Hybrid/electric race a non-starter
It was really quite remarkable. I nearly fell off my chair when I heard that, at the recent G8 meeting, Gordon Brown was effectively trying to dictate technology policy by saying that all British motorists will be driving electric or hybrid cars by 2020. Eh?
Published: 04/08/2008
Pity the tanker drivers’ strike wasn’t longer
The tanker drivers’ strike was too short. Here was a genuine opportunity to give people a real taste of what life is going to be like in just a few short years if we continue to do nothing about liquid fuels, and we blew it.
Published: 07/07/2008
There’s plenty of hot air and ideas, but where’s the real stuff?
Gosh. Has another year gone by already? Another All-Energy show hung on the line. How frightening. So what happened? Have we made any real progress in developing a Scottish renewables technology sector?
Published: 02/06/2008
Sustainability and investment
Here’s a thought for all those now basking in the Houston heat. Having demonstrated their stupidity in lending on so-called “sub-prime” mortgages, how do we know that the financial institutions won’t make – or already have made – the same mistakes in the energy sector?
Published: 05/05/2008
