You can’t kill a zombie
Ben Goldacre writes the regular Bad Science column in the Guardian. Normally he sticks to medical issues, particularly the MMR scare, but he turned his...
The benefits snowball
Dec 11, 2009
When I do workshops with either professional or student engineers, I always emphasise the need to take a systems approach to design. If you optimise...
Throw out the doom, gloom and conspiracy theories!
Dec 9, 2009
So the Copenhagen juggernaut judders on, with daily starts and stops, waves of optimism and pessimism, and the CRU e-mail leak providing a nice counterpoint...
Feedback from the LCBPE, 3rd Dec
Dec 7, 2009
I had a brilliant but exhausting day at the Low Carbon Best Practice Exchange last Thursday. A late train led to a missed connection wiping...
How to settle the climate debate…
Dec 4, 2009
A bit of fun for a Friday to get us ready for Copenhagen next week* - "Al Gore" and "Christopher Monckton" have a rap battle...
No place for tree-huggers
Dec 2, 2009
Running a green business is tough. I have seen many people get bitten by the green bug and then just get bitten. I have seen...
Low Carbon Agenda: Jeers and Cheers
Nov 30, 2009
Thanks to everyone who has given feedback on last week's Low Carbon Agenda. Some found that the text wrapped strangely around the central diagram in...
Geek Central: Virtualisation
Nov 27, 2009
The economy is fast becoming digitised - photos, music, newspapers, movies, books, shopping, networking. This is a good thing from a dematerialisation point of view,...
M King Hubbert & Peak Oil Theory
Nov 26, 2009
If anyone is interested in the background to the concept of peak oil, I've just posted a profile of the godfather of peak oil, M...
Copenhagen’s hotting up…
Nov 25, 2009
You can always tell when things are coming to a crunch when the game gets dirty. If you are reading this blog, then you are...