The Physical Economy and the Green Machine

And if you put a solar mirror;
On your roof, will anybody care;
And you've just shoved into something creamy;
And your brain is beginning to tear;

Call Greenie, and the Global Warming...

(spoof: Jefferson Airplane, Gracie Slick singing, Feed your Head)

There is nearly a third more ice in Antarctica than usual. The Daily Express recalls the photograph of polar bears clinging on to a melting iceberg, which has been widely hailed as proof of the need to fight climate change and has been used by former VP Al Gore during his "Inconvenient Truth" lectures about mankind's alleged impact on the global climate, and points out that Gore fails to mention that the photograph was taken in the month of August when melting is normal. Or, that the polar bear population has soared in recent years.


It is nice to think what businesses there are in the global warming trades. You could start a business installing solar panels, and also be promoting solar energy. You could help householders put up windmills, or as they say these days, wind turbines. That would promote carbon free energy. Of course, the whole thing may totally be an exercise in futility. One of the best way for governments to encourage entrepreneurs to start green or any business is for the government to sponsor infrastructure projects as for an example, to build maglev trains.