The TV impressionist Alastair McGowan has bought a piece of the Heathrow third runway site along with Emma Thompson, Zac Goldsmith and Greenpeace.
If you want, you can be put on the deeds at no cost to yourself.
Follow the link for more details
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/climate/airplot
Monday 19 January 2009
Friday 16 January 2009
David Bellamy's low point
This is the footage of the classic encounter between David Bellamy and George Monbiot on Channel 4 News in 2005.
Cringe making.
Press here to watch it.
Cringe making.
Press here to watch it.
January 09 Podcast
This is my first attempt at podcasting!
Download my January podcast by pressing the title of this blog i.e. January 09 Podcast- it last about 9 minutes.
Comments welcome.
Download my January podcast by pressing the title of this blog i.e. January 09 Podcast- it last about 9 minutes.
Comments welcome.
Thursday 15 January 2009
Heathrow runway three and peak oil
So the Government has given the go ahead for a third runway at Heathrow. Lots of protest and lots of support.
Most of the protest centres around noise, air quality and carbon dioxide emissions - important considerations, the last one particularly if we are to achieve 80% cuts in CO2 by 2050.
Perhaps though the most obvious problem with the plan is being ignored - that of peak oil. A recent report The Oil Crunch - featured on this blog here suggested that we might see supply side problems in the UK as early as 20011/12. With supply problems come oil price hikes and with that the whole financial model for the third runway falls apart.
For me, it is inconceivable that the growth in flying will continue much longer - by the time the third runway is built in 10 years time, aviation will be in decline as oil prices make flying unattainable for most people.
Would be much better to invest the £7B investment in green renewable technologies.
Most of the protest centres around noise, air quality and carbon dioxide emissions - important considerations, the last one particularly if we are to achieve 80% cuts in CO2 by 2050.
Perhaps though the most obvious problem with the plan is being ignored - that of peak oil. A recent report The Oil Crunch - featured on this blog here suggested that we might see supply side problems in the UK as early as 20011/12. With supply problems come oil price hikes and with that the whole financial model for the third runway falls apart.
For me, it is inconceivable that the growth in flying will continue much longer - by the time the third runway is built in 10 years time, aviation will be in decline as oil prices make flying unattainable for most people.
Would be much better to invest the £7B investment in green renewable technologies.
Monday 12 January 2009
Google and CO2
Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard academic has claimed that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g CO2 - two search equal the same CO2 emissions as boiling a kettle. How? Google runs a lot of servers which use a lot of electricity.
For a fuller account see the BBC website here.
For a fuller account see the BBC website here.
ExxonMobil calls for green taxes
ExxonMobil is the world's largest oil company and for years it has downplayed the role that fossils fuels have played in affecting the climate. Indeed the company has funded many organisation involved in global warming denial.
Now the boss of Exxon Roy Tillerson has come out and called for a carbon tax. This no doubt reflects the new politics emerging in the US with Obama's Presidency just days away.
Others have suggested that asking for a carbon tax is less damaging to the oil industry than carbon caps which form the European 'cap and trade' schemes.
Now the boss of Exxon Roy Tillerson has come out and called for a carbon tax. This no doubt reflects the new politics emerging in the US with Obama's Presidency just days away.
Others have suggested that asking for a carbon tax is less damaging to the oil industry than carbon caps which form the European 'cap and trade' schemes.
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