Comments on: Kyoto University Emissions Tax http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/ A fresh look at Japan, by gaijins for gaijins! Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:47:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Gourmet in Washington http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38648 Gourmet in Washington Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:32:01 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38648 Strange. So you're saying that (a) they are trying to cut emissions but (b) they are spending loads of yen on buying new airconditioners and heaters for the campus. In what other areas would they have a greenhouse footprint anyway? Minor details aside it is nice to see some institutions finally doing something about the problem. Even though Kyoto University is probably only a drop in the ocean, hopefuly it will ring bells with law makers going forward. It would be even better if they used real emission credits. Is that possible? Why not, I guess. It's not as if it is only countries are the only people who can buy and sell emission credits - I've heard of a bunch of speculators trading them, too. Surely Kyoto U should buy its footprint in real credits and enable its facilties to trade them on the open market. That way the economics faculty (if it wasn't filled with so many left wing theorists) might actually make a profit going forward! At the end of the day, what use is an internally compatible system. Strange. So you’re saying that (a) they are trying to cut emissions but (b) they are spending loads of yen on buying new airconditioners and heaters for the campus. In what other areas would they have a greenhouse footprint anyway?
Minor details aside it is nice to see some institutions finally doing something about the problem. Even though Kyoto University is probably only a drop in the ocean, hopefuly it will ring bells with law makers going forward. It would be even better if they used real emission credits. Is that possible? Why not, I guess. It’s not as if it is only countries are the only people who can buy and sell emission credits - I’ve heard of a bunch of speculators trading them, too. Surely Kyoto U should buy its footprint in real credits and enable its facilties to trade them on the open market. That way the economics faculty (if it wasn’t filled with so many left wing theorists) might actually make a profit going forward! At the end of the day, what use is an internally compatible system.

]]> By: soteiguy http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38453 soteiguy Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:07:14 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38453 Ah the memories. I, too, studied at a Japanese University. A public one at that. And yes, just like you, have fond memories of the lack of any sort of air conditioning at all. I remember being forced to write essays in pencil in the middle of summer, and wondering how on earth the sensei could read my response after the pencil scribbllings were marred by the sweat pouring off of my forehead. My University was also supposed to be a big beneficiary of public funds but it certainly wasn't obvious how that money was being used. Slush funds for the 教授 maybe? Ah the memories. I, too, studied at a Japanese University. A public one at that. And yes, just like you, have fond memories of the lack of any sort of air conditioning at all. I remember being forced to write essays in pencil in the middle of summer, and wondering how on earth the sensei could read my response after the pencil scribbllings were marred by the sweat pouring off of my forehead. My University was also supposed to be a big beneficiary of public funds but it certainly wasn’t obvious how that money was being used. Slush funds for the 教授 maybe?

]]> By: Giancarlo http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38452 Giancarlo Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.stippy.com/japan-news-and-media/kyoto-university-introduces-emissions-tax/#comment-38452 Hahahaha!!! Don't know in which department you studied, but things are not that bad at Engineering (buildings 1, 2, 5 and 8) and GES (building 9) at Yoshida Campus. A/C equipments are present at all rooms. By the way, there's a new campus at Katsura for Engineering and Architecture. State of the art. Beautiful place. Old buildings at Yoshida are being refurbished now, because they don't comply with the new anti-seismic legislation (after Kobe 95). I suppose that, as part of this work, they're installing A/C on all buildings that didn't have one already. As part of the GES (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies) I'm more than happy to hear that this plan was given green light. Greetings from Kyoto. Hahahaha!!!

Don’t know in which department you studied, but things are not that bad at Engineering (buildings 1, 2, 5 and 8) and GES (building 9) at Yoshida Campus. A/C equipments are present at all rooms. By the way, there’s a new campus at Katsura for Engineering and Architecture. State of the art. Beautiful place.

Old buildings at Yoshida are being refurbished now, because they don’t comply with the new anti-seismic legislation (after Kobe 95). I suppose that, as part of this work, they’re installing A/C on all buildings that didn’t have one already.

As part of the GES (Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies) I’m more than happy to hear that this plan was given green light.

Greetings from Kyoto.

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