Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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The former draws the wrong lessons from the latter
The Mustache of Understanding brings us another variant of the Brazil is awesome! story, and commits the standard two errors:- He conflates corn-based and cellulosic ethanol, failing to note that Brazil uses the latter and we the former.
- He makes no mention of the fact that Brazil's per-capita energy use is about an eighth of ours (1,064 vs. 7,921 kgoe per-person-per-year, as of 2001).
These facts are relevant to an assessment of Brazil's success with biofuels, no?
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A way to stamp out SUVs
John asked yesterday why we hadn't managed to get rid of the SUV.
Why? Because we haven't yet organized anything like this.
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Montana and Nevada ‘regulatory-takings’ initiatives die
"Regulatory-takings" initiatives -- like the dread Measure 37 in Oregon -- have died in Montana and Nevada. A significant victory for the forces of good and light.
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Check it out
This video is from an incredibly clever ad campaign by Solon AG Fuer Solartechnik, a solar-cell and -panel manufacturer:
