Tag: climate
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Can Technology Solve Our Climate Problems?
After reading Cambridge physicist David MacKay’s much lauded Sustainable Energy (free download available), the FT Economist Tim Harford worries that we are “too complacent about technological fixes for the twin problems of climate change and finite oil and gas reserves”. Harford suggests that if we contemplate the idea that technological progress may not solve these…
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The Carbon Footprint of Various Meats
From an article discussing the effect farm emissions have on the environment: a graph depicting the different amounts of carbon dioxide produced from rearing various animals for consumption. It’s interesting to see how various foodstuffs compare, but I’d really like to see another comparing pounds of CO2 to pounds of protein (rather than just raw product). via…