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Many nations have forecasted energy shortages for the coming decades as power utilities struggle to balance rising demand against aggressive targets for carbon reduction. In fact, the predicted shortages are so severe that the UK government is giving serious consideration to a war-time style energy rationing scheme.
An often suggested answer to energy shortages is […]

I woke up this morning to find a blockbuster headline on the BBC news website - “US to set ‘binding’ climate goals”. Full of excitement I eagerly scanned through the article looking for more details on what promised to be a ground breaking event in climate negotiations - it’s not every day that an easy […]

Considering things objectively, cars can be a proper nuisance. They are expensive, take up space, use fuel that isn’t cheap anymore, need cleaning, and need maintenance by some of the most customer un-friendly businesses in the world.
But, we love them. I love them. Cars are great, and I suffer from the typical male fascination […]

Once in a while we notice something which even the most ardent climate change advocate should really question.
We all know that the world is currently warming, as a result of human activities, right? Well, maybe not. Maybe the world is not warming at all? Anthony Watt, a former meteorologist uncovers an important issue with […]

Another weird day in Climate Change, where I just cant quite get things to add up.
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Britain’s goal of cutting emissions of climate warming carbon dioxide by 60 percent by 2050 will be reviewed by the end of the year and may be raised, Environment Secretary Hilary Benn said on […]

Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone has recently introduced a significant increase to London’s congestion charge for drivers of gas guzzling cars. Presently drivers must pay £8 per day to enter the ‘congestion change zone’ in the centre of the city. Drivers of hybrids and low emissions vehicles are exempt from the charge, whilst under the […]

There is an old expression “the customer always knows what he wants, but he rarely knows what he needs”.
Marketing is the science of identifying those needs and then developing and delivering products to meet them. Firms who play only to our ‘wants’ usually loose out to firms who fully understand our ‘needs’ - firms who […]

On the surface, Japan fails miserably on just about every measure when it comes to tackling climate change - rejecting a global 2 degree Celsius maximum warming target, and relying on voluntary industrial emissions targets which have so far seen Japan fall short of its Kyoto obligations.
Even so, Japan’s Prime Minister is keen to […]

A recent comment on TalkClimateChange prompted me to think about and write about something that I have wanted to comment on for some time.
In response to a recent post, Kaishu raises the issue of general public opinion;
Get off the net for a bit and you’ll realise that almost everyone agrees there’s a problem, and […]

Families in the UK could face increases in household costs of up to £1,300 this year as a result of higher energy and food costs, according to a survey published this week. That’s the bad news. The good news is that higher average UK temperatures will cause fewer deaths, preventing pensioners from freezing to […]

The United Arab Emirates’ plan to build a completely carbon free city. Thirty kilometres from capital Abu Dhabi, Masdar (Arabic for ‘source’) will be home to approximately 40,000 people and accommodate a further 60’000 commuters within its 1,500 planned business premises.
Covering six square kilometres and making extensive use of public transport, solar energy and low […]

I’ve just been looking at DeSmog Blog’s database on global warming sceptics, which describes exactly how low the bar is to describe oneself as a climate scientist. Based on what I have just read, I think I could probably get away with describing myself as a climate scientist. Yet I openly admit that I […]

Although there is an increasing consensus that the greenhouse gas theory is settled, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the current theory of man-made climate change is fully resolved.
In an interesting post at Climate Skeptic (one of the more sensible Red proponents) the Skeptic makes the observation that whilst Co2 may has a warming effect […]

Unveiling its national climate change roadmap yesterday, India made it’s latest move in an ongoing stand-off against the US on Co2 emissions targets. The US has refused to set binding targets as long as rapidly developing nations remain unconstrained in their emissions outputs. Conversely, India is unwilling to reduce its emissions whilst the US […]

Reading the mainstream news today it is easy for the layman to assume that the case for reducing Co2 emissions to combat climate change is complete. These beliefs tend to be enforced by daily stories in the world’s media blaming global warming for every natural disaster or instance of unusual weather.
The danger is that […]