Have your say about yet another climate change consultation but remember four key points about consultations

We all agree that motherhood and apple pie are wonderful things and Mr Miliband’s job is to deliver the energy equivalent of them- low energy bills and low-carbon (sic) heat and power.

The designer of Emissions Trading now thinks it over rated

We would get a far larger reduction in greenhouse gas emissions if the people involved in emissions trading would be retrained and became plumbers, solar panel installers, and electricians familiar with installing photovoltaics, wind turbine builders and foresters. Others unsuited to the active honest work with their hands might well use their brains to help climate change research, financing renewable businesses

Hope for redressing climate change

Humans need hope. It provides them a means of escape from problems that seemed impossible to solve. Throughout history humans have been face with what seemed impossible situations, but hope has given them to means to fight overwhelming odds that threatened them.

The by-products of burning coal

I have written about the copious amounts of carbon dioxide that coal fired power stations push into the air – far greater amounts per unit of electrical energy than any other form of electrical generation. However, the coal pollution is not limited to carbon dioxide, which warms up our planet. There are other dangerous by [...]

Carbon Capture and Storage and Aberthaw power station

You may have heard politicians, energy companies and those with vested interests in coal mining ( mine operators and trade unions) talk about “carbon capture and storage” (CCS) as though it actually exists. It does not exist in any viable form, and you should not be fooled when you hear politicans and power generators talk [...]

the coal miners’ strike and the lost opportunities

Twenty five years ago the British coal miners started a long strike. They did not ballot the union membership about the strike, and after twenty five years the causes of the strike, as stated at the time, now seem to be obscure. With the clarity and wisdom that hindsight brings, it now seems that the [...]

Wales: burning biomass will not achieve the results that the Welsh Assembly expects

The Welsh Assembly is almost a government. It has some powers and it is, like most administrations, gradually expanding its powers and in the process is putting a Welsh imprint on the Government of Wales for the first time since King Edward the First invaded Wales in 1277 and conquered Wales in a few years [...]

Burning forests around the world and burning coal in Washington

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reported that the growth in greenhouse gas emissions over the past forty years has largely been down to increased use of energy. They mean by energy both power and heat, not just electrical energy.

The tropical rain forest and your personal bags of soot

In the past forty years one Brazilian State, Amazonia, has turned land with the surface area four times the size of Wales from tropical rain forest into farmland or waste land. The farmland is used for rearing cattle, to feed the mouths of the ever prosperous world which is what happens when people can afford [...]

Eleven Practical Things you should know about a Solar water Heating System

Before you buy you need to know some practical points about a solar water heating system, which will help you decide whether you want one and givce you an undertsanding of what you should be looking for.