October 2009 - Posts - TT's Lost in Tokyo

I commented last week on a blog post by leftist Aussie economist John Quiggin , who blamed the financial collapse on investment banks, and suggested that either: (i) investment banking should be much more heavily regulated ("Properly done, regulation...

Filed under: John Quiggin, limited liability, moral hazard, investment banks, banking

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Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize; "What For?" asks green group by TokyoTom

Pres. Obama has apparently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning " for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples, " but there appears to be a few on the left who feel that the award...

Filed under: war, Nobel, libertarian, obama, peace, Glenn Greenwald

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Google electrifies power consumers by pairing its free PowerMeter software with a power monitor provider; sideteps public utility monopolies by TokyoTom

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Filed under: Coal, power, Google, climate change, chamber of commerce, Milloy, utilities

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Obama uses climate change concerns to mandate a slimming of government energy use and carbon footprint by TokyoTom

I`d like to see how conservatives can figure out how to bitch about Obama`s new executive order . From WaPo on Monday (Juliet Eilerin) The federal government will require each agency to measure its greenhouse-gas emissions for the first time and set targets...

Filed under: government, climate change, obama, defense establishment, carbon footprint

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Ad homs R NOT Us: discussions over rent-seeking necessitate painful wrestling with slippery "cui bono" demons by TokyoTom

My recent post, " Bob Murphy on climate change at Antiwar Radio; a puppet for the "King Coal" hand that feeds him? ", attracted a bit of attention, including some hostile comments from some LvMI community members who thought my comments...

Filed under: rent-seeking, tribalism, cognition, cui bono, ad hominem

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Ringside seat on the fight to steer the Chamber of Commerce`s climate bus by TokyoTom

On the heels of my post about Apple leaving the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , here are a few more links and excerpts for eager readers (who have been spared a longer post that vanished into the ether as pixie dust crashed Mozilla and my prior unsaved draft...

Filed under: carbon pricing, climate change, Exxon, chamber of commerce, Apple, Nike, Tom Donohue, USCAP, BICEP, CERES, NRDC

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Now Apple Computer leaves! One-track "King Coal" interests insist on steering the US Chamber of Commerce`s climate bus by TokyoTom

The intransigence of a core of coal interests, in the face of a rebellion by firms that support legislative action on climate change, is threatening the status of the US Chamber of Commerce as the premier business council in the US, as now Apple Computer...

Filed under: rent-seeking, Coal, climate change, chamber of commerce

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Statism & clear partisan blindness: Joe Romm, Steven Milloy and ethical certainty over problems stemming from lack of competition in power markets by TokyoTom

Joe Romm of Climate Progress has a new post up that lambasts a recent WaPo op-ed by "environmental ethicist" David Henderson . Romm provides useful information on the relative efficacy of government technology forcing efforts, but comes down...

Filed under: power, Joe Romm, Steven Milloy, monopoly

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