Energy

In the battle to cut carbon emissions, we have one hand tied behind our backs because renewables are intermittent.  Wind turbines cannot provide power on a still day, and solar panels don’t work when the sun isn’t shining.  For this reason, a continuous baseload of power from coal, gas or …

We’ve all seen those Facebook posts about how this or that country just produced all of its energy from renewables.  That has to be a good thing doesn’t it?  Well, it turns out that, no, it is not a good thing after all.  Why?, because having too much electricity is …

The troubled EDF nuclear power station development at Hinkley Point in North Somerset is already set to be the most expensive building on earth; even before the builders inevitably fail to live up to the promise to provide it “on time and within budget”.  But even if, by some miracle, …

Liberty House Group chairman Sanjeev Gupta, the man currently being touted as the saviour of Britain’s steel industry has made energy prices a deal breaker for the future of the Port Talbot steelworks.  Mr Gupta pointed out that UK energy prices are among the highest in the world; twice as …

Recent proposals to reform EU energy markets miss the point according to energy expert Michael Hogan.  The EU’s approach involves changes to the way the wholesale and consumer energy markets operate.  But this misses the real problem: “The principal cause of the financial woes plaguing the power sector is not …

There is a belief among conspiracy theorists that the US government recovered secret alien energy generation technology when a passing UFO crashed into the Nevada desert in 1947.  The reason, apparently, that we have not yet seen this energy technology is that “they” are determined to screw every last dollar …

Tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are heating up as a result of informal Saudi sanctions designed to prevent Iran selling oil on world markets according to Anjli Raval in the Financial Times: “Iranian vessels carrying the country’s crude are restricted from entering ports in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, according to …

The high cost of energy was one of the reasons given by Tata Steel for its decision to sell off its UK interests.  Now the government is under pressure to lower energy costs as part of a deal to find a buyer for the Tata plant in Port Talbot.  And Tata …

While the rest of the USA argues about whether climate change is happening, California has led the way in switching to renewable electricity generation.  The state’s Senate Bill 350 requires that half of its electricity will be generated by renewables by 2030.  It provides a model that many countries around …

The whole point of The Consciousness of Sheep is that we face an existential crisis resulting from a confluence of economic, energy and environmental crises.  There is no “solution” because the action we must take to mitigate any one of the crises worsens the crisis in another. The only way …