Tag Archives: Critique

Soot From Third World Stoves

By AKB | Published: May 27, 2009
A recent NYTimes article titled “Third-World Stove Soot Is Target in Climate Fight” calls out the third world as a major contributor to global warming. After I spent a while researching the topic, I found this article very frustrating and misleading. Black carbon – or soot – is produced from a variety of sources. The [...]
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Use Energy, Get Rich, and Save the Planet

By AKB | Published: May 26, 2009
A recent NYTimes article suggests that we “Use Energy, Get Rich and Save the Planet.” Unfortunately, this one is too good to be true. I propose that we use less energy, get rich, and save the planet. The premise of the NYTimes argument is that “as people get wealthier they can afford cleaner water and [...]
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