Renewable energy is usually presented as the sensible alternative to domestic (fracking) gas. However, in Britain at least, the two are essential components of the same suite of technologies. This is because of the poor choices made by the UK government that force solar and wind energy to go hand …
Read More »Science ‘v’ Economics criticisms work both ways
These days it is almost a given that economics is not grounded in reality. As the old joke has it: Q: What do you call an economist who makes a prediction? A: Wrong. The failure of thousands of extremely well-paid economists to see the 2008 crash coming did irrevocable harm …
Read More »Britain’s coming food crisis
It is no accident that we remember Marie Antoinette for supposedly saying “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche (let them eat cake).” Whether she actually said it is irrelevant. The fact is that the French Revolution evolved out of food shortages that forced the desperate poor to take to the streets …
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