Ten things you need to know about modern solar water heating

Solar water heating is the most cost effective form of clean renewable energy that a householder can get. If you are thinking about becoming “greener” and investing in a solar system, then this guide will help you.

Geo engineering the climate – big on promises but…

Once in a while someone thinks of a bright idea without thinking it through properly. The idea is to cure some ill, but sometimes the cure may we worse than the disease. At the heart of these bright ideas is an endeavour to do good, but often there are other motives.

Dark satanic mills in Lesotho

I wrote yesterday about how we have moved our “dark satanic mills” to other countries. We can see the effects of this in ordinary every day times, like denim jeans.

The dark satanic mills

And did those feet in ancient time Walk upon England’s mountains green? And was the holy Lamb of God On England’s pleasant pastures seen?   And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic Mills?

The monsoon is changing, but no knows why for sure

The people of South East Asia depend on the monsoon. It brings water to enable their crops to grow, and the climate and conditions are such that the monsoon enables several crops to grow in succession, which, if grown in Europe, would simply be once a year events.

Easter Island – a lesson for humanity

When humans settle in a place they have to adapt to its geography and its climate. Often this happens automatically, by default so as to speak. The plants and animals in the places when humans have spilled into have adapted over the millennia to the soils and weather of those places, so it is often [...]

Carbon emissions from the cement industry

It seems that whatever you do you make carbon dioxide. When you breathe out, you exhale carbon dioxide. When you travel the combustion of fuel makes carbon dioxide. When you heat your home or shower (unless you have solar panels) or search the internet, you make carbon dioxide. Now making carbon dioxide is not always [...]

Genersys solar panels pass the Range Rover test in Chile!

When we launched Genersys in Santiago (last month)  at the residence of HM Ambassador to Chile, Mr Howard Drake, our Chilean partners wanted to show the strength of the Genersys panel in a tangible form. They decided that they would repeat the demonstration that was made in Yorkshire with a Range Rover resting on the [...]

Climate change: human emissions or the activity of the sun?

There is a great deal of debate in the scientific community about whether the sun has a persistent role in global warming or whether human greenhouse gas emissions are the real culprit or whether it is all down to greenhouse gas emissions. Those that favour the sun are a vocal minority; those that favour human [...]

Does anyone want 1400 tonnes of toxic rubbish?

Sometimes the reporting media of the United Kingdom puts an unconscious spin on a news event which attempts to make the best of a bad job. One example is “the UK is working with Brazilian authorities to return more than 1,400 tonnes of toxic waste to Britain”. This was a quotation by an official employed [...]