted on the Australian CarsGuide website, comes the interesting headline “$20,000 electric car: Toyota FT-EV“. It gets more interesting: since it’s an Australian website, presumably that is the Australian price tag, which makes the American figure $13,162 at the time of this writing (via Google), although the price is still speculation.
Filed under: EVs/Hybrids, Peak Oil | Tagged: Detroit Auto Show, EV, Peak Oil, toyota | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 12, 2009 by Tom Jakubowski
An amazing collection of idiotic political cartoons pushing the “If Global Warming Is Real Then Why Is It Cold” talking point:
http://ifglobalwarmingisrealthenwhyisitcold.blogspot.com/
Filed under: Climate Change | Tagged: Climate Change, politican cartoons | Leave a Comment »
Posted on January 8, 2009 by Rob Costa
William Gross, founder of Pimco was interviewed on CNBC today about the federal government’s role in solving the financial crisis. Obviously, Mr. Gross is a very smart man, and he discussed a number of issues. I do, however, have to take issue with one of his points:
If you have to put 20% down on a [...]
Filed under: Economic Crisis: 2008 | Tagged: CNBC, Economics, house prices, mortgages, Pimco, William Gross | Leave a Comment »
