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Tag Archives: economics
Wake-up Call On Water Crisis
A growing number of people, inclouding Bill McKibben of 350.org, are raising awareness that the reality of climate change is being seen in drinking water supplies around the world. “Within a decade there are likely to be 150 million restive climate migrants roaming the globe. They won’t go quietly, wherever they go. Many of them [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged climate change, crisis, drinking water, global warming, water 2 Comments
Bernanke To Stay On As Fed Chairman
Statement by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke: Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to express my gratitude to President Obama for the confidence he has shown in me with this nomination and for his unwavering support for a strong and independent Federal Reserve. It has been a particular privilege for me to serve with extraordinary [...]
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American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
The Energy Information Administration has released a report analyzing H.R. 2454 energy legislation. The major impact of the bill is “cap and trade”. Under the plan, greenhouse gases will be capped and reduced through 2050. Read The American Clean Energy Report
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged cap and trade, climate change, energy, global warming, greenhouse gases, markets Leave a comment
Economics Of Alternative Energy Consumption
This article is part of a series on The Waterfall House energy experiment. At the beginning of a this experiment, an economist said, “Using water will be cheaper than using electricity to control our environment.” A scientist said, “It can not be done.” So, the economist set-up the scientific experiment in an attempt to prove [...]
Posted in energy Also tagged climate change, energy, environment, global warming, housing, sustainability Leave a comment
The Hydro Fusion Heating and Cooling System
Introduction Yes. For many years, I have imagined different types of living environments, such as “Tunnel Under.” Tunnel Under living has to do with living underground. It would be a last resort to escape from environmental threats. As a child, I did imagine these events would occur in my life time. Sorry to say, most [...]
Forecasting: The Impact of Governance and Globalization
Traducción al español Based on The Economics Of Y2K Abstract: The Tunnel Under Thesis Planning and control are two traditional functions of management. Once a plan has been determined, it must be carried out. The cost involved in controlling the plan is dependent on the quality of the plan. The quality of the planning function [...]
Posted in economics Also tagged fiscal policy, forecasting, government, monetary policy, the economy 2 Comments
The Economics Of Y2K
The following thesis was started in 1998. As a group heavily involved in IT (information technologies), we were curious as to the implications of the Y2K (year 2000) computer “bug”. At that time, most computers had been built with the ability to handle dates using two digits for the year. When the clocks in computers [...]
Energy Cooperatives Oppose Obama
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) is opposed to the President’s Cap-And-Trade auction plan. Their position statement: Cooperatives Oppose Full Auction of Allowances Under Carbon Cap-and-Trade Under a “Cap and Trade” approach to reducing greenhouse gases, Congress must decide how to distribute emissions allowances. Congress can choose to freely allocate allowances to the regulated [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged cap and trade, carbon credits, climate change, global warming, government, greenhouse gases 1 Comment
Urban Crisis: Poverty and Climate Change
by The World Bank We read Nicholas Stern’s blog post, “Low-Carbon Growth: The Only Sustainable Way to Overcome World Poverty,” with appreciation and enthusiasm. It is an insightful and important essay, illuminating the bedrock recognition on which effective 21st century development efforts must build: global climate change and poverty are inextricably interconnected. The best way [...]
Just Say No To Taxes