I have been reading a brand new book by Brian Dumaine from Fortune and Time and other august establishments. It’s called The Plot to Save the Planet
My first response to reading this was “Wow!”
There are a lot of different organizations working from many different angles trying to come up with products ands methods to […]

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Storage of wind power is a key element to the success of wind energy, writes CNN in an article published yesterday about a research being carried out at Nottingam University by Seamus Garvey. First some figures: in Europe, the Danes are leading the way with wind power as 20 per cent of their electricity supply […]

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Britain recently announced its support for the construction of new nuclear powers in the country, a move that has led to speculations of a renaissance of nuclear energy. And again, worries about security and the ghost of Chernobyl loom over nuclear power like an apocalyptic nightmare. We grew up with the fear of an atomic […]

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You can always rely on Bob Geldof, him of Live Aid fame, to say something really stupid. His latest foot-in-the-mouth ‘wisdom pearl’ appeared on a Lexus-sponsored blog about hybrid cars in which Geldof advocates the use of nuclear power. He must have become chummy with the people from the nuclear lobby in the UK, which […]

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