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Wednesday 23 May 2012	Energy


Rob Lyons An energy policy for dimwits The UK government’s new energy strategy is about muddling through, not powering society forward.

Tuesday 22 May 2012
Colin McInnes Bringing new life to dead matter Human beings have the potential to transform the universe, so let’s not lose sleep about turning it into ‘grey goo’.

Tuesday 27 March 2012
James Woudhuysen Rare earths and not-so-rare tensions The US government’s threat to take China to court for hoarding precious elements is more than just a trade dispute.

Thursday 2 February 2012
James Woudhuysen All this carbon-cutting is a waste of energy Neither Boris Johnson nor Ken Livingstone is willing to deliver the uninterrupted, cheap energy London needs.

Thursday 22 December 2011
David Perks Let’s celebrate the search for the ‘God particle’ The attempt to understand the fundamental laws of nature is a project that everyone - not just scientists - is a part of.

Thursday 3 November 2011
Rob Lyons An earthquake under Britain’s energy supply Climate-obsessed greens are desperate to exploit two tiny tremors to scare the UK away from exploiting shale gas.

Wednesday 12 October 2011
Patrick Hayes The Fukushima effect The nuclear accident in Japan brought to the surface the Western world’s irrational fear of this most modern technology.

Monday 12 September 2011
Colin McInnes The long road to green serfdom Germany’s decision to ditch nuclear power should be a wake-up call to all those who favour development.

Thursday 14 July 2011
Rob Lyons How green politicking will deepen fuel poverty British consumers will pay a high price for Chris Huhne’s desire for moral grandstanding on climate change.

Monday 4 July 2011
Rob Lyons Who’s really fibbing about Fukushima? The way greens tried to play up the accident was far more shocking than ministers’ attempts to ‘play it down’.

Thursday 2 June 2011
Frank Furedi Nuclear vs climate change: the clash of the alarmists Germany’s hysterical decision to shut down all its nuclear power plants exposes the dangers of competitive fearmongering.

Monday 16 May 2011
Dominic Standish Is it arrivederci to nuclear power in Italy? The Italian government has prioritised risk-avoidance and short-term political survival over acute energy needs.

Thursday 5 May 2011
Rob Lyons Shale gas: a welcome energy shock As science writer Matt Ridley describes in a new report, we have a new, abundant source of cheap energy. What’s not to like?

Tuesday 5 April 2011
Rob Lyons Keeping the poor in the dark New World Bank rules restricting support for coal-fired power stations will confine millions to poverty.

Monday 4 April 2011
Ben Pile Fukushima: why greens turned on each other The reaction to events in Japan shows that fear – of climate change or radiation – trumps old solidarities.

Tuesday 29 March 2011
Bill Durodié Fukushima: sounding worse, getting better Obsessed with the idea of a nuclear meltdown, the doom mongerers are blind to the reality at Fukushima.

Thursday 24 March 2011
Tim Black My catastrophe is bigger than yours Anti-nuclear activists’ exploitation of the instability at Fukshima is a historic low point - even for them.

Thursday 24 March 2011
Matthias Heitmann The globalisation of German angst Never mind the people in Japan — for fearful Germans, every natural disaster is now ‘all about us’.

Wednesday 16 March 2011
Rob Lyons Five lessons from Fukushima Alarmist talk of a nuclear crisis in Japan reveals just how fearful modern society has become.

Thursday 3 February 2011
Rob Lyons Gasland: how to turn good news into bad Shale gas might help solve a global energy shortage. So why is Josh Fox’s Oscar-nominated doc so down on it?
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