Moving towards a logical conclusion
Although I consider him to be an enemy of the people by being a key architect of the privatisation of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS), I was delighted to hear Andrew Lansley say this about...
View ArticleWe Need To Talk About Syria
Kofi Annan has thrown up his hands and backed away from his role as UN-Arab League special envoy to Syria tasked with a peace mission. In one sense it is all too predictable. The United Nations...
View ArticleEd Davey : Polish Barbecue
This week, both Caroline Flint MP and Ed Balls MP have publicly repeated the commitment by the UK’s Labour Party to a total decarbonisation of the power sector by 2030, should they become the...
View ArticleBut Uh-Oh – Those Summer Nights
A normal, everyday Monday morning at Energy Geek Central. Yes, this is a normal conversation for me to take part in on a Monday morning. Energy geekery at breakfast. Perfect. Nuclear Flower Power This...
View ArticleGain in Transmission #2
Here is further email exchange with Professor Richard Sears, following on from a previous web log post. From: Richard A. Sears Date: 24 February 2014 To: Jo Abbess Subject: Question from your TED talk...
View ArticleEnergy Security, National Security #1
Our assiduous government in the United Kingdom has conducted a national security review, as they should, but it appears the collective intelligence on energy of the Prime Minister’s office, the...
View ArticleEnergy Security, National Security #2
The UK Government’s Security Review (SDSR), published 23rd November 2015, regrettably shows traces of propaganda not supported by current data. For example, the report states in Section 3.40 that :...
View ArticleEnergy Security : National Security #3
Although the Autumn Statement and the Spending Review are attracting all the media and political attention, I have been more interested by the UK Government’s Security Review – or to give it is full...
View ArticleEnergy Security : National Security #4
Previously, I summarised and sketched the situation regarding Europe’s policy of developing the “Southern Gas Corridor”, to provide Natural Gas supplies from resources that are not the Russian...
View ArticleRussia Sours
I have a theory. But I don’t have access to the data to confirm or deny it. The data is in the hands of the oil and gas companies, and private oil industry data concerns, who charge a lot of money for...
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