Month: July 2019

Air pollution and dieselgate

I have some interest in the health impacts of air pollution. My first economic consultancy project was an Economic Appraisal of Wood Smoke Control Measures...

Expectations of future price increases

I am in the middle of an age old question for consultants. A prospective client has a multitude of mostly independent and self-directing sub-entities within...

Water and power in the Hunter Valley

The latest drought map shows that the catchment areas of the Hunter region’s dams such as Grahamstown Dam are suffering from drought (if not intense...

Economic vs. seismic activity

A statement on the radio that California had not experienced a material seismic shock for 20 years made me think ‘what might be the connection...