Jeff Rubin at The Business of Climate Change
Jeff Rubin, the former Chief Economist of CIBC World Markets, speaks at The Business of Climate Change conference.
Per Karlberg
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global water and air volume
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Newsweek - Everything You Know About China Is Wrong
"Beijing has been feted for uniquely steady helmsmanship in financial storms. So perhaps it's natural for forecasters to assume that the Chinese supertanker of state is not turning sharply now, particularly since it continues to grow rapidly even as other economies sink in the recession. Yet this crisis is different—bigger and more damaging than any seen in generations—and it is exposing limits and forcing change in just about every key piece of the China model: the supremacy of the one-party state, the smart economic management, the export-driven growth, the emerging consumer class, the burgeoning private sector, the headlong focus on growth at any environmental cost, and the drive to build world-class companies."
Det går att ana skadeglädje och formuleringarna är inte alltid så objektiva, men det är ändå intressant att höra, i många fall, pålästa personer uttala de reservationer som finns mot the China way.
NYT - Beijing’s Air Is Cleaner, but Far From Clean"Roughly four million vehicles clog Beijing roads, seven times the number about 15 years ago. On any given day, another 1,500 new vehicles join the crush. So it is no surprise that Beijing has some of the worst air pollution of any big city on earth.
No, the surprise is this: Beijing’s air is actually getting cleaner. China may have a hard-earned reputation for long-neglected and fearsome environmental problems, from poisoned rivers to chemical-belching smelters. But the nation’s capital, Beijing, is trying hard to clean up its dirty air."
No, the surprise is this: Beijing’s air is actually getting cleaner. China may have a hard-earned reputation for long-neglected and fearsome environmental problems, from poisoned rivers to chemical-belching smelters. But the nation’s capital, Beijing, is trying hard to clean up its dirty air."
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Kanske motsatsen till den andra artikeln. Kul att höra lite positivt om miljöarbetet i Peking.
Klimatvidriga incitament
"Saudi Arabia is trying to enlist other oil-producing countries to support a provocative idea: if wealthy countries reduce their oil consumption to combat global warming, they should pay compensation to oil producers. The oil-rich kingdom has pushed this position for years in earlier climate-treaty negotiations."
Låter väldigt osympatiskt och mycket märkligt.
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NYT - Saudis Seek Payments for Any Drop in Oil Revenues
Musseldriven teknologi
Statoil ville minska kostnaderna vid sina oljeriggar eftersom det världsekonomiska läget kräver mer effektivitet. En besvärande dyr aktivitet är att övervaka undervattensläckor, det har tidigare skötts med dykare på stora djup. Efter lite klurande kom man fram till att kostnaderna kunde miskas dramatiskt genom att använda blåmusslor och RFID-chips. När musslan känner av en oljeläcka kommer den att stänga skalet, vilket triggar RFID-chippet som sitter på skalet att skicka en signal och oljeflödet stannar omedelbart. Det är en sensor som utvecklats av evolutionen för att klara de tuffa förhållandena på djupt salt vatten under miljarder år. (Lösningen utvecklades med IBM)Läs mer här: Smart SOA in Tough Economic Climate (+ “mollusc-driven architecture”)
