Update on Rose!
March 16th 2007 12:55
I am so sorry to all my readers that have been waiting with bated breath to hear about the whereabouts of Rosie. Well, you'll all be happy to hear that she has been found! Due to my lack of experience I had managed to park her in front of a "reclamer" (advertisement) and the politie took her away. They took her to a bicycle's paradise: AFAC in North Amsterdam. Took me 3/4 hour and E8 to get out there...and when I arrived...Jezzzus! There were SO MANY bikes! Thousands and thousands, in rows and rows, covering an entire field. So I went in and explained my troubles and they took me outside and there she was! She actually looked better than she did when I lost her, so being incarcerated (or should that be inbikerated) did her some good. I was fined E10 and they cut my lock so I needed another one of those so the mistake cost me E30, but wow the reunion was great. I would HATE Amsterdam without Rose. She defines the Dam for me. She's been around longer than most of its inhabitants (except the really old ones). Besides, you can't live here without a bike, you may as well be somewhere else.
This blogging lark is quite easy isn't it? No wonder people end up writing screeds of nonsense on the internet in the hope that SOMEONE might read what their wee brains are thinking. I know that no one will read this so I am quite confidently mumbling along and thinking about topics. I actually have to write a paper on Malawi and climate change so this is a lengthy distraction.
The thing I wonder is whether this internet blogging determines my individuality or whether it illustrates that I am just like everyone else. Let's be frank, most people would write what interests them, in such a way that they are happy with how they sound and what image it sends of them. Yet there aren't many blogs I would be bother to read, they are only the ramblings of a person who thinks their thoughts are important enough to record and one day someone might say "good god how right are you!? you should be elevated to the status of an internationally renowned writer on all things human- basically tell us what you think about stuff". People who have this status include Alan de Botton and Bill Bryson, both of whom deserve without reservation the kudos. But the rest of us- BORING.
This blogging lark is quite easy isn't it? No wonder people end up writing screeds of nonsense on the internet in the hope that SOMEONE might read what their wee brains are thinking. I know that no one will read this so I am quite confidently mumbling along and thinking about topics. I actually have to write a paper on Malawi and climate change so this is a lengthy distraction.
The thing I wonder is whether this internet blogging determines my individuality or whether it illustrates that I am just like everyone else. Let's be frank, most people would write what interests them, in such a way that they are happy with how they sound and what image it sends of them. Yet there aren't many blogs I would be bother to read, they are only the ramblings of a person who thinks their thoughts are important enough to record and one day someone might say "good god how right are you!? you should be elevated to the status of an internationally renowned writer on all things human- basically tell us what you think about stuff". People who have this status include Alan de Botton and Bill Bryson, both of whom deserve without reservation the kudos. But the rest of us- BORING.
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Comment by Ecobel
on Emissions Trading
My dam bike
I am afraid I may have misled you about the Global Warming Swindle documentary (it was I who sent Sara the link). It is entertaining and I was curious about some of its claims, but it seems that most of the dissent is either out of date or just plain misleading. Here is a link to New Scientist's reaction and some answers to the questions posed by the documentary: Really Long Link
Now I am up for dissent as much as the next person- but why they had to make an antagonistic, flawed documentary is beyond me. Something else beyond me is why it matters whether the observed warming is caused by humans - Sa maybe you could discuss this? We have scientific proof that CO2 insulates the planet, so pumping more up there will make matters worse. Why does it matter whether nature does it more than us?
And I have a comment on the Clean Development Mechanisms. They seem great in theory, but unfortunately they make a mockery out of emissions capping. The reason is this: developed countries have caps on emissions. Developing countries don't, they can emit as much as they like. When a country like NZ says we will build a windfarm in Malawi and not a coal fired power plant they get the difference back in extra emissions. So say a windfarm emits 20000tonnes of CO2 less than a coal fired power plant, then NZ gets 20000tonnes EXTRA to emit. If Malawi had a cap and gave the 20000 tonnes to NZ then the system would work. But it doesn't. As long as a developed country invests in renewable energy in a developing country and says it could have built the worst type of plant, it gets the difference back. So emissions aren't really capped at all.
Joint Implementation works though because it involves a capped country investing in another capped country- i.e. countries in Eastern Europe.
And that ends Bel's blog today. Sara, great work, very concise and informative.
xbel