Comments for Dance to the Revolution http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou Just another Weblogs at Harvard Law School weblog Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:32:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Obama’s “Bin Laden is Dead” Speech by OmniTrace http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2011/05/05/obamas-bin-laden-is-dead-speech/comment-page-1/#comment-18072 OmniTrace Sun, 02 Jun 2013 17:32:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=201#comment-18072 Awesome work again! Thanks! Awesome work again! Thanks!

]]> Comment on About this blog by Nommoc http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/about/comment-page-1/#comment-18061 Nommoc Sat, 25 May 2013 15:26:10 +0000 #comment-18061 Hello there, doing business in China and just found your blog. Side question, we launched an app called nommoc (http://www.nommoc.com). Do you see any opportunity for us to work together? We are trying to get expats aware of the business/social/financial ramifications of being illiterate in Chinese. He is a small bit of press we got with ChengDu Living on the topic: http://www.chengduliving.com/combatting-expat-illiteracy/ Talk soon, Nommoc @nommoc_app Hello there, doing business in China and just found your blog.

Side question, we launched an app called nommoc (http://www.nommoc.com). Do you see any opportunity for us to work together?

We are trying to get expats aware of the business/social/financial ramifications of being illiterate in Chinese.

He is a small bit of press we got with ChengDu Living on the topic: http://www.chengduliving.com/combatting-expat-illiteracy/

Talk soon,

Nommoc
@nommoc_app

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by Stephen Hinton http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-18010 Stephen Hinton Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:57:09 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-18010 The trick is to collect the tax and feed it directly back into the economy. This kind of dynamic steering is propose by the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/view/news/foundation-reveals-details-behind-new-market-driven-run-clean-mechanism-for-the-economy-58438 The trick is to collect the tax and feed it directly back into the economy. This kind of dynamic steering is propose by the Swedish Sustainable Economy Foundation
http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/view/news/foundation-reveals-details-behind-new-market-driven-run-clean-mechanism-for-the-economy-58438

]]> Comment on To Chinese Overseas Students in US by For Chinese Students in the U.S., a Haunting Death | CCLAH http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/04/17/message-to-chinese-overseas-students-in-us/comment-page-1/#comment-17994 For Chinese Students in the U.S., a Haunting Death | CCLAH Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:14:56 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=501#comment-17994 [...] Chinese students studying in the U.S, many openly musing about returning home. In response, Ella wrote on her blog: [Lu] came to this country with as much hope and dreams as you and I did — a [...] [...] Chinese students studying in the U.S, many openly musing about returning home. In response, Ella wrote on her blog: [Lu] came to this country with as much hope and dreams as you and I did — a [...]

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by Donald H. Campbell http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-17735 Donald H. Campbell Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:59:23 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-17735 Can you describe the method of calculating the CO2? And where is it measured? And in which specific industries? Can you describe the method of calculating the CO2? And where is it measured? And in which specific industries?

]]> Comment on Key Issues in US/World Energy by Pete Dunkelberg http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/04/keyenergyissues/comment-page-1/#comment-17678 Pete Dunkelberg Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:59:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=481#comment-17678 Key Issues? Why is the Key Point not mentioned? To achieve the needed decarbonization, a combination of a dozen or more methods are needed. These are sometimes called "wedges" - think of a pie chart. For one reference: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/01/10/207320/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/ (more associated with Princeton than Harvard, but still....) You can read about all the wedges including conservation. I'll mention just one: the smart grid to transfer electricity more efficiently over distances with time varying loads. This can allow a combination of wind and solar to give us a surfeit of energy. The first comment above is a standard "one thing isn't every thing" argument against solar energy. True, one thing is not every thing. It doesn't need to be. What is the cost of the different energy sources? Much of the cost is "externalized": environmental costs and war costs are not charged to the energy company, but are born by society. Factor these in and then do your price analysis. Implication: the problem is political, and goes back largely to money in politics. Most dangerous Key Point above: "Innovation and the Way Forward" The way forward is Deploy Deploy Deploy non carbon energy methods we already have. Of course innovation will continue nonstop. But highlighting that word sends the wrong message. We do not need to wait on some new technology, we have very good technology right now. We just need to use it. Best paragraph above: "The key to sustainable energy access is not the technology. It is critical to establish sustainable institutions with the management capacity, sound revenue-collecting systems, good business practices. Advanced metering is not the only solution, we must engage with the community, finding people who are trainable. Community participation is the KEY to success." Indeed many people are trainable if they don't have ideological issues. Third worlders are quite "trainable" to efficient off grid solutions. Key Issues? Why is the Key Point not mentioned?
To achieve the needed decarbonization, a combination of a dozen or more methods are needed. These are sometimes called “wedges” – think of a pie chart. For one reference:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/01/10/207320/the-full-global-warming-solution-how-the-world-can-stabilize-at-350-to-450-ppm/

