http://climateanswers.info What we can and should do to prevent dangerous climate change and also to make us more secure, richer and happier Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:10:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/31-july-2010-european-commission-sensible-on-coal-subsidies-but-not-on-nuclear-fusion/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/31-july-2010-european-commission-sensible-on-coal-subsidies-but-not-on-nuclear-fusion/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:05:44 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4069 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/31-july-2010-european-commission-sensible-on-coal-subsidies-but-not-on-nuclear-fusion/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/the-eu-must-support-clean-energy-not-dirty-coal/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/the-eu-must-support-clean-energy-not-dirty-coal/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:22:40 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4067 The European Commission has proposed that subsidies to hard coal should be phased out by 2014. This is good, but must be agreed by EU national governments, some of whom will almost certainly try to extend the deadline.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/the-eu-must-support-clean-energy-not-dirty-coal/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:47:07 +0000 Prashant Vaze http://climateanswers.info/?p=4065 40% of heat in Denmark is delivered through district heating networks and 82% of this heat comes from Combined Heat and Power plants. How has Denmark done so well?]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/why-can%e2%80%99t-we-all-be-more-like-the-danes-2/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-going-to-california/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-going-to-california/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:08:55 +0000 Prashant Vaze http://climateanswers.info/?p=4063 Lessons from California on what to do - and what not to do.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-going-to-california/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/29-july-2010-uk-localism/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/29-july-2010-uk-localism/#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:02:32 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4008 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/29-july-2010-uk-localism/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-vermont/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-vermont/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:40:06 +0000 Prashant Vaze http://climateanswers.info/?p=4031 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/repowering-communities-case-study-vermont/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-edward-stalnaker-on-summer-temperatures/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-edward-stalnaker-on-summer-temperatures/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:07:20 +0000 Webmaster http://climateanswers.info/?p=4025 Question: Why is it hottest in the late summer when the days are getting shorter, rather than around the summer solstice when the days are the longest? Edward Stalnaker]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-edward-stalnaker-on-summer-temperatures/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-caroline-westgate-on-nuclear-waste/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-caroline-westgate-on-nuclear-waste/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:00:39 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=4023 How are you going to persuade people like me to accept new nuclear power plants when no-one seems to have a strategy for dealing with the radioactive waste from the old installations? Caroline Westgate]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/question-from-caroline-westgate-on-nuclear-waste/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/switzerland-climate-and-energy-statistics/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/switzerland-climate-and-energy-statistics/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:23:56 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3998 This document sets out some of the important climate change statistics concerning energy use in Switzerland.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/switzerland-climate-and-energy-statistics/feed/ 2 http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/new-zealand-climate-and-energy-statistics/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/new-zealand-climate-and-energy-statistics/#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:52 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3986 This document sets out some of the important climate change statistics concerning energy use in New Zealand.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/new-zealand-climate-and-energy-statistics/feed/ 0