Posted on November 18, 2009 by robertkyriakides
I have been trying to understand the basis of measuring the United Kingdom’s carbon dioxide emissions. The country’s much publicised and apparently legally binding emission reduction targets depend upon these being accurately measured. If they are not accurately and consistently measured then they are not real targets at all, just froth and bluster. [...]
Filed under: biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, global warming, targets | Tagged: biomass power stations emissions, embeedded emissions, emission made abroad, emission reduction targetsm carbon emission reduction targets, emissions from aviation, emissions from biomass, emissions from shipping, legall binding emission targets, power station at port talbot | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 6, 2009 by robertkyriakides
I have always thought that biomass power stations, like that one that is proposed in Port Talbot, are a mistake; they start from the premise that biomass is renewable and sustainable and that biomass power stations will ensure that the trees used are replaced with new planting. I do not think that it is as [...]
Filed under: Climate Change and health, PV, biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, electricity, energy, microgeneration, solar energy, solar panels, wind turbines | Tagged: benzoa pyrenes, employment at port talbot power plant, Port Talbot, port talbot power plant, port talbot power station, Prenergy | 1 Comment »
Posted on October 1, 2009 by robertkyriakides
Imagine eating in an expensive restaurant. The food and wine is very good and you and your party have eaten and drunk far more than you need, and in some cases far more than you enjoyed. You are sipping your final drinks but the waiter is about to present the bill. You were not careful [...]
Filed under: PV, biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, microgeneration, renewables, solar energy, solar panels, wind turbines | Tagged: cost of climate change adaptation, dirty renewables, fossil fuels, world bank | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 29, 2009 by robertkyriakides
Ten things that will make no difference to climate change
1. Carbon offsetting
Keep your money in your pocket.
2. Carbon Trading
You cannot use the principles of the casino to help the climate unless the house wins every time
3. The Clean Development Mechanism
No more than a good opportunity for free money for large corporations
4. Biomass burning
Keep the trees in [...]
Filed under: biofuels, biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon offsetting, carbon trading, climate change, energy, global warming, pollution | Tagged: Ten things that will make no difference to climate change | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 19, 2009 by robertkyriakides
The future role of solar thermal in providing renewable heat
Filed under: biomass, carbon emissions, climate change, energy, global warming, heat, renewables | Tagged: clean renewables, DECC, department of energy and climate change, dirty renewables, heat pumps, partly renewables, renewable heat, wood pellets | 2 Comments »
Posted on August 5, 2009 by robertkyriakides
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 [...]
Filed under: biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, electricity, global warming, solar, solar panels | Tagged: cement, cement statistics, chemical energy, climate change and cement, emissions from cement, manufacture of cement | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 19, 2009 by robertkyriakides
In London when I was much younger there were two fellows who walked around with sandwich boards, not because of their occupations, but as a result of their preoccupations. One chap’s board had a message that warned against the eating of beans and pulses, which according to this chap were at the root of all [...]
Filed under: Coal, biofuels, biogas, biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, climate change deniers, electricity, energy, energy statistics, fuel, gas, global warming, heat, natural gas, nuclear, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, solar, solar energy, wind turbines | Tagged: how much coal is left, how much fuel is left, how much natural gas is left, how much oil is left, how much uranium is left, reserves of coal, reserves of gas, reserves of oil, reserves of uranium, sandwich boards, the end of the world is nigh | 8 Comments »
Posted on June 5, 2009 by robertkyriakides
Many people use the words “renewable” and “sustainable” in relation to energy fuel and the environment without being specific about what they mean by these words. I could write a long piece about definitions, but in the case of energy I think that it is better to classify the various types of energy fuel so that [...]
Filed under: Coal, biofuels, biogas, biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, climate change, electricity, energy, fuel, gas, global warming, heat, natural gas, nuclear energy, oil, renewables, solar, solar energy, solar panels | 5 Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2009 by robertkyriakides
The risks of burning coal and biomass are simply too great; we must stop the burning.
Filed under: biomass, carbon dioxide, carbon emissions, carbon trading, climate change, energy, fuel, gas, global warming, heat, natural gas, oil, pollution, power | Tagged: bad burning, biomass burning, carbon sequestration ready, coal burning, coal fired power stations, emissions from coal, two degrees celsius | 4 Comments »
Posted on April 30, 2009 by robertkyriakides
