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Tag Archives: transport
Nihilistic rebellion
This last week George Monbiot (the same person who was convinced by Fukushima to support Hinkley C and that brexit wouldn’t be so bad…even thought all talk of preserving environmental standards and workers rights has now been moved to the … Continue reading
Posted in clean energy, climate change, cycling, efficiency, energy, environment, EU, fossil fuels, Global warming denial, news, nuclear, politics, power, renewables, sustainability, sustainable, technology, transport
Tagged climate, creationism, Energy policy, environment, EU, greenhouse gas emissions, news, nuclear, renewable energy, sustainability, technology, transport, UK, vegan
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Free market solutions to climate change
There are certain aspects of extinction rebellions campaign aims and methods that do give me cause for concern. Be it gluing themselves to the doors of a oil industry conference (you are aware that glues are an oil based product, … Continue reading
Posted in aviation, Biomass, cars, CHP, clean energy, climate change, efficiency, energy, environment, EU, fossil fuels, future, Global warming denial, history, LFTR, nuclear, Passivhaus, peak oil, politics, power, renewables, Shale Gas, subsidy, sustainability, sustainable, technology, transport, water scams
Tagged cars, CHP, climate, creationism, economics, energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy policy, environment, EU, farming, fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, history, marine, news, nuclear, peak oil, power, Renewable, renewable energy, renewables, sailing, shipping, Solar, sustainability, technology, Thorium, transport, UK, us politics, vegan, wind farms, wind turbines, woo
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Environmental news roundup
UK blackout The UK recently suffered a series of sporadic blackouts across the country. Its being blamed on the fact a wind farm and a gas fired power station both suddenly went off line at more or less the same … Continue reading
Posted in aviation, clean energy, climate change, defence, economics, energy, environment, EU, Global warming denial, history, news, nuclear, politics, power, renewables, space, sustainability, sustainable, technology, transport
Tagged climate, creationism, economics, energy, Energy policy, environment, farming, greenhouse gas emissions, history, news, nuclear, power, renewable energy, space, sustainability, technology, transport, UK, us politics, wind farms
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North sentinel Island – a case study in first contact
Late last year, there was the story about a young missionary who, with Darwin award levels of foolishness, landed on North Sentinel Island, an Island populated by an uncontacted tribe known to shoot dead any intruders. And I’m pretty sure, … Continue reading
Posted in aviation, environment, future, space, sustainability, sustainable, technology
Tagged creationism, environment, future, space, sustainability, technology, transport, us politics
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Brexit: More or less
Originally posted on daryanblog:
Brexit greatest enemy? Maths! Contrary to much expert opinion, it is argued by brexiters of the so called European Research Group that leaving the EU without any deal, a so called “hard brexit“, won’t be so…