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Climate war: The economics of clean fuel will beat fossil fuel

The war over climate policy is being lost to the fossil fuel lobby and its PR army, first on scientific grounds and then in the economic sphere. Jyoti Banerjee listens to an interview with Eric Pooley of Business Week, who argues that the new clean-fuel economics will see off the old fossil fuel economy - if given a chance. A very big if...

Eric Pooley, a business editor at Business Week, has written The Climate War, a thriller about the failure of climate legislation to be enacted in the US. His book blames the fossil fuel lobby and its PR entourage for holding back legislation through a doubt and dissension campaign. He also blames President Obama. 

Recently, Pooley was interviewed by Francesca Rheannon of Writer's Voice and the resulting podcast is well worth a listen. Here are three points I appreciated from it:

A medium enterprise guide to Windows 7

Does Windows 7 deliver the goods for business? Jyoti Banerjee checks out Microsoft's latest operating system.

In our home, October 22 has been the focus of anticipation for some weeks now. Our eldest becomes a teenager that day, and so the days have been filled with a count-down, and many lists of things to do in the build-up and during the day itself, with friends, and with family. Well, the day is finally upon us – may the celebrations begin. But little does my daughter know that this day has been awaited with much anticipation by a slightly larger group of people than her family and friends. In fact, thousands upon thousands have been waiting for this day: a hundred thousand Microsoft employees and the millions more that share the Windows ecosystem, as October 22 ushers in the official launch of Windows 7.

For many in Microsoft, Windows Vista tarnished the brand of the software giant’s most valuable product. Although Vista sought to deliver a new architecture for operating systems that addressed growing security concerns among PC users, the end-result was poor performance on many PCs and numerous security features that annoyed the very users they were supposed to protect. The word on the street was to stick with XP. Although Vista sold in the millions, the vast majority of the Windows installed base, consumer or business, never moved from Windows XP.

Will anything change with Windows 7?

The answer is yes, and here are some reasons why.