Wilkins on the move
When we looked at the collapse of the Wilkins ice bridge the experts thought it could make the remaining ice unstable. My own expectation since we are heading into winter was that things would ice over for the period. Well, [...]
Rudd to announce delay in ETS
Alert commenters on two threads have pointed out the Rudd is expected to announce that the CPRS will be delayed for a year. Certainly the politics was becoming difficult. During the Brisbane hearing Christine Milne told me she thought that [...]
Monbiot, air travel and targets
In the discussion thread of the post Climate crunch carbonsink @ 131 linked to Monbiot’s 2006 piece on air travel. Here’s an extract: …while the mean distance travelled by car in the UK is 9,200 miles per year, in a [...]
Defence White Paper
Clearly, the cost-cutting in the Defence Department has already begun. While the 2000 Defence White Paper had an ample supply of stock photos, the 2009 White Paper‘s only image is the three submarines on the front cover. Not a diagram, [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Hey Charger, can you spare a dime?
The smallest of the Big Three American car makers, Chrysler, is now in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, after negotiations between the company, the US government, and its creditors broke down. A government-supported rescue plan – assuming it survives bankruptcy court, which [...]
Climate crunch
If you thought my post on the recent Copenhagen conference of scientists was gloomy, George Monbiot has topped it: Quietly in public, loudly in private, climate scientists everywhere are saying the same thing: it’s over. The years in which more [...]
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