• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Greenwash

The good news is that high prices and growing demand for energy have resulted in an increase in efficiency and the exploitation of new sources of energy. The bad news is that most of these are carbon based…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment

Reports relating to energy consumption and the environment are often far from being clear, specific and unbiased. Some are unreadable. In contrast…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Transport, Greenwash

On the one hand it’s encouraging that airlines are experimenting with alternative fuels to lower their CO2 emissions. However, the hype…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Greenwash

Bill Hicks once remarked ‘people who produce surveys get the answers they want’. Well there appears to be a spate of…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Transport

Pushing for tighter regulation may be neccessary but it’s a very indirect route.

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment

You might think that renewables provided a good opportunity for EEF members but…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment

Judging from the media coverage of green technologies and cleantech there’s no lack of interest in the subject. One barrier that’s holding adoption back (or at least confusing the decision making) is the inconsistent government incentives…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Cleantech

An article by Jeremy Leggett in which he, amongst other things, poses the questions “… why no Microsofts, Intels, Googles, or Facebooks have emerged yet among the cleantech industries. Why… has the cleantech revolution been so much more difficult to crack than the digital and Internet revolutions?”

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment

I’ve just returned from a fascinating conference, Carbon Capture & Storage: a strategy for industrial development…

• Written by Alistair Fox
• Categorised Energy, Environment, Transport

New grants for electric cars will encourage EV use but will that be good for the environment?…