Another stark warning this week that we may have reached, or will shortly reach, Peak Oil. Click here. Simply put, this is the moment when the world produces as much oil as it can, because there will never be as much again. From now on, or so the experts say, less and less will flow… Continue reading
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Wheel spinning start to Lakes' green transport revolution
Occasional cyclists approach the Lake District with caution. As well as all that water, aren’t there hills? It is time for some incline-busting technology to take the hard work out of that up and down landscape. Electric bikes are not new, but they do seem to have passed the stage of a faltering advance on… Continue reading →
Council empties the bins, and saves the barn owl
[/caption] “Think global, act local” has been out of fashion as a slogan for some years. Too parochial, perhaps. After all, how is a parish council to solve climate change? But sorting the world’s environmental woes through a myriad of local initiatives may not seem such a bad idea after all, as world leaders… Continue reading →
Tread lightly on the planet, Swedish style
A Swedish family has cut its CO² output by 80% in a six-month experiment, using available technology allied to some not too drastic domestic behavioral change. Nils andAlicia Lindell and their children Hannah and Jonathan lived in a purpose-built, solar panel and hydro-electricity powered house in Hasselby Villastad in the suburbs of Stockholm. The parents… Continue reading →
One small charging point for A1, one giant leap for electric cars?
One small charging point just off the A1, one giant leap for electric cars? We always risk overstating a case in our eagerness to press Neil Armstrong’s immortal line from the moon into service one more time. But wait. It will now be possible to drive an electric car from Newcastle to Edinburgh (121 miles) with … Continue reading →
Could "Boris Bikes" concept extend to electric cars in London?
Here is is a story from history – or August 9, 2007, to be precise. “Ken Livingstone has ordered a feasibility study into a scheme which would see travellers hiring and dropping off bikes from street corners. The Mayor of London has been inspired by a scheme that was introduced in Paris just weeks… Continue reading →