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Oily truths and plastic lies

28 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 →

Environment, Oil, Plastic Recycling, Sustainability Circular Economy, Environment, Oil, Plastic Recycling

The relationship between Power and Energy – and what it has to do with your home

21 April 2016Patrick Leave a comment
An old battered kettle boiling water on a side-street

  When we talk about “low energy homes”, what are we really talking about? Well, when we’re trying to build low energy homes what we’re figuring out how to use the lowest amount of energy to heat the entire space in your… Continue reading →

Energy, Money, Sustainability Physics, Saving energy, Saving Money

A tough day for building physicists and environmentalists

15 April 2016Patrick Leave a comment
to those who will not have the benefit of two billion years' accumulated energy reserves - David Mackay

Today Professor David Mackay of the Department of Physics in Cambridge and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) lost his battle with cancer. Professor Mackay was the reason a lot of my colleagues… Continue reading →

Energy, Sustainability Climate Change, DECC, Professor David Mackay

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