Category: Environmental Issues
Sustainable Energy
Our (human) world is built on energy. Without it civilization really will collapse, which is more than a little worrying when you consider that what we’ve been using to provide our energy is likely to actually run out within the life times of many of us. So aside from running around like headless Chicken Little’s what’s to be done? Read more…
Unappealing Characters, Dubious Assertions
Meet the cast in the great Climate Change debate. Pretty they ain’t. But to be fair, what they lack in insight and tolerance they more than make up for with prejudice, bigotry and deceit. Read more…
Alternatives to Oil
Bye bye oil. Hello, well what exactly? No one seems to have any good ideas, or to be brutally honest, any ideas whatsoever. There are various possibilities being floated around but not too many of these even qualify as half baked, let alone as seriously viable propositions. So what might or might not be around the corner (by which I mean the next decade or two)… Read more…
Oil Will Never Run Out
You might think that if we keep burning oil the way we are then eventually there won’t be any left. If you do think that you really ought to read this. Sure, it’s going to spell Bad News for this nice comfortable world we’ve rather gotten used to, but it’s not gonna be like suddenly the gas stations all run dry. There will always be oil, but for a variety of reasons you just won’t be able to use it… Read more…
What Happens When the Oil Runs Out?
So, what can we expect from the impending energy crunch? It’s a dammed good question to which there seems to be, as yet, no good answers. Isn’t that a just a tad worrying? The idea that in the not so far off future it will be impossible to fill your car up, or leave your lights blazing all night, or run the air conditioning when it gets too warm? Read more…
