I have done my level best to take some vicarious satisfaction at the plight of the London School of Economics in its dealings with the offspring of Libyan dictators, but try as I might, I can't do it. So it's sorrow rather than pleasure to see a great institution humbled in so public a way. All universities take some risks in their research and consultancy contacts with the wider world – and in their share-holdings – and not everything is as clear-cut as resolving to have no truck with the tobacco industry, as my university decided a long time ago. Supping with people and organisations who might turn out to be on speaking terms with the devil is hard to guarantee.
It's a commonplace claim that the realisation of commercial nuclear fusion reactors is always around 20 years away. It seems to be no different today despite the huge increase in private sector cash flowing into development. What I didn't realise...
Did you see that Simon Stiell, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, told an audience in London: “We have two years to save the world.” I didn't and am grateful to Dominic Lawson in The Times...
Here's a rather impassioned article from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit [ECIU] about the significance of the UK's ~1% on-shore [*] contribution to global emissions. It's the Tesco argument. It essentially says that although 1% is small compared with...
"Epicaricacy" is my favorite word! Great post.