Monday, September 05, 2011

Global Mean Sea Level Determination: An Ocean Of Uncertainty
What follows is a good overview explaining why the measurement of Global Mean Sea Level (GMSL) is fraught with much uncertainty and so subject to substantial error. Michael Limburg of the European Institute for Climate and Energy tells us why.
Green energy and jobs will cripple the UK economy • The Register
The UK's headlong rush into renewable energy – one ignored by the rest of the world – will hit British jobs and then general incomes, an economic study finds.
Broken Windows, Ozone, and Jobs - Krugman - NYTimes.com
And now you can see why tighter ozone regulation would actually have created jobs: it would have forced firms to spend on upgrading or replacing equipment, helping to boost demand. Yes, it would have cost money — but that’s the point! And with corporations sitting on lots of idle cash, the money spent would not, to any significant extent, come at the expense of other investment.
40pc of Australians cut spending because of carbon price worries
Carbon tax concerns are crushing consumer confidence and curtailing spending at the nation’s cash registers, retailers say.

Forty per cent of Australians have reduced spending and almost one in five have slashed purchases significantly due to worries about the impact of a carbon price, a survey has found.

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