Does Energy Policy Matter?

…the image of the most recent IPCC report. Now let me return to more direct effects of politics, or of strategies and fate. Consider the evolution of the USSR energy…

Liberazione dell’Ambiente at Amazon

Jesse Ausubel’s autobiography, La liberazione dell’ambiente, is now available at Amazon Italy and on sale in bookstores throughout Italy. Here’s a photo of Jesse with publisher Sante di Renzo, editor…

Mitigation and Adaptation for Climate Change: Answers and Questions

JH Ausubel. The Bridge 23 (3): 15–30 1993 Also pp. 557-584 in Costs, Impacts, and Benefits of CO2 Mitigation, Y. Kaya, N. Nakicenovic, W.D. Nordhaus, and F.L. Toth, eds., International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria, 1993.

…1991a, Energy and environment: the light path, Energy Systems and Policy 15:181-188. Ausubel, J.H., 1991b, Does climate still matter?, Nature 350:649-652. Birdsall, N., 1992, Another look at Population and Global Warming, Country Economics Department, World…

Jesse’s autobiography published & on sale

…a little more information, please see the 26 February 2014 post. Including tax and shipping to the USA, the cost on a Mastercard or Visa is EUR 26.48    …

Godfather – The Scientist

…godfather?” asked Don Gvishiani. Chapter 4 The first one to see Baxter enter the Schloss was Vivien Schimmel. She forgot her secretarial dignity for a moment and squealed “Frankie.” Then, she ran into his arms. He…

Special Report

…benefit. The warmer it gets, the more air conditioners people buy. And the more air conditioners they buy, the warmer it gets: Air conditioners, after all, are major consumers of…

Does Climate Still Matter?

JH Ausubel. Nature 350: 649–652 1991

…Trends worldwide and in Austria, International Part (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, 1989). 22. Economic Planning Agency Economic Survey of Japan, 1987-1988 (Tokyo, 1989). 23. Statistiches Bundesamt Wirtschaft und Statistik 4/89 (Metzler-Poeschl, Stuttgart, 1989)….

Related Links

…Environmental Progress PHE collaborates with Environmental Progress, led by Michael Shellenberger, which seeks to lift humans out of poverty, and save the natural environment by removing obstacles to cheap, reliable…

Decarbonization: The Next 100 Years

…Pacific in 1 hour.  I am speaking now of 100 years, but that is our time frame.  The maglevs would help spread the infrastructure cost over multiple uses.             As with ZEPPS, magic…

Census of Marine Life Reef book

…appears… Spineless, the incomparable photographer Susan Middleton’s book on invertebrates, has appeared. A good article https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/gorgeous-portraits-spineless-sea-creatures-180953078/?no-ist For sale at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Spineless-Susan-Middleton/dp/1419710079/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414756006&sr=1-1 This was also an exhibit at SFO airport: https://www.flysfo.com/content/museum-exhibit-spineless-portraits-marine-invertebrates…