Category Archives: Shale oil

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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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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Why Venezuela should worry us all

Posted on February 15, 2020 by daryan12

I caught a video series from a travel vlogger on Youtube recently, who travelled to Venezuela. It is worth a watch, because it shows the situation in Venezuela is a good deal more complicated than is often portrayed by the … Continue reading →

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The downgrading of the UK’s shale gas potential

Posted on September 29, 2019 by daryan12

While school protests about climate change under way and the country in chaos over brexit, fracking has quietly restarted in the UK…leading to more earthquakes. But a recent report from a pair of UK academics has cast doubt on the … Continue reading →

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The dam bursts….and I’m not talking about the one in Derbyshire

Posted on August 7, 2019 by daryan12

One recent story that much of the media missed was that Blackrock, one of the world’s largest asset management firms, lost some $90 billion investing in fossil fuel companies. As a result its reducing its investment in this sector and … Continue reading →

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The impact of brexit on the UK’s energy supplies

Posted on December 6, 2018 by daryan12

With brexit negotiations more or less complete and the post-brexit landscape a little clearer (well as clear as its going to get anyway!), it might a good time to review the likely impact of brexit on the UK’s energy supplies. … Continue reading →

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