In defence of China, they are also installing enormous quantities of renewable generation, and their emissions are expected to peak (at a far lower amount per capita than ours did) and start falling … (View Post)

Sadly, I think you are right. When even the smart people on this forum will bend over backwards to justify or excuse the continued extraction and consumption of fossil fuels (no, somebody else has to… (View Post)

Looking on the bright side, Birmingham will one day become the capital of the North-West European archipelago, and the nearest beach will be just down the road at Tamworth-on-Sea. (View Post)

It doesn't take an economist to see that if, in 15 years or so, the world is consuming half as much oil as it is now - as it must if we at all serious about limiting climate change - then it must als… (View Post)

Well it does seem to me that it would make more sense to keep our reserves under the ground until they are needed for the production of plastics, lubricants, etc, rather than burning most of them now… (View Post)