Canary in the Coal Mine - Day

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

1:00PM

"France's nuclear reactor fleet has almost entirely decarbonized their electricity production. If the rest of the developed world followed the French electricity model, global CO2 emissions would drop by about a third. Most countries are now rolling back their nuclear power plans. Germany simply went whole-hog on the "new renewable" bandwagon without a single thought for the practical implementation. They are now an example of how not to be green. Germany is now actually increasing its carbon output because of their terribly-mismanaged solar power binge. "

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1:48PM

Paper from the World Bank about inequality. It shows that the primary drive of inequality in the world is location, not class

http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/IW3P/IB/2012/11/06/000158349_20121106085546/Rendered/PDF/wps6259.pdf

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