We published this on the Ecotricity website today, but in light of the fact that the Daily Mail didn’t publish my response to this collection of misinformation by Christopher Booker in a timely fashion - I thought I would reconstruct my comments here, where the editorial policy is slightly more balanced. Note to Christopher - feel free to comment here! (more…)

It’s been an interesting week in the world of renewable. As mentioned yesterday, the G published leaked details of the Government ‘Renewable Energy Strategy:

“Revealed: UK’s blueprint for a green revolution”

So - we may actually be entering into a second industrial revolution (more…)

The Government’s ‘Renewable Energy Strategy’ comes out tomorrow. Some details leaked in the G this weekend. “Revealed: UK’s blueprint for a green revolution”

The UK have had big plans before, though not this big - what we’ve always been missing is the guts to make them happen, to drive the change needed. That’s why we’ve missed targets before and why we’ll miss them again. Talk is one thing (and we’ve had plenty of it, low carbon economy this, climate change biggest threat that……. and so on) what we need is action. (more…)

Thanks to Simon for your comments on Petrol Stations of the Future (and to Will and to Chris also). I started writing responses, but again this is quite a big topic so have turned it into a new post instead (for those who have just joined the thread - you can read the first post in the transport series here, the second which has a little video is here, the third here and the fourth here).

Simon - you make a couple of good points there. The idea of sitting around for 20 minutes while your car charges will be a bit of a challenge for some people, (more…)