Bob Murphy recently offered LvMI readers a post; "Apologist Responses to Climategate Misconstrue the Real Debate" ; I left a few comments in response (minor edits). (My apologies to Bob for borrowing and tweaking his title.) Bob, interesting title - "Apologist Responses to Climategate...
[Update: I copy at bottom a follow-up exchange I had on Bob`s thread with another reader - radio silence from Bob.] Bob Murphy has a new post up at his blog, " CBO Testimony Misleads on Cost of Cap-and-Trade ", that draws attention to a new blog post at the Institute of Energy Research that...
Since I`m in Tokyo and deprived of Bob Murphy `s enviable access, via talk radio , to cutting-edge climate science, I thank him using his blog to bring it to the attention of his audience (which occasionally includes me). Says Bob (emphasis added): Chip Knappenberger explains the significance (and remaining...
A little birdy told me this story yesterday, which I think I was the first to ”Tweet". ExxonMobil has announced a $600+ million venture with Craig Venter' s advance genomics firm to develop fuels from algae. An Exxon scientist noted: "the potential advantages and benefits of biofuel...
[Update: I`ve added more background on Exxon, "Malthusians" and productive engagement.] How has Rob Bradley showed his hand? By shutting down reasoned (if challenging) debate at his blog, in the face of comments that were certainly more "free market" than displayed by Rob himself...
I noted in a previous post that Rob Bradley , CEO of the Institute for Energy Research and lead blogger at MasterResource , has cheered on big coal and bashed what he calls "Malthusian anti-energy crusaders", but ignoring while he does so the questions of (1) whether there are any legitimate...
Bob Murphy , an economist at Rob Bradley 's Institute for Energy Research , has posted on the main Mises Blog a link to a paper that he has submitted to an economic journal, " Rolling the DICE: Nordhaus' Dubious Case for a Carbon Tax ". [Update: Bob thoughtfully copied environmental...
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