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I’m no Jeremy Clarkson (let’s get that straight…)

April 24, 2008 By Dale Vince

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But I am a bit of a petrol head. I like fast things, mostly bikes. People ask how I can be both a petrol head and an environmentalist – fair question. Well nobody’s perfect, I’m certainly not. We all live in the real world, the one in which we make compromises and promises to do better, and occasionally do do the things we know in principle, it would be better if we didn’t. Life and the need to live a better (zero carbon) one is a journey, there’s no overnight solution and we shouldn’t beat ourselves up over things we can’t change right now. That said, by the way, I only did 3,000 miles in a car last year, I’m getting to grips with it. (more…)



 

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What’s wrong with Feed in Tariffs?

April 17, 2008 By Dale Vince

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I discussed Feed in Tariffs with David Cameron at our Reading turbine last week. The Tories have a policy proposal to introduce Feed in Tariffs – to do something about the lack of progress we’re making with Renewable Energy in the UK. But I don’t think this will help at all. (more…)



 

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Hoodie Hugger meets Tree Hugger

April 14, 2008 By Dale Vince

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David Cameron meets Dale at GreenPark, ReadingI met the man himself last week, in Reading at our Green Park wind turbine – David Cameron was in the ‘hood’ doing local political stuff and asked to have a closer look at our mill – so I showed him round. I’m glad I did.

We talked about the 1,000 homes the turbine can power every year and other bits and pieces (more…)



 

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Why green electricity prices go up when brown prices do

April 9, 2008 By Dale Vince

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I often get asked to explain why the price of green electricity rises when the price of brown electricity does. I realise it’s counter intuitive. To understand it you need an understanding of how the market works. Here’s my attempt to explain: (more…)



 

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Renewables fudge

April 1, 2008 By Dale Vince

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Nope, no April fool – the Government is trying to fudge UK renewables targets – again. Splashed on the front page of the Guardian this weekend … the story had three threads:

1. The bonkers idea from Lady Whatshername, that the UK should be able
to build renewables projects in the developing world and count them towards UK targets for renewables.

First we had carbon offsetting, and now we have Target Offsetting. Renewable Energy is about more than (more…)



 

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Dale Vince This blog is about answers to the big questions - how will we keep the lights on, what kind of cars will we drive (will we drive?) and how will we feed ourselves - in a post oil world, and a world where we can't afford to keep burning things and throwing things away. Energy, Transport and Food are the three big issues.

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