[sustran] Paying for PDF files of work done by funded agencies on the topic of sustainable development in all its variants.

[Eric Britton]

Last week our colleague Lew Fulton in full innocence and helpfulness wrote
us all a note about an energy study which the agency has carried out
(remember you and I paid for it with our taxpayer dollars), which the IEA is
flogging on their web site.  (Hey, they want € 60 for this virtual report.
Life is sweet eh?)

I want to make a BIG DEAL out of this and I hope that a good number of you
will join with me on this.

These agencies should not be trying to hustle up some odd bucks by selling
these kinds of reports over the web. It costs them nothing and there are
plenty of people out there in the world who may want to have a look and
maybe even a very close one in order to build on it so as to be able to take
a next step toward a more sustainable and fairer world.

I am sure that they will bellyache that they need the money and that the
only way they can pay the rent is if they have these additional streams of
income. Hmm.  At least needs to be looked at.

We here at The Commons and the New Mobility Agenda, and a very large number
of our concerned colleagues and grasp world wide, share our results without
asking for a dime. Maybe we're nuts?

Am I entirely wrong on this? Your views.




On 9/7/05, Lew Fulton <Lew.Fulton at unep.org> wrote:
> Thanks Chris. This prompts me to mention that the IEA has a new book out
> called "Saving Oil in a Hurry", with some ideas and analysis on what
> governments can do to achieve rapid oil use reductions. It's available at
> their website www.iea.org, though it's not free unfortunately, but the pdf
version isn't too pricey.