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Oily truths and plastic lies

28th April 2019Patrick 1 Comment
Plastic crushed and collected to be recycled hopefully

There’s a big problem in the plastic recycling industry. Oil companies are desperate to convince us that plastic recycling is possible, because it removes the guilt from us using so much of it in our daily lives. But in reality, there’s no such thing… Continue Reading →

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Why isn’t oil $1,000 a barrel? And what would happen if it was?

16th April 2016Patrick 2 Comments
Oil on tarmac creates beautiful patterns

This is more of a thought experiment as I read through Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air, the industry-changing book by the late former government energy advisor Professor David Mackay. For the purposes of this thought experiment “oil” will… Continue Reading →

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