New Zealand: The burping cow problem | BayBuzz

As most know, in NZ our methane-burping cows are the chief contributors to the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for 32% of all NZ emissions. Methane has a twenty times greater impact on the “greenhouse effect” than carbon dioxide. Transportation is the next largest sector in terms of emissions, at 20%. Followed by nitrous oxide from agriculture at 16%.

So, solving the problem of the burping cow is an extremely significant challenge to New Zealand.
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So important is the burping cow that one could make an argument that New Zealand, if it wishes to be recognised for global leadership on climate change, should spare no effort to become the nation that solves the methane problem. NZ should pour resources into a scientific quest to solve this problem — NZ’s scientific equivalent of putting the first man on the moon — as its main contribution to the cause.

The Reality-Based Community: Two birds, one stone

5. A greenhouse gas tax is just as good as a well-designed cap and trade, and much better than the mess likely to emerge out of Waxman-Markey.

6. A greenhouse gas tax can raise quite a bit of revenue.

7. That revenue could be used to help "pay" for health care reform. And a revenue measure is clearly relevant to Budget Reconciliation.

Thirty years later: “A Crisis of Confidence”

Thirty years ago, on 15 July 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave the “Crisis of Confidence” speech which, sadly, remains all too relevant today. This speech was amid the second oil crisis, well before our knowledge of Global Warming being so strongly supported by science. Even so, with the exception of a few items (such as the emphasis on coal and shale to be exploited), Carter’s recommendations would make sense to execute today. 30 years later, read the speech and/or listen to it.

Sir Gus O’Donnell warns of sweeping cuts in public services

Britain’s most senior civil servant has warned of sweeping cuts in some public services to maintain spending on key government programmes such as those dealing with care for the elderly, obesity and climate change.

energy efficient incandescent light bulbs

Could something as simple as a light bulb really make that big of a difference in the fight against global warming? The answer is a resounding YES.