Polluters throw tantrum over ETS...

Well, I can’t say I’m surprised. The Business Council of Australia - who represent most of Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters like Alcoa, Xstrata and ExxonMobil - has released a report saying that they won’t like it if the Rudd government makes them lower their emissions. They paid researchers to write a report about the impact of an Emissions Trading Scheme on their businesses. The...

Where’s the love for energy efficiency?...

Whenever you see climate change mentioned in the media, or discussed over a few drinks, all the attention goes to renewables, or the nuclear debate, or whether or not clean coal can get going before it’s too late. No-one mentions energy efficiency unless they’re telling you about their CFL bulbs. Energy efficiency is boring, and dull, and the kind of thing that accountants and people wearing ties would be...

What’s new?...

So, just to round out the week, here’s a few links to green things going on that I thought were interesting: ProQuo has their Top 10 Creative Responses to Junk Mail. I still think it’s better to cut it off at the source, but there’s always one advertiser who thinks their ads aren’t junk, and you have to get rid of it somehow New York is having Summer Streets Saturdays, where a section of the...

Don’t just buy something, share it...

Have you ever stood dithering in the shops, wondering if you really *need* the whatchamacallit you’re about to buy? You want to use it, but you don’t have any particular desire to own it. But there’s no other way to get one of these whatchamacallits, so you take it to the counter and put your money down.This is where product service systems could come in handy. Product service system is a fancier way...

New phone...

On the weekend I got a new phone. My previous phone was a lemon. I’m not going to name the brand or model, because several of my friends had the same type with no problems at all, so I think mine was just a bit of bad luck. However, in spite of it being sent for repairs twice and having frequent cut-off issues, I made it last as long as I could. Now that it’s finally dead, I’ve got an Apple iPhone instead....

Movie review: Syriana...

Syriana is a fictional movie that asks serious questions: Who are the people involved in the oil industry? and what do they get out of it? Environmentalists already know that our addiction to oil is a problem we must solve; and yet other people are more than happy for things to stay just as they are now. Syriana is a political thriller that doesn’t give us any glib answers, but does try to uncover the extent of...