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Are Sun and Wind much more expensive than we think? And how would we know?
In the Summer, the Economist's Free Exchange column had a feature on the economics of renewable energy which suggested that the costs of wind and (especially) solar power are much more problematic that thought. The article begins: "... whereas...
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Still recovering from STILS
I spend more time than ever in London these days experiencing the joys and thrills of grandparenting. No matter how fulfilling, however, it always leads to a bout of SILS – Spending Time In London Syndrome. This is a deep psychological...
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Measuring global whatever it is
This is the latest from Think Global's Chief Executive, promoting a Members’ Lunch and AGM on November 6th (1230 ...) "I’m really pleased to say that our [AGM] guest speakers will be Newman Burdett, Head of Centre for International Comparisons, and...
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People and Planet accepts a generous offer from EAUC / AUDE
Those smart folk at People & Planet have agreed with a suggestion from EAUC and AUDE that data should be collected by EAUC / AUDE for use in post-2014 green league tables. How many micro-seconds did it take P&P to decide to accept, I wonder, and could...
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Let's hear it for the Ebola virus
I wrote recently about a dire presentation at the recent ECER conference where ESD was taken to task for being overly-anthropocentric. The speaker, Helen Kopnina of the University of Amsterdam and the Hague University of Applied Science, spoke up for...
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Cheap at half the price
The Plymouth Herald – essential reading, I find – recently reported that the city's University had splashed out a sum not unadjacent to £150k on 7 Chairs. "Gosh", that's cheap, I thought. I know professors are poorly paid, but really,...
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Fairness and Physics
Peter Harper, variously of the Centre for Alternative Technology, Schumacher College, and the University of Bath is presenting a lecture tonight at BRLSI on Energy: Fairness, Physics and Sustainability. This is the blurb: The atmosphere is a shared resource. Therefore the...
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The most terrifying video you'll ever see
This is how this YouTube clip is introduced. Really, I thought – has no one seen this YouTube gem which I defy anyone to watch without reaching for the valium. No matter how often I watch the "most terrifying" YouTube video, it just...
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What is ESD? And why is it important to your students?
This is the title of a paper that Paul Vare and I have written for the Teachers: Agents of Change project, funded by the EU, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, and the Czech Development Agency. This...
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Nimbyism is taken to new heights in Wiltshire
Wiltshire has an explorer – David Hempleman-Adams – who seems to do most of his exploring out of the county. Hempleman-Adams has made an intervention into the local solar PV politics (ie, should Wiltshire Council encourage or discourage it?). The Council's policy is not to have...