Monthly Archives: September 2013

Is Hydrogen really so dangerous?

Posted on September 29, 2013 by daryan12

My mum hasn’t been feeling too well recently, and she’s had to start using Oxygen. Thus when I was over in Ireland a couple of weeks ago I had to get familiar with the use of oxygen tanks. It led … Continue reading →

Posted in climate change, efficiency, energy, renewables, sustainability, transport | 4 Comments

Why things change…..Hyperloop

Posted on September 27, 2013 by daryan12

This is another in a series of semi-regular pieces I do in which I try and set out what science and engineering can achieve and what it can’t do. In short, try and sort out science fact from science fantasy. … Continue reading →

Posted in economics, efficiency, energy, future, transport | 12 Comments

Blackout Paranoia

Posted on September 24, 2013 by daryan12

Here in the UK had a programme on Channel 4 the other week “Blackout”, which asked the question, what if the UK’s power grid went through a major failure? I watched it out of hope that it would attempt to … Continue reading →

Posted in clean energy, economics, efficiency, energy, fossil fuels, future, Global warming denial, history, nuclear, peak oil, politics, power, renewables, sustainability, sustainable, technology | 3 Comments

Why things change….3D printing

Posted on September 14, 2013 by daryan12

This is the 2nd in a semi-regular series I’ve started doing “why things change and why they stay the same”, in which I will focus on a particular topic or theme and explain what technology can a achieve, where’s its … Continue reading →

Posted in 3D printing, clean energy, economics, efficiency, energy, future, history, politics, power, sustainability, sustainable, technology, Uncategorized | 4 Comments