Category: energy

Monday 1 December 2008

Climate Safety

On Thursday, the Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC) presented their Climate Safety report (which can be downloaded here).  BFCS was at the well-attended report launch.
The panel of speakers was made up of Caroline Lucas (Green MEP), George Monbiot (journalist and writer), Jeremy Leggett (founder of Solar Century), Kevin Anderson (Tyndall Institute), Tim Helweg-Larsen (PIRC) and [...]

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Thursday 13 November 2008

Deck the Halls

Many people probably feel it isn’t Christmas without some decorations.  If you’re thinking about digging your home decorations out of storage, it’s worth taking a moment to tot up the cost of your Christmas cheer.
Without wanting to come across as a scrooge, conventional Christmas lights are just too expensive in terms of running costs and [...]

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Friday 20 June 2008

A Thought about Energy Costs

I’ve been reading lots of articles recently about the rising cost of oil making it more viable to drill hard to reach reserves. When previously this would have been too costly, now it looks more sensible for oil companies. This is obviously not the world’s best news. However, the increase in energy costs is starting [...]

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