George Soros

I like Soros' weathered face. I'm reminded of Saul Bellow's advice that you should only trust someone if they look as though they have been kicked around a little

Miliband Gets Shirty

Go Miliband! Drive over the nimbys in a solar powered tank. Undemocratic, but its an emergency.

CNN Plonker

Encouraging to hear a CNN presenter interview the CEO of Anadarko recently about 'stupid' cap and trade legislation, before discussing the coming events at Copenhagen 'in the Netherlands'

Tripping up on J street

An excellent article on the coherence of 'J Street', a new liberal US lobby trying to advance a pro-Israel, pro-peace message and emasculate the very harmful (and powerful)American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) - which is preventing the US taking a strong line on the settlements. An unwalkable path, says Max Ajl. Depressingly, he may be right.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10868.shtml

Total tell UK to get candles ready

Christophe de Margerie, Total’s chief executive, just told the FT that a clear framework needs to be put forward regarding carbon otherwise fossil fuel energy companies won't have the information they need to weigh up investments, leading to a supply crunch. Uncertainty is a greater problem for these companies than a clear tax framework, even if that tax cuts deep.

Then he told the UK to 'get the candles ready' if we don't sort it out.

Poor Saudis

Saudi Arabia wants financial compensation for a climate change deal that kicks the global oil habit. Bless.

Solar powered space ships

There has been much talk recently of satellites to catch sunlight for energy shipment back to earth. I can't imagine the profit margins are very tasty on that kind of enterprise??