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Writing tagged: ‘environment’

Why, anyone might think there was a General Election in the offing

Guardian: Fracking banned in UK as government makes major U-turn

Published 02-Nov-2019
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: environment, politics

This is what happens when you don't invest in nuclear power

Consumers to pay ‘dirty’ coal power subsidies for years.

Published 22-Jul-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: environment, nuclear power

Vertical lateral thinking

In which I describe a win-win-win solution to an environmental time-bomb.

Published 09-Mar-2013
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cats, environment, germans, sport

They're going to save the planet, apparently

Wind powerstations affect local weather.

Published 30-Apr-2012
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, environment, windpowerstations

Somewhere in the Pennines this morning

Video of a so-called wind 'farm' doing nothing this morning.

Published 10-Jun-2011
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: environment, videos, windpowerstations

Seeing the light!

Leading environmentalists convert to nuclear.

Published 25-Feb-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, environment, nuclear power

It's called a tree

Sun-powered device converts CO2 into fuel.

Published 18-Feb-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: climate change, environment, science

Just like Cary Grant

The real reason why I shall be travelling to Italy by train.

Published 01-Feb-2009
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: environment, films, florence, italy, jen, movies, trains, travel

Vandalism

Today, some wanker in Whitehall has agreed to build 250 turbines 540ft tall in the middle of my favourite view.

Published 03-Dec-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, environment, vandalism, windpowerstations

Faffing about

An area the size of Wales would need to be covered in wind turbines to meet just a sixth of the nation's daily energy needs, according to a new study.

Published 23-Nov-2008
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: energy, environment, nuclear power, windpowerstations

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On the Moor
On the Moor: science, history and nature on a country walk

Carter cleverly weaves in science at every opportunity, whether it’s inspired by direct observations of birds and animals and plants […] or spinning off from a trig point onto the geometric methods of surveying through history all the way up to GPS. […] All in all, this is probably best described as a great ramble on the moor with an expert guide. […] It’s a wuthering wonder.
—Brian Clegg, popular science author and communicator, Popular Science Books

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