Did I mention that oftentimes state level ballot propositions will directly contradict county and city level ones? (View Post)

California is a a very good example of the dangers of ballot propositions (i.e. referendum). Voters continually vote for very dumb things: and insurance is one of the areas where regulation by refere… (View Post)

Nothing could be further from the truth. Irrespective of government action, carbon emissions will fall because solar is becoming by far the cheapest way of generating electricity. (View Post)

China installed around two thirds of the world's new wind and solar last year. (View Post)

The crazy bit is that an 80% reduction is easy, particularly in electricity generation. And once we've done that, technology will have moved on, and it might turn out the next 80% is now easy to… (View Post)