Archive for September, 2011
Environmental Cost Accounting And Ecological Truth
WorldCom, Enron, Tyco: These company names have become very familiar because they all used accounting tricks that masked the truth about the true state of the companies’ financial health. In the end, disaster befell each of them.
What if the entire planet was being run that way? Gulp. Unfortunately, to a large extent, it is. And it puts us all in peril – peril way, way worse than the danger Martha Stewart’s cell mate would face if she criticized Martha’s hand-carved carrot shiv.
The key to restructuring the economy is the creation of an honest market, one that tells the ecological truth. The market is an incredible institution…. It allocates scarce resources with an efficiency that no central planning body can match. It easily balances supply and demand and it sets prices that readily reflect both scarcity and abundance. The market does, however, have three fundamental weaknesses:
Energize the New Year with Green Energy
New Year is said to be a new life, a new year with unlimited potential and new choices. Right? Well, this year is the best time to rethink our energy choice. It’s the time to energize our life with green energy choice.
Although reality sets that the world is dependent on fossil fuels, but we can still do something to change this reality by choosing green energy for all our energy needs. It is easier said than done critics may say, however if we’re not going to start the change, when are we going to be freed from oil dependency?
Green energy production isn’t nearly as tough to maintain. There are lots of green technologies nowadays that offer much better and greener way of harnessing energy. Renewable energy sources for example are great innovation for our energy sustainability. An example of renewable energy is the waste to energy technology. Aren’t we uplifting environment conservation? Then is also the best tool for environmental protection at the same time for energy production.
Tags: energy choice, green energy, oil dependency, renewable energy sources, waste to energy