Category Archives: sustainability

News round up

Posted on April 28, 2024 by daryan12
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Farmer protests and the dangers of conservatism

Posted on March 3, 2024 by daryan12

Recently there’s been a number of farmers protests ongoing in France, and other parts of Europe, that I think warrant’s commenting on. Notably because the brexiters are sticking their noses in…oh the irony! In fact Fishy Ri$hi showed up to … Continue reading →

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The closure of Port Talbot is due to brexit, not net zero

Posted on January 22, 2024 by daryan12

Tata, the owners of the steel works at Port Talbot in Wales, recently announced they were shutting down this historic plant, with the immediate loss of 3000 jobs. This will be devastating to the local community, as this is the … Continue reading →

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Pre-Christmas news

Posted on November 30, 2023 by daryan12

No shame Tories…. So we’ve seen the return of sir “call me Dave” of pigtoon. This is the fellow who, to quote Jeremy Paxman “gambled the country’s fortunes for the sake of the Tory party and after he mucked it … Continue reading →

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Fixing the pension time bomb

Posted on September 30, 2023 by daryan12

It was always the Tory plan to run the country into the ground, then blame labour for the mess. However, I think its suddenly dawning on them that they may have laid it on a bit thick (maybe they should … Continue reading →

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Right privilege

Posted on September 12, 2023 by daryan12

So for the last couple of years now the Tories have been dealing with various protesters from extinction rebellion, just stop oil et al blocking traffic, spraying orange paint at various events and otherwise making a nuisance of themselves. Similar … Continue reading →

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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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Nuclear hatchet job

Posted on May 24, 2023 by daryan12

A issue with working in the energy field is we get approached by people, who know nothing about the topic, trying to propose (on the basis of 5 minutes of google research) some cheap, easy solution that solves everything once … Continue reading →

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The wrong stuff – Musk and the 4/20 rocket drill

Posted on April 30, 2023 by daryan12

So on the 20th of April (4/20, so at least we know what he was smoking), chief twit Elon Musk launched his ego rocket to cheering crowds, which was deemed a success. …despite blowing itself to bits and scattering debris … Continue reading →

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The packaging dilemma

Posted on April 15, 2023 by daryan12

The UK supermarket Sainsbury’s has been accused of rendering its meat “vile”, by using a new form of vacuum packaging. Sainsbury’s claims this is intended to reduce plastic waste, as this method of packaging halves the amount of packing needed. … Continue reading →

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