Presley K. Wesseh, Jr. Energy Economist / Applied Econometrician
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Posted September 2, 2014
Is climate change a good surrogate for environmental deterioration?
Peter Bartelmus
Professor at Bergische Universität
WuppertalTop Contributor
Many models and measures use carbon dioxide emissions to represent environmental impacts. For example, the World Bank uses them for its adjusted net savings indicator and the Ecological Footprint claims that its carbon footprint can 'unite all of all the ecological threats we face today'. But should one topic in the limelight overshadow other concerns such as deforestation, water shortage, pollution or nuclear risks (Bartelmus, Sustainability Economics, Routledge, 2013)? My own rough (green accounting) estimates find that in 2006 the world-wide costs of climate change are about 8% of total environmental cost (with China: 30% and the USA 15%) (Bartelmus, Environmental Economics 68, 2009, 1850-1857). Isn't it time to question the validity of those measures and models that take global warming as t h e indicator of environmental decline?
Posted August 21, 2014
CATO AT LIBERTY
A Clear Example of IPCC Ideology Trumping Fact
By PATRICK J. MICHAELS and PAUL C. "CHIP" KNAPPENBERGER
The Current Wisdom is a series of monthly articles in which Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. “Chip” Knappenberger, from Cato’s Center for the Study of Science, review interesting items on global warming in the scientific literature that may not have received the media attention that they deserved, or have been misinterpreted in the popular press.
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When it comes to global warming, facts often take a back seat to fiction. This is especially true with proclamations coming from the White House. But who can blame them, as they are just following the lead from Big Green groups (aka, “The Green Blob”), the U.S. Climate Change Research Program (responsible for the U.S.
Posted July 21, 2014
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Russia And USA: Cold War Or Energy Confrontation?
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New report by former Chief of Energy at the United Nations analyzes the developing energy confrontation between the US and Russia.
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Descriptive natural gas and oil comparison; The most revealing aspects of Western European business today.
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Gazprom anticipates profit in bypassing Ukraine as the main route for Russian gas exports.
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Cold facts and data tables; the result of an energy confrontation between US and Russia.
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After the end of the Second World War in 1945, the establishment of the United Nations as a guarantor of the independence of sovereign states was aimed at permanent world peace. Instead, the world was, in fact, politically divided in the so-called Cold War especially between the USA and their allies in Western Europe and Asian countries where their economies largely
Posted July 20, 2014
Conflict: Professor Michael Klare believes there will be bloodshed as countries seek to protect their natural resources
The new 30 Years War: Why energy will be the next battlefield
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
UPDATED: 16:00 GMT, 30 June 2011
The world is about to descend into a 30 year war as the battle for energy heats up, it has been claimed.
World security expert Michael Klare believes the next three decades will see powerful corporations at serious risk of going bust, nations fighting for their futures and significant bloodshed.
He said the winners in the race for energy security will get to decide how we live, work and play in future years - with the losers 'cast aside and dismembered'.