Energy

2013-08-14 PRAGUE – Many today believe that renewable energy will let us get off fossil fuels soon. Unfortunately, the facts say otherwise. According to International Energy Agency data, 13.12% of the world’s energy came from renewables in 1971, the first year that the IEA reported global statistics. In 2011, renewables’ share was actually lower, at 12.99%. Yet a new survey shows that Americans believe that the share of renewables in 2035 will be 30.2%. In reality, it will likely be 14.5%. 

  2013-08-05 Die gegenwärtige Klimapolitik führt nicht zum Ziel, denn die Maßnahmen für den Umstieg auf erneuerbare Energien greifen zu kurz. 

Last week an extraordinary, scary story made climate headlines around the world: a melting Arctic could release an immense amount of methane that would dramatically increase global warming and cost the world a phenomenal $60tn. Fortunately, it is just a scare story. Of course, if you take an implausibly catastrophic event and run it through an implausibly pessimistic economic model, you can get headlines, but you don’t get good policy. The depressing reality is that current climate policies have failed.

2013-07-12 The United Kingdom has been reluctant to join the hydraulic-fracturing (or fracking) revolution. Yet tapping the Bowland Shale could reignite the UK economy and deliver huge cuts in CO2 emissions. 

  2013-07-15 The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently published a report that estimates global shale gas resources. These findings may have a significant impact on energy policy in the future: Shale gas increases global resources of natural gas by a whopping 47 per cent. The shale gas revolution promises to be great news for the Canadian economy, but it is also good news for our climate. 

2013-06-08 Check out these videos of Bjørn Lomborg on the Ezra Levant Show. Realistic remedies for the world Clean, affordable energy The rational approach

2013-06-11 O que estamos prestes a fazer é diminuir a biodiversidade, desperdiçar água, encarecer os alimentos, e gastar muito dinheiro – tudo isso para cortar árvores e queimá-las, e possivelmente aumentar as emissões de CO2. Fomos criados para pensar e fazer melhor do que isto. Leia mais

2013-06-01 La crisis energética ha golpeado duro a Panamá. Con la sequía se produce menos hidroelectricidad y hasta las escuelas y universidades han sido cerradas en un desesperado (...) 

2013-06-03 Kita semua dibesarkan dan diharapkan mendaur ulang kertas demi menyelamatkan hutan Kita menerima e-mail yang tidak terbilang banyaknya yang memperingatkan Mohon perhatikan lingkungan sebelum mencetak Sesungguhnya pemahaman lingkungan itu dilahirkan bersama dengan seruan agar kita melestarikan hutan Tapi sekarang demi menyelamatkan planet bumi dari perubahan iklim pakar lingkungan mengusulkan. (...) 

2013-05-29 By Bjørn Lomborg, in Huffington Post. The UN is pondering which goals to set for the next decades to advance human development and sustainability. A high-level panel including Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and UK Prime Minister David Cameron will be making their recommendations this Friday. They could get a treasure trove of ideas from some of the world's top economists. In a new book, these economists summarize humanity's smartest ideas and best investments.