Heat: A Common Concern?
I’ve spent probably way too much time thinking about burning things. And the conclusion I’ve reached is that we need more wood.
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Why the lights are going out on Britain’s asset-stripped nation
Electricity supply, one of the systemic flaws in the UK’s failing economy, looks increasingly like it could fracture this Winter – and without accepting why that model is broken that cannot be avoided.
Winter Approacheth
I do not want an oil-burning furnace. I can’t afford an oil-burning furnace. I don’t want oil-burning anything to even be.
Winter Fluff
Perhaps many of you are already floundering around trying to figure out how to keep the house warm despite unaffordable fuel costs. So I thought I might share my down home ways…
Solar power surges in Spain
Given that sky-high fossil fuel prices are here to stay, and the revived political urgency of bolstering domestic energy generation, solar generation will surge in the coming years – especially in Europe.
Steve Vavrus: “Arctic Fever? Taking the Arctic’s Temperature”
Why are the effects of warming so extreme in the Arctic, and what are the implications for weather events and average temperatures on the rest of the planet? Do runaway arctic feedback loops mean disaster ‘Blue Ocean’ scenarios?
Don’t Pay UK has the right idea – but it’s not enough
Don’t Pay’s campaign ask is simple: pledge not to pay your energy bill and, if a million other people sign up by 1 October (when the new energy price cap comes into force) and the government still hasn’t taken action, cancel your direct debit.
Breaking Britain’s energy ‘market’
In the short term, we’re staring at an economic and humanitarian catastrophe, and to fix this in the few months we have we have to work with the system we have.
The Status of Global Oil Production (Part 5)
Environmentalists like to say that oil can be easily replaced with electric and fuel cell vehicles in the transportation sector. But how realistic is that assertion?
Reality Is Not What It Seems. And That Might Just Save the Climate
Quantum social activism invites us to think differently about familiar dilemmas, and see what new possibilities may open as a result.
Our Research Shows That Big Oil’s Plans for Combating Climate Crisis Are Bunk
Influential oil company scenarios for combating climate change don’t actually meet the Paris Agreement goals, our new analysis shows.
The Status of Global Oil Production (Part 4)
This report covers oil production in Russia, including the former Soviet Union area, and in Asia.