(more associated with Princeton than Harvard, but still….)
You can read about all the wedges including conservation. I’ll mention just one: the smart grid to transfer electricity more efficiently over distances with time varying loads. This can allow a combination of wind and solar to give us a surfeit of energy.

The first comment above is a standard “one thing isn’t every thing” argument against solar energy. True, one thing is not every thing. It doesn’t need to be.

What is the cost of the different energy sources? Much of the cost is “externalized”: environmental costs and war costs are not charged to the energy company, but are born by society. Factor these in and then do your price analysis. Implication: the problem is political, and goes back largely to money in politics.

Most dangerous Key Point above:
“Innovation and the Way Forward”

The way forward is Deploy Deploy Deploy non carbon energy methods we already have. Of course innovation will continue nonstop. But highlighting that word sends the wrong message. We do not need to wait on some new technology, we have very good technology right now. We just need to use it.

Best paragraph above:
“The key to sustainable energy access is not the technology. It is critical to establish sustainable institutions with the management capacity, sound revenue-collecting systems, good business practices. Advanced metering is not the only solution, we must engage with the community, finding people who are trainable. Community participation is the KEY to success.”

Indeed many people are trainable if they don’t have ideological issues. Third worlders are quite “trainable” to efficient off grid solutions.

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by About That Chinese Carbon Tax | judieschnack3284 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-17675 About That Chinese Carbon Tax | judieschnack3284 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-17675 [...] a very good assessment by former Atlantic guest bloggerElla Chou at Dance to the Revolution of what this new policy will and will not mean for China and everyone else. Here are your talking [...] [...] a very good assessment by former Atlantic guest bloggerElla Chou at Dance to the Revolution of what this new policy will and will not mean for China and everyone else. Here are your talking [...]

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by About That Chinese Carbon Tax | Small Business Info http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-17674 About That Chinese Carbon Tax | Small Business Info Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:01:32 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-17674 [...] a very good assessment by former Atlantic guest bloggerElla Chou at Dance to the Revolution of what this new policy will and will not mean for China and everyone else. Here are your talking [...] [...] a very good assessment by former Atlantic guest bloggerElla Chou at Dance to the Revolution of what this new policy will and will not mean for China and everyone else. Here are your talking [...]

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by After the First 100 Days of Xi Jinping - NYTimes.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-17673 After the First 100 Days of Xi Jinping - NYTimes.com Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:32:48 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-17673 [...] include a plan to invest hundreds of billions of dollars on water projects over the next 10 years, a new environmental tax, much stricter fuel emission standards for new cars in Beijing and a requirement that companies in [...] [...] include a plan to invest hundreds of billions of dollars on water projects over the next 10 years, a new environmental tax, much stricter fuel emission standards for new cars in Beijing and a requirement that companies in [...]

]]> Comment on What Would China’s Carbon Tax Regime Look Like by John Baez http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/2013/02/20/what-would-chinas-carbon-tax-regime-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-17668 John Baez Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:54:01 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ellachou/?p=493#comment-17668 Nice article - thanks! By the way, "sulfer" should be "sulfur". Nice article – thanks! By the way, “sulfer” should be “sulfur”.

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