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The United Kingdom does not have the most expensive energy in Europe. It prices are probably somewhere in the middle of a European league table of energy prices, but such a league table is complicated by the currency fluctuations which have recently been quite extreme.
Filed under: climate change, electricity, energy, fuel, gas, natural gas | Tagged: energy prices, gas storage, rate of increase of European energy prices, Rate of increase of UK energy prices | Leave a Comment »
There has been a very short but very cold spell of weather in theUnited Kingdomrecently.Londonhas even seen a little snowfall, but the temperatures, which in some parts have fallen to -10 Celsius, are very unusual for this part of Europe, which is warmed by the Gulf Stream, which prevents the British Isles having the same [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, fuel, gas, heat, natural gas | Tagged: condensing, condensing boiler and very cold weather, gas boiler, why condensing boiler may stop working | 74 Comments »
Will solar panels increase the value of your home? My answer to this question would be a simple “yes” because solar panels that provide free heat reduce the energy cost of the home and that ought, by my simple logic, make the home more worth more than an identical home next door. However I am [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, genersys, global warming, heat, microgeneration, solar, solar energy, solar panels | Tagged: Appraisal Journal, calculation fo value that solar panels add, house values and solar panels, Review of Literature on Market Valuation of Energy-Efficient Homes, solar panels add value to your home, US Environmental Protection Agency, valuation of energy efficient homes | 11 Comments »
One of the major arguments of those that believe (or wish to believe) that global warming is not happening is that the climate has always changed, so what is happening today is no different from what has always happened. As an argument it bears about as much substance and scientific relevance as the argument that [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, heat, solar energy | Tagged: aerosols, anthropgenic climate change, definition of climate change, earth's orbit variations, effect of sunspots on climate, natural forces of climate change, solar radiation, sunspots, tectonic plates, the climate has always changed, tipping point, vapour trails, volcanes | 4 Comments »
It was only five short years ago when the energy policy of the United Kingdom was basically “let’s leave it to the free markets”. Later it was changed to “we must get our fair share of fuel”. However, as some of us pointed out then the markets are not at all free and are controlled [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, fuel, gas, global warming, natural gas | Tagged: European countries affected by gas dispute, proportion of UK gas from Russia, Russia gas supplies, UK energy and gas, UK energy policy, Ukraine gas pipeline | 1 Comment »
If you have an oil fired boiler you are used to buying heating oil for it. Oil fired boilers use kerosene, which is virtually the same substance that jet engines use. Kerosene has a similar energy content to diesel fuel and its use in heat provides somewhere between 43.1 MJ and 46.2 MJ per kilogram. Kerosene [...]
Filed under: biofuels, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, fuel, global warming, heat, natural gas, oil, solar, solar panels | Tagged: energy content of kerosene, heating oil, heating oil prices, kerosene | 3 Comments »
In November Genersys hosted the Green Party’s launch of the “Green New Deal” Policy and the Green Party Leader, Caroline Lucas, explained her party’s policy of a plan for creating 100,000 new jobs by substantial investment in renewables and other environmentally friendly processes. I thought that this policy was exactly right and called upon all [...]
Filed under: carbon emissions, climate change, electricity, energy, global warming, gordon brown, heat, microgeneration, natural gas, solar, solar energy, solar panels, wind turbines | Tagged: Caroline Lucas, district heating, genersys, Green Party, large scale renewables, public transport | Leave a Comment »
I have been trying to understand biofuels, which are hailed by many as a means of producing sustainable fuel which is carbon neutral and can replace the oil based fuels that we use particularly for transport. It is a difficult subject and quite complex, but I will not attempt to take you through all the [...]
Filed under: biofuels, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, solar, solar energy | Tagged: amount of US corn used for ethanol, biofuel policy, corn from ethanol, Tad Patzek, thermodynamics | 2 Comments »
We already use natural gas for power generation and it is the cleanest fossil fuel that we have available. Natural gas can also be used as a vehicle fuel, as you can see from the picture, which I took in Porto. Gas burns very cleanly, more cleanly than petrol or diesel. There are moves afoot [...]
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We know that carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere as a result of fossil fuel burning. We know that before the industrial revolution the concentration was at about 280 parts per million and the latest measurements show a present concentration of 390 parts per million. Concentrations seem to be rising at around 2 parts per [...]
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