The Guardian’s expose of DBERR’s response to the EU’s 20% renewable energy target which Tony Blair signed us up to earlier this year is sadly reminiscent of Yes, Minister, replete with calls to reclassify solar panels in Africa and nuclear energy as counting towards our renewable target. The worst thing about all this is that… Continue reading Official response to green energy targets: lie
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Die Harder
Two things to say about Tony Blair’s Bruce Willis inspired soundbite-of-the-day about Nuclear power being “back on the agenda – with a vengeance“: It is insuffrably ridiculous, the verbal equivalent of a 50-something man driving around in a Lambourghini; It is code for “that stuff about being genuinely open minded about nuclear power? Big fat… Continue reading Die Harder
Half-Baked Incineration Policy
Ming’s podcast question hotline is a great idea and it is a shame they didn’t go with it earlier. Unfortunately, it was let down by the content. No Mr Campbell, it is not a matter of deciding between incineration and recycling. There is a third option which is usually labelled as “incineration”: energy from waste.… Continue reading Half-Baked Incineration Policy