Cadmium Solar panels-- the green vs. green theme

Another example of the conflict between environmental aims is cadmium telluride solar panels. solar panels are green as a renewable resource, but Cadmium is a toxin and is not good to get in landfills.

Green Tech and Financing

Renewable energy sources are suited for debt finance, and with the credit crisis, orders for wind turbines dropped by half. Also, they are a "natural hedge" against prices.

The obviousl implications that something is wrong with our finance system and the financial stimulus system...

Uncertainty in Environmental Decisions

Paul Woodruff talked very eloquently over uncertainty among experts should be decided by democracy and not representatives. His example was the decision by Athens to attempt the invasion of Sicily and Syracuse in his book about Athenian demoracy.

The Oil Drum is talking about uncertainty in environmental decisions and the Precautionary principle.

Another Krugman Article Confirming...

I argued for a consumption tax that is a function of badness, which includes most of all, environmental badness. Paul Krugman points out that this is not evil protectionism.