I came across a very interesting website today via an article from Les Echos. This page is about peak oil, the point where half of oil reserves will be used up and according to this source, it should occur around 2015, ie. in less than ten years. David Strahan, the author of The last oil […]
Peak oil is near… around 2015 ! Read More »
One of the most interesting theories on climate change mitigation I came across was written by Robert Socolow and Stephen Pacala, professors at Princeton. This theory gives 15 ways to decrease our carbon dioxide emissions.
On Stabilization Wedges Theory – Introduction Read More »
The LCD technology is everywhere now, in our offices, homes etc. At the beginning they replaced our computer screens but they are now replacing our old television sets. We will see today if it is good news for the electricity consumption.
A look at the electricity consumption of LCD screens Read More »
The IPCC paper shows the existence of numerous solutions to mitigate and even stop climate change. Here are some of them that can, and have to, be putted in place before 2030.
Solutions from the IPCC report Read More »
As I wrote here on Friday, below is a short version of the Summary of Policymakers of the third Working Group of AR4. Those pages concern the mitigation of climate change. We will see it is still time to act and hope remains.
Conclusions of Working Group III of AR4 Read More »
Yesterday, at 8 pm for French time, a new President has been elected by the French people. Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy stated that his main combat would be for environment and against climate change. This is indeed good news.
Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy is the new French President Read More »
The International Panel on Climate Change ( IPCC ) released the third Summary for Policy-makers of their Fourth Assessment Report. It is available there. I haven’t read it yet but will do a article I will publish on Monday.
Third part of AR4 released Read More »
To fully understand why geopolitics are so important when it comes to climate change and to better understand how it can be fought, I will give in today’s article an overview of carbon dioxide emissions in the world.
A brief look at global carbon dioxide emissions Read More »
Just a quick note to state that the new version of elrst.com, the one you are reading just now, is four month old. I take the opportunity here to thank you readers for your interest in my humble blog.
After four months of blogging… Read More »
The third part of the fourth assessment report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is to be released on Friday. This one will tackle the responses that can be brought to mitigate climate change.
Third part of AR4 to be released on friday Read More »
