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The “anti-growth” perspective and implications for longer- range global policy | Karen Langbehn
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The “anti-growth” perspective and implications for longer- range global policy. My brief comments below are in response to an insightful post by Roger Pielke, Jr., titled “ What Does it Mean to be Anti-Growth? 8221; In this argument, Pielke re-defines “anti-growth” by organizing it into three emphases:. Identifying the real terms of the debate about economic growth, as Pielke has done here. Unravels it so that we can more fully understand what we’re. Talking about when arguing pro- or anti-growth. Th...
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Lies, damn lies, and energy statistics « Carbon Counter
https://carboncounter.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/lies-damn-lies-and-energy-statistics
Observations on energy and climate change from Robert Wilson. Lies, damn lies, and energy statistics. March 28, 2015. April 9, 2015. Here is a simple and incredibly effective way to make it seem that a power plant will generate much more electricity than it actually will: talk purely about the amount of electricity it will supply to homes. I consider myself well informed about these issues, and half capable of counting. But what am. To make of “millions of houses” as a unit of measure? So, there are arou...
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