Paul Krugman has some optimistic economic commentary on solar energy in the NYT today, titled "Here comes solar energy".
It can not be emphasized enough, his points about indirect subsidies to dirty energy sources in the form of shifting the indirect social costs (health and environmental damage) of coal and fracking onto the public. The playing field is not level and tipped in precisely the wrong direction if we are serious about a better future for ourselves and the planet.
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One of the points about science funding I've tried to make over the years (we have been blogging a long time, haven't we?) is that the
One of my Christmas gifts this year was an external flash unit for my DSLR, replacing one that broke a while back. Given that the camera has a built-in flash, you might wonder why I need this extra bulky gadget, so to answer that question, here's a composite of five pictures I took today:
Strategus aloeus - Ox Beetles, female (left) and male
Arizona, USA
In an otherwise excellent article about the failures of the U.S.
David Roberts has written two great pieces related to this.
On the various subsidies to the fossil fuel industries:
http://www.grist.org/energy-policy/2011-10-26-direct-subsidies-to-fossi…
On conservative preference for the status quo:
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/11/04/361458/the-gop-brain-explained…