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Rob Lyons
Have politicians had a mental blackout?
There’s a real risk of energy shortages in Britain, yet still the political class is obsessed with cutting fossil fuel use.
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| Wednesday 14 November 2012 |
Woudhuysen & Seaman
Energy independence: a misguided pipedream
When will presidential candidates and their backers give up on the crazy idea of American going solo on energy?
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| Thursday 4 October 2012 |
Woudhuysen, Kaplinsky & Seaman
How to make blackouts a thing of the past
The key to providing for our energy needs is technological development, not sterile rows about energy sources.
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| Wednesday 23 May 2012 |
Rob Lyons
An energy policy for dimwits
The UK government’s new energy strategy is about muddling through, not powering society forward.
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| 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’.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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’.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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?
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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