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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Irresponsible, short-sighted but consistent
Last week I did a day of motorway driving – taking our youngest to Exeter for the start of his university career. The M5 was not too busy, and the traffic flowed easily. However there was still bad driving. My … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Energy, News, Social & Community, Sustainability, Transport
Tagged Buses, climate change, Conservatives, energy, motorway, oil, road safety, speed limit
541 Comments
Making progress on combating climate change?
We’ve come a long way since 2006 and the launch of ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, the documentary film fronted by former US vice-president Al Gore, explaining the reality of climate change. Despite the nay-sayers, the scientific evidence is irreputable – and still inconvenient. … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, News, Sustainability
Tagged climate change, Council House, Derby City Council, energy, energy saving, hydro-electric, turbine
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Our economy… and the global one.
Yesterday’s news was full of gloomy predictions of virtually no economic growth both globally and within the UK. Commentators, and ‘experts’ alike seemed at a loss to know why this is happening, especially when countries like the UK are following … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Energy, News, Uncategorized
Tagged debt, Derby, fossil fuels, Lucy Care, oil price, peak oil, sustainable development
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