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/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/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:31:05 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3958 The demand to ‘make the polluter pay’ by putting a price on the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases produced has been a major point of discussion and debate across Europe since the mid-1980s. This article summarises carbon and energy taxes existing in European countries and how effective they have been.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/07/carbon-and-energy-taxes-in-europe/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/ http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:53:07 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=3435 All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on heat and electricity - energy efficiency, fuel poverty and energy production.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-23-june-2009-can-coal-ever-be-clean/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-23-june-2009-can-coal-ever-be-clean/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:46:01 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=1092 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/editorial-23-june-2009-can-coal-ever-be-clean/feed/ 0 http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/carbon-capture-and-storage/ http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/carbon-capture-and-storage/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:26:06 +0000 Stephen Tindale http://climateanswers.info/?p=1075 Coal has a very high carbon content, so is a major source of greenhouse gasses and the economic costs of polluting the atmosphere are not borne by the polluter, In economic jargon, 'the externalities are not internalised'.]]> http://climateanswers.info/2009/06/carbon-capture-and-storage/feed/ 0