There’s a sobering article in the Washington Post called It Happened to Him. It’s Happening to You.
Now we face the possibility of mass extinction event No. 6. No big killer asteroid is in sight. Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are not of the scale to cause mass extinction. Yet recent studies show that troubling earlier projections […]
Antarctic Ice as seen in Google Earth
There’s a story in the International Herald Tribune titled , citing a study published in last week’s Nature Geoscience that paints yet another gloomy picture.
Skeptics about global warming often point to Antarctica to show that Al Gore and others who worry about climate change have exaggerated the dangers greatly. […]
On 18 January this year the Australian consumer watchdog, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission or simply the ACCC announced they were taking action against GM Holden over their Saab ‘green’ claims, alleging misleading and deceptive conduct and false representations concerning ‘green’ claims made in the advertising of Saab vehicles.
The ACCC alleges that the Saab […]
Another great talk from the TED conference, this time by energy expert Amory Lovins who explains, in simple terms even a politician could understand, his plans for weaning the USA, and by extension the rest of the world too I’d assume, off its oil addiction. His book, Winning the Oil Endgame is available as […]
The UK’s Telegraph is reporting on a new report by the Worldwatch Institute in a story Global warming ‘changing world economy’.
Global warming is forcing the world to change the way it does business, according to a new report.
A more sustainable global economy is emerging as countries and companies move to combat the challenges posed by […]
Photo ©2006 Dave Sag. Used with permission
Late last year the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story Carbon cuts ‘affordable’: report.
The Climate Institute today released findings which it says show there will be little economic impact if Australia establishes measures to reduce greenhouse gases.
The report, prepared by the institute, CSIRO and Monash University, found that […]
The Air Car is the product of over fourteen years of research and development by former Formula One racing engineer Guy Nègre and runs on compressed air. The giant Indian car maker Tata Motors has invested heavily in the project and they expect the cars to be rolling out in Europe and India soon. […]
Photo ©2006 Dave Sag. Used with permission
Every so often we get an email enquiry that raises some very valid concerns. In this case we received an email from a chap who claims that there is “no way that a first class passenger is responsible for 3 times the carbon emissions of an economy passenger.”
He […]
Social network sites have traditionally been seen as either playthings for bored office workers, dating site equivalents for lusty students, helper kits internet-stalkers or fronts for the CIA, but today I think I actually found something useful in facebook. Carpooling.
Previously, online ride-sharing was a risky and difficult endeavour for any user. Finding a ride […]
Matt and Dave at Carbon Planet’s Summernats stand
Cars, big loud cars, are an Australian cultural tradition. Every year some 150,000 people, car lovers all, descend upon the nation’s capital, Canberra, for a week of high-octane engines, burning tyres, white smoke and wet t-shirt competitions. V-8 cars compete for attention with spoiler-laden trucks, drag […]