Suburban Chimp - Finance & Social Commentary

When it comes to the debate on GM crops there seems to be a lot of heated argument from both sides of the fence as to the merits and pitfalls of this particularly hot potato. Greenies aren’t keen on the idea (to say the least) due to the potentially damaging impact of gene transfer to […]

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Bandwagon jumper or eco-evangelist Tory, David Cameron, (you decide) has announced a new idea, initiative, what have you, to (if the Conservatives came to power) encourage home-owners to make their own energy and sell it back to the energy companies.
All good in theory, but industry experts say that we are at least decades away from […]

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A presumably satirical article to rile environmentalists raises some interesting pointers about how environmentalists want it all, but are basically deluded. I got bored of reading it, but I thing the crux of the argument is that people should take precedence over the environment and if we need to build billions of houses so be […]

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Mustn’t grumble about the news that Coca Cola are slimming down their iconic glass coke bottle by 20% to reduce waste. Obviously this has a big impact on the environment, and probably saves Coca Cola some money too, which is a double bonus. My question is why do so many companies have so much packaging […]

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Talks are in place to ratify a replacement to the Kyoto Agreement which is set to expire in 2012. So far, Kyoto for the most part has proven to be a load of hot air, with big players such as Australia and the US refusing to sign up to the agreement at all. Australia have […]

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I’ve been trying to decipher a puzzle that was posed by numerous websites stating that burning logs on a wood burning stove is actually good for the environment, because it is carbon neutral. This is widely acknowledged across the Web, but something about it seemed wrong to me. Further investigation found a site which pretty […]

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