Invitation 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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