Category Archives: peak oil

Debunking right wing myths: Ultra Low Emission Zones

Posted on July 21, 2023 by daryan12

The political right is out of ideas and even the ideas they do still support (such as neo-liberal capitalism, i.e. the rich get richer while everyone else gets poorer), aren’t exactly very crowd friendly. So, while they have every intention … Continue reading →

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Holiday Catchup – the calm before the storm

Posted on August 30, 2022 by daryan12

I’ve been on my holidays back in Ireland. It was nice to get away from the mad house that was the UK for a wee while. A lot seems to have happened since then. Zombie government and the looming winter … Continue reading →

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Here we go again…..

Posted on April 15, 2022 by daryan12

So the Tories have suddenly realised (after 14 years in office) that the UK doesn’t have an energy policy. And that this might be something of a bad thing. So, over a few lines of coke, Boris and co have … Continue reading →

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The chickens come home to roost on UK energy policy

Posted on March 15, 2022 by daryan12

For years I’ve warned of the dangers of the Tories policy on energy. Well now we see the inevitable end result. People in the UK are getting letters warning them of a massive increase in energy costs from April the … Continue reading →

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How the West failed Ukraine….and how Putin has doomed Russia to collapse

Posted on March 6, 2022 by daryan12

I came across this article in the Guardian that I think sums up how the west got itself into this mess. Why does the west always seem to lose to Putin? Timidity Greed & Sloth. The west has not effectively … Continue reading →

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The Boris climate spaff

Posted on October 29, 2021 by daryan12

Suffice to say, given who is hosting the COP 26 summit, I see very little chance of it achieving much, or anything meaningful being discussed. Even some of the corporate sponsors have started to complain about Johnson’s mismanagement. To which … Continue reading →

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When project fear became project-we-told-you-so

Posted on September 29, 2021 by daryan12

t From my other blog…… So we have a crisis, building since January, that’s finally reached a point where even a biased media can’t hide the truth any more, forcing the government into damage limitation mode. Which predictably involves using … Continue reading →

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How grids will cope with electric cars

Posted on July 31, 2020 by daryan12

A few months ago (in the before times), the UK government’s BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) taskforce released a report that presented both the benefits and challenges of transitioning road transport over to electric vehicles. Given that the media tended to … Continue reading →

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Watery delusions

Posted on May 23, 2020 by daryan12

This is touching on something I covered in a previous post, however, there has been a proliferation of such devices recently, so I think it needs revisiting. We are in the grip of a global water crisis effecting millions of … Continue reading →

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Fossil Fuel phaseout in Germany: A case study

Posted on March 8, 2020 by daryan12

I came across an interesting documentary here from Australian TV regarding Germany’s phase out of coal. It is definitely worth a look. Mention Germany’s growth in renewables (currently contributing 46% of Germany’s electricity) and inevitably someone will bring up the … Continue reading →

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