UWA has suffered some consternation from involving itself with Bjorn Lomborg, who is sometimes seen as a climate change denier. This review presents a more nuanced view -
http://www.pannelldiscussions.net/2015/04/280-lomborg-at-uwa/
It seems to bottom line for policy is to assume that politics will not be able to coordinate a response to prevent climate change, so we would be better served by policy to help us adapt.
Monday, 20 April 2015
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
From Gulliver's Travels - "two blades of grass"
A good quote for any farmer, from Gulliver's Travels -"Whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.This thought must have been around in the 1960s, because it was on my father's mind at the time. At that time, farming was the place to be, in W.A. The thought was the basis for my logo when I started my own consulting business.Shame that politicians have not been held in higher regard, but maybe "t'was ever thus...
Sunday, 5 April 2015
Blogs, Facebook and/or Twitter?
Why does Phillip Adams do Twitter, but not Facebook?
https://twitter.com/PhillipAdams_1/status/582423576269221888
Maybe it stream-lines access to information of interest, in the same way as a newspaper headline.
So maybe it is worth a try???
https://twitter.com/PhillipAdams_1/status/582423576269221888
Maybe it stream-lines access to information of interest, in the same way as a newspaper headline.
So maybe it is worth a try???
Australia as a nuclear waste dump?
Today's Classic FM midday interview by Margaret Throsby was with Bob Hawke, though it was rebroadcast from last April.
One of his views is that Australia should offer itself as a dump for nuclear waste. While recognising that this would be controversial, it would generate valuable income for remote regions and facilitate the greening of world energy supplies. Apparently, we could offer world's best of stable geology and politics.
If it is accepted that an emotional response is not the only way to make sensible policy decisions, this would make for an interesting "economic" question. For all the faults of economic analysis, perhaps it is the only way to combine financial issues with local and international cost/benefit analysis, and in this case a large negative "feel-good" factor.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2015/04/06/4210403.htm
One of his views is that Australia should offer itself as a dump for nuclear waste. While recognising that this would be controversial, it would generate valuable income for remote regions and facilitate the greening of world energy supplies. Apparently, we could offer world's best of stable geology and politics.
If it is accepted that an emotional response is not the only way to make sensible policy decisions, this would make for an interesting "economic" question. For all the faults of economic analysis, perhaps it is the only way to combine financial issues with local and international cost/benefit analysis, and in this case a large negative "feel-good" factor.
http://www.abc.net.au/classic/content/2015/04/06/4210403.htm