Carbon trading has arrived

Image source: www.wri.org I listened to an excellent podcast from ABC’s Background Briefing the other day. Entitled: ‘The rise of the carbon traders’, it gives an excellent overview of the current state of play in this rapidly emerging market, created to address the growing problem of global warming. The audio runs for 49 minutes, and [...]

Why green energy is cheap

The BBC News web site reports this week that Green energy is to ‘cost consumers’. According to a report published by the UK’s National Audit Office (NAO), consumers face a 5% rise in electricity bills by the end of the decade to help meet government targets on renewable energy. The NAO concludes therefore that renewable [...]

Petro-addiction on the wane?

Great article in The Economist this week entitled The end of the oil age (password required).