Unthreaded
PR article in the Times : Green skyscraper’s algae walls eat pollution
the six eco-friendly concepts up for the future project of the year award at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam in December range from the fantastic to the fantastical. There are forest dwellings proposed for a site at Samutprakarn, Thailand, and the masterplan for Oslo Airport City, a district powered entirely by renewable energy and served by driverless electric vehicles, has received the backing of the Norwegian government. A project to protect the Port of Houston from storm surges with mid-bay islands and gates remains largely speculative.
stewgreen
via @TheGWPFcom
SIMON KUPER FT Magazine
The myth of green growth
https://www.ft.com/content/47b0917c-f523-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654
Makes sense Green is so often more expensive so you don't get growth at the same time.
stewgreen
Ah OK
stewgreen
It was only the US version they were talking about being pulped.
TinyCO2
@Tiny @Tomo someone said that Wolf's book was getting pulped
but the Times editorial wrote
"why does Virago intend to proceed with the paperback version of what is obviously a flawed enterprise?"
stewgreen
I'm catching up with Thursdays Times since someone nicked it at the library
"There is a slight snag. Green bonds are good news for the City, but for the environment?
Not so much. They share flaws seen in many financial innovations: they are complex, expensive and not very effective. Worse, the hype risks damaging the broader green finance effort."
They say corps just use them for current non-risky projects
Doesn't see paywalledhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/past-six-days/2019-10-25/business/green-bonds-are-not-the-panacea-their-supporters-claim-and-they-know-it-vfwgfwtr8
stewgreen
Ontario, Canada ..what's happening with their leccy prices now ?
This article from 3 years ago was a good proof in the pudding
about how the Ontario govt went for the greendream
and promised leccy prices wouldn't rise
but they actually doubled
The govt tried to claim they had saved billion in coal health care costs
but theat stat doesn't stack up
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/boondoggle-how-ontarios-pursuit-of-renewable-energy-broke-the-provinces-electricity-system
stewgreen
New Mexico's tuition-free college plan would be among the most progressive in the country. But student activists say it relies too much on money from oil. https://nbcnews.to/32RR9Wz
Yup... some people obviously want Smart Meters... I can see a way to help those wishing for 100% renewable electricity... here's hoping The Guardian are early adopters.
tomo
I wouldn't swap an 'easy' job for a 'hard' one at any point. They 'easy' ones are boring, genuinely dirty, low status, thankless and poorly paid. That doesn't mean I won't skive off from the 'hard' stuff to do something entertaining from time to time. The pay allows for both.
Low skilled jobs used to have a simplicity to them but now they're riddled with rules and paperwork.
TinyCO2
Hard and easy jobs. I don't believe this is the defining difference. What is the defining difference is between interesting and repetitive jobs. That's why mature students return to education, and why graduates compete for and accept poorly paid positions in their subject area, and why it can be said of many occupations that those doing them would turn up even if there were no pay. My wife said this of me many times and it was the reason I accepted several major pay cuts to teach and then to teach in a British university. Interaction with stimulating young people was a delight, as was doing research - finding new things that others were interested in. I have been extraordinarily fortunate almost all my life to have interesting things to do. Late in life I found the pleasures of blogging, which is why I write here.