FET (old posts)

A newspaper article this morning got me thinking about the untouchable issue of population growth. It is available here. Basically, the art...

I want to take up a topic that probably not many other bloggers have dealt with – dog poo. Why is this an issue for an economist environmen...

A mighty debate has emerged in the corridors of Z block, where I have an office at QUT. As you might expect, I was the instigator of this d...

I would like raise an issue that has been rattling around my mind for many years now. After spending time travelling to various countries a...

Those regular readers (Dan I’m thinking of you here) might get the impression I think we should do nothing for the environment, since ‘the s...

It appears that a little clarification of the effect of recycling is required. First, consumption of the raw resource MAY decrease – but co...

It would be hard to find an environmentalist who does not see recycling as a way to reduce resource consumption, and subsequently improve ou...

I have always been inquisitive - the one who asks the question ‘but why?’ more times than could be answered to any satisfaction. More recen...

The oft-repeated mantra of the ‘ecological modernist’ is that we are wasteful. They see the rise of disposable cups, packaging, and plastic ...

There are a number of issues I want to publicise on this blog, all of which challenge the economic and social orthodoxy that so rarely provi...