Oh, the humanity: Higher Temperatures in U.S. East May Cut Energy Use by 20% - Bloomberg
Milder weather in much of the central and eastern U.S. next week may mean the region will use about 20 percent less energy for heating than usual, according
to David Salmon of Weather Derivatives.
BBC News - UN panel aims for 'a future worth choosing'
Growing inequality, environmental decline and "teetering" economies mean the world must change the way it does business, a UN report concludes.
..."Economies are teetering. Inequality is growing. And global temperatures continue to rise.
"We are testing the capacity of the planet to sustain us."
OneSteel gets $64m ahead of carbon tax | Finance | BigPond News
Manufacturer OneSteel will receive $64 million to help it prepare for the introduction of federal government's carbon tax in July.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet on Monday announced the advance payment had been finalised under the government's $300 million Steel Transformation Plan (STP).
OneSteel expects to receive the payment within 30 days and it will be recorded as income in the company's financial statements for fiscal 2012.
Labor finalised a similar $100 advance to BlueScope Steel in December.
New evidence for climate impacts on ancient societies
European summer climate during the Roman Era about 2,000 years ago was relatively warm and wet and characterized by less variability. Increased climate variations from around 250-600 A.D. coincided with the demise of the Western Roman Empire and the exceptional turmoil of the Migration Period during which the continent’s population was substantially reordered.
The new study also revealed that humid and mild summers paralleled the rapid cultural and political growth of Medieval Europe, whereas unfavorable climate may have played a role in the underlying health conditions that contributed to the devastating economic crisis that arose in connection with the Black Death plague pandemic in the 14th century. More recently, temperature minima in the early 17th and 19th centuries coincided with large-scale settlement abandonment during the Thirty Years’ War and the modern mass migrations from Europe to America.
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Climate Change Minister... sounds like some kind of Orwellian position of some freaky future-scare movie.
Can you believe Australia, though? Europe is on the verge of going belly up largely because of its inane, super expensive, pointless green energy programs. Now Australia follows Europes path, like a lemming. I guess Australia doesn't have a lot of Einsteins.
Everything is going to be a lot more expensive. But add to that that the govt, with the huge steel subsidies, and everywhere else, has just starting throwing money down the drain. What are they thinking? This country is going to go under... or, maybe, down under.
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