Environnement : Facts, figures, and quick calculations

acknowledgments

 

Greenhouse effect

Global warming : All is here !

 

Energy

Will we be able to keep our jobs when the price of the barrel surges ? (august 2005)

I am not paid by the government to say so, but I do : let there be taxes ! (august 2005)

Looking at my energy consumption, I could say : "boy, I am quite a slave master" ! (august 2005)

Is there "too little oil for global warming" ? Well, yes and no... (october 2004)

Do energy savings mostly consist in efficient light bulbs ? (august 2004)

Do renewable energies mostly consist of wind power ? (october 2003)

What is an oil reserve ? (march 2003)

How does oil form ? (may 2003)

Is it easy to store energy ? (february 2003)

What role did I play in the national debate on energy ? (january 2003)

Could we live as today with just renewable energy ? (august 2002)

What is exactely the share of electricity in France's energy consumption ? (june 2002)

Discussion on a couple of common statements on nuclear energy (january 2002)

What is the "true cost of energy" ? (July 2001)

Did nuclear energy kill renewables ? (June 2001)

What would an "energetically vertuous" world look like ? (april 2001)

Could we produce France's electricity with wind power ? (february 2001)

Could we produce France's electricity with solar panels ? And with biomass ? (february 2001)

What can we expect from fuell cells ? (january 2001)

How much fossil fuels may we use if we want to stop perturbing the climate ? (october 2000)

Could we totally substitute oil by biofuels ? (october 2000)

What does it represent to cut our consumption by 2 in 20 years ? (may 2000)

Is gas a miracle energy ? (april 2000)

 

 

Moving

Should we encourage the growth of air trafic ? (june 2004)

Could we replace all cars by trains ? (december 2003)

Is the electric car an ideal solution for tomorrow's mobility ? (august 2000)

Doing without car for daily life, is it possible ? (june 2000)

 

Miscellaneous

Is there an "environmentally friendly" tourism ? (june 2004)

What was there in the famous "Report to the Club of Rome" ? (february 2003)

Is sustainable development useful ? (december 2002)

Is the "polluter payer" principle a real principe ? (september 2002)

They are ecologists without knowing it... (april 2002)

What value have forecasts ? (january 2002)

How much is the planet worth ? (september 2001)

Are nature lovers necessarily ecologists ? (june 2001)

Could we all eat organic ? (january 2001)

A couple of dead-ends linked to our present "developpement" (august 2000)

Urbanization : a couple of figures on the french situation, and a little prolongation of trends (june 2000).

 

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