How Scottish independence will boost green energy
If, as now seems likely, Scotland becomes independent in the next 5 years, green energy should get a major boost. A Scottish Government will have the unconstrained ability to offer contracts to supply...
View ArticleWhy we shouldn't head back to the offices just to save the property owners...
Big Capitalism rarely gets as self-mocking as when it is crying out for state subsidies to preserve the failing out-of-date technologies of its biggest zombie corporations. It seems to me especially...
View ArticleWhy we're not heading for a 'no-deal' Brexit - the Brits will cave in and...
I'm a student of the 'new normal' in politics - that's the post so-called populist revolution new normal - which means that the UK will do much the same in January with a last gasp concession to EU...
View ArticleBe careful what you wish for - why letting ex-pat Scots vote in an...
What started off as looking like a whakky idea - allowing a Scottish independence referendum on the proviso that all people who would be eligible for Scottish passports - has now become almost...
View ArticleIs Treasury about to cave in over EDF's demand for a blank cheque for...
It is looking increasingly likely that the British Government is about to cave-in to EDF's demand that the British energy consumers should pay what could be massive cost overruns for building Sizewell...
View ArticlePlease sign the petition for Scotland to set 100 per cent renewable energy...
Please sign the petition for Scotland to set 100 per cent renewable energy target. See the 100percentrenewableuk blog at https://100percentrenewableuk.org/blog and you can access the petition page...
View ArticleGovernment slashes energy efficiency spending by 80 per cent in so-called 10...
Andrew Warren, the Chairman of the British Energy Efficiency Federation, says that spending on energy efficiency has been slashed by 80 per cent. Meanwhile the gas and nuclear lobbies are being paid...
View Articlehow all or most of our energy needs can be provided using less than 7 per...
Yes, you've probably guessed it! Offshore windfarms will do the trick of providing all our energy needs using around 7 per cent of UK waters. Of course it makes sense to have as much onshore wind and...
View ArticleWebinar on achieving 100 per cent of Scottish energy consumption from renable...
Recording of webinar on how and why the Scottish Govt should set a target to achieve 100 per cent of ALL energy from renewables - see https://100percentrenewableuk.org/blog If you live in Scotland,...
View ArticleWe need better regulations and incentives, not carbon taxes on domestic gas,...
Whenever an economist or someone who seeks to make themselves out as being a go-ahead free market type wants to declare their interest in saving the planet from climate change, you can bet your life...
View ArticleYes, the USA is heading towards autocracy
Until very recently comparing contemporary events in the West with the 1920s was little more than a joke that one could make but gradually bit by bit some key indicators are becoming comparable. The...
View ArticleCould there be a fascist takeover of the US in 2025?
It is now possible to conceive a plausible scenario where there could be a civil conflict followed by fascist takeover in 2025 following the 2024 elections. NBC has published an opinion piece...
View ArticleWhy Boris Johnson cannot say 'no' to a second Scottish independence referendum
In the face of polls showing increasing desires in Scotland for an indyref 2 Westminster is busy trying to sound as stern and pompous as they can in saying 'never, never, never'. But Boris Johnson must...
View ArticleWhy 100 per cent renewable energy is better to balance solar and wind power...
Video: Why nuclear power is a bad way to balance renewable energy. Toke, Fairlie and Eppel from 100percentrenewableuk discuss how a 100percent renewable energy system is much better for the UK than...
View ArticleInvitation to tender to do a model/scenario for 100 per cent renewable energy...
Attention energy academics and consultants! Invitation to tender to do a model/scenario for 100 per cent renewable energy in the UK. There is little work on this topic because for the most part the...
View ArticleBook launch event for ‘Nuclear Power in Stagnation - A cultural approach to...
The event is by zoom, noon – 12.55, Wednesday March 31st - if you register to attend this FREE event you will later be sent the zoom code for the meeting. Register for the event through Eventbrite by...
View ArticleWhy the Tory plan to switch to FPTP for Mayoral elections won't do them much...
Priti Patel's plan to use First past the post (FPTP) rather than supplementary vote probably won't give them much, if any advantage, and actually may hurt their cause of getting more Tories in...
View Articlethe online banking scandal that the banks don't want to talk about
The banks are very keen to encourage online banking, but amongst all the talk about how their bank's security systems are very safe, what gets much less emphasis is that online banking is only as safe...
View ArticleWhy we should definitely protect people with dementia against age discrimination
I certainly welcome the decision in favour of the discrimination case against Asda brought by a dementia sufferer who was encouraged to retire. But the trouble is that this case also condemns ageist...
View ArticleWhy talk of western imposed 'no fly zones' and NATO attacks on Russian forces...
I have been horrified by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and am fully supportive of the sanctions on Russia and also ammunition/munitions support given to the Ukrainian Government. But the now common...
View Articleworld war three is now becoming more and more likely to happen
As I said in my last blog post, action by NATO to become directly involved with notions such as 'no fly zones' to oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is madness. I stand by that argument in full....
View ArticleWhy Labour's green policies are fatally undermined by its 'nuclear first' stance
It is now clear from Labour's stance in the House of Commons, that nuclear power comes before every thing else. Indeed, aside from Keir Starmer's emphasis on 'nuclear first' attacks on the Government...
View ArticleBig Solar Co-op Launches Community Share Offer
'The Big Solar Co-op is an exciting new approach to subsidy-free community solar, supported by Sharenergy. We’re working across the UK to:Make solar viable on a huge range of sites – mainly community...
View ArticleA publicly owned energy system would have much reduced the present energy...
Amidst the unfolding horror of the UK's energy price crisis there is a debate about public ownership of the energy system to make things better. Well, as I discuss below, it's very plausible to argue...
View ArticleWhy the energy price cap is needed in order to keep renewables cheap for the...
Just as it has been announced that the energy supply companies have returned to making some money, demands are being made to scrap the energy price cap. The energy price cap protects domestic energy...
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