How to get the money back from the bankers

When the first signs of the British banks failing arose, I thought that the solution was obvious. The Northern Rock Bank was the first to go, and although at that time I did not realise that they were merely the first in a row of dominoes, I thought the best way to handle the run [...]

Recession and climate change

The value of the goods and services of most nations, their total value and output is declining. In effect, there is no economic growth at the moment – the economies of the majority of the world are in recession. Recession is the opposite of growth and a recession occurs when there are six continuous months [...]

How do we plan for when the fuel runs out

I wrote yesterday about the conclusion of the International Energy Agency that energy demand will increase by 45% in the next twenty one years and that 80% of the increase will be by people burning more fossil fuel, most of which will be coal. We ought to consider this prediction in the light of the [...]

No credit crunch comfort on climate change

The credit crunch (or perhaps more accurately the confidence crisis) is closing down good businesses, putting people out of work and out of their homes and slowing down production of many goods and leaving most of the service industry not providing as many services. Is there an environmental silver lining? It may be that with [...]

Peak oil, peak coal, peak gas and projected fossil fuel use

It is interesting how much difference there is between targets and projections. The United Kingdom has an ambitious target to cut greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050. For this figure to be realistic we have got to cut them by 60% by 2030, because the easiest gains in emissions reduction come first. Of course there [...]

Which is better – solar flat panels or evacuated tubes?

I am often asked about the difference between evacuated tubes and flat plate solar panels; people want to know which is better and there are some confusing websites out there, particularly those which extol the virtues of evacuated tubes, so I shall let you have my views on each type of product. You will have [...]

Mercury,health damage and low energy lighting

Mercury pollution is a growing problem. Mercury damages the nervous systems of animals, dissolves in sea water where it is ingested by sea mammals and fish. Begula whales and arctic seals have higher levels of mercury in their bodies than ever and the poison works its way through the food chain, until it gets into [...]

Why and how I blog

Many people have asked me about my blogging so I thought that I should write about it. I have a busy life running Genersys; I have a very competent group of people that help, but I have to take the responsibility for the decision making and direction of the company. I also do some legal [...]

British Telecom will not become wind farmers

British Telecom has indicated that it will not be spending £250 million on a wind farms. The idea was that by building a series of UK wind farms it could generate about 25% of its own electricity usage, making it that bit more “green” as a telecommunications company. The reason for its decision not to [...]

Reducing the United Kingdom’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Homes

The United Kingdom’s Climate Change and Energy Secretary, Mr Ed Miliband, has been announcing some “policies” which are intended at reducing greenhouse gas emissions by households. He intends to do this project by incremental steps. The plan is for all 23 million UK households to be “near zero carbon emissions by 2050. That time scale [...]