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Philip Pullman, author of the excellent “His Dark Materials” trilogy, was recently quoted as saying with respect to energy and carbon rations, “We should have a fixed limit and if you use it all up in October, then tough, you shiver for the rest of the year“.  That doesn’t sound so good, but since […]

Recently a reader, Nadine,  posted a comment with a question which sparked my interest. Instead of a long and badly worded comment, I thought I would elevate the answer to her question to a fully fledged blog post. I think that the question is a valid one which is worthy of investigation here and is […]

It’s worse than we thought, say scientists Roger Pielke (University of Colorado), Prof Tom Wigley (National Centre for Atmospheric Research) and Christopher Green (McGill University) in a paper published in the journal Nature this week.

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 […]

This post was recently published at EcoWorldly.
Arthur C. Clarke once said that any sufficiently mature technology is indistinguishable from magic. However, as much as it has transformed our lives, the magic of electricity is something that we mostly take for granted – it’s readily available, relatively dependable, and cheap.
But this may change during the […]

Yesterday the European Union announced a new energy emissions plan in its latest bid to fight climate change. As usual, nobody is happy, with businesses warning of higher prices and environmental groups claiming that the measures fall short of the actions needed.
In typical EU style, the plan aims to please everybody and is a […]