Great series of posts yesterday! You seem to be pretty technically inclined for an attorney; so I am not sure I am buying your self-deprecating comments about lack of adroitness with excel/spreadsheets. Someone steeped in mining and excel should build a model with inputs sheet of all the variables that drive CO2 emissions in production of "zero CO2" (ha ha) solar panels and wind mills. Of course the estimated volume of each input variable would be site specific and highly debatable. Of course this would be a massive model. But we at least could begin a process of creating a framework to measure. I appreciate your comments on burden of proof. To use a different legal metaphor, the facts have to be detailed in a much more comprehensive manner before endeavoring to win arguments. I understand this is not a small undertaking.
Great series of posts yesterday! You seem to be pretty technically inclined for an attorney; so I am not sure I am buying your self-deprecating comments about lack of adroitness with excel/spreadsheets. Someone steeped in mining and excel should build a model with inputs sheet of all the variables that drive CO2 emissions in production of "zero CO2" (ha ha) solar panels and wind mills. Of course the estimated volume of each input variable would be site specific and highly debatable. Of course this would be a massive model. But we at least could begin a process of creating a framework to measure. I appreciate your comments on burden of proof. To use a different legal metaphor, the facts have to be detailed in a much more comprehensive manner before endeavoring to win arguments. I understand this is not a small undertaking.
Fantastic work, I’m learning so much, keep it up!
Excellent job of putting the data together.