A Postcard from Gaucin
I woke up early yesterday morning and got out onto the veranda of our holiday apartment before the rest of the family. A vulture wheeled...
Cost or opportunity?
Oct 6, 2010
There's a story in the Independent this week that upgrades to the UK's electricity grid will cost £32bn, part of an estimated £200bn that will...
It's the economy, stupid
Sep 29, 2010
Back in the early 1980s, I persuaded my parents to part with the princely sum of £399.00 for a BBC Micro Model B. My initial...
Time Now for Beyond Petroleum
Jul 26, 2010
So the hapless Tony Hayward is to go. I don't envy his reported replacement, Bob Dudley, in the least. He has to finalise the closing...
We all must go Beyond Petroleum, not just BP
Jun 7, 2010
Finally BP seem to be getting a grip, quite literally, on the source of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But with its stock value...
Smart Grids for Idiots
Jan 13, 2010
This morning I was reading the usual batch of letters to my local paper on how terrible renewable energy is, how global warming is a...
Glen Bennett, EAE Ltd
Jul 29, 2009
Yesterday I interviewed Glen Bennett, founder and MD of EAE Ltd, a Scottish leaflet marketing business. This video, made by young people as part of...
Engineering the Future
Jul 27, 2009
I'm a member of the Institute of Engineering & Technology - back when I was appointed a member it was the Institute of Electrical Engineers...
Green Wednesday?
Jul 17, 2009
And lo! It came to pass that the UK did publish a huge raft of low carbon strategies on one day in July. And as...
Low carbon strategies – but are they too little, too late?
Jul 15, 2009
The UK Government is launching a raft of strategies today: Low Carbon Transition Plan, a Renewable Energy Strategy and the Low Carbon Industrial Strategy. I'll...