The elephant in the room: privatisation and a lower carbon economy

The United Kingdom is failing to bring about a fundamental shift in how it meets its energy needs. While there is much wordage given over to the pros and cons of various alternative energy sources, be it wind, solar or nuclear power, little to no debate is taking place with regard to how the shift away [...]

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Sustainable Energy – without the hot air!

‘Sustainable Energy – without the hot air’ is a free book, written by Professor David MacKay, that seeks to help build a realistic and constructive consensus about how society can best meet its energy needs. If you want to gain an insight into the book then watch the video clip below. If you want to read the book itself, [...]

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Toxic Fuels

‘Oil derived from tar sands is the most climate hostile fuel in production. If fully exploited, tar sand alone would take us to the brink of runaway climate change and trigger a local environmental disaster’. ‘Toxic Fuels’ is a series of three films about tar sands and will be in cinemas this spring. If you [...]

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Are you living with Energy Vampires?!

What are energy vampires? Well, they are the standby settings on your electrical appliances. The only sure way to stop them sucking energy from the grid (and money from your wallet!), is to switch your appliances off at the socket. That way you will help to reduce your contribution to climate change, and save yourself a small [...]

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Crude Awakening!

The documentary film ‘A crude awakening’, gives us an insight into how our civilization’s addiction to oil puts it on course for disaster. Our industrial society has been built on an abundance of cheap energy, notably oil. However, this addiction has to end if we are to avoid a massive economic crash. Why not get the film out of [...]

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