At least some of the American Government gets what's required. A decent piece on a potential future for the US grid.

The new IEA world energy outlook is out, and contains an interesting, and very important change. After years of saying peak oil was a fantastical myth the IEA now say that not only is it real, but that conventional oil production has already peaked (In 2005) and that production of all oil will be more or less peaking by 2035 ( Read more... )

IT support have just written to let me know that one of our suppliers ( Read more... )

 I hadn't heard this story before. But it's a great example of how a little ingenuity and engineering derring do can get the most amazing results.

http://vimeo.com/13203072

What I'd quite like, is some kind of service that delays the Guardian's minute by minute updates by about nine hours. So I could follow it through the day. Whereas what's actually going to happen is that I'll be able to read an entire days play first thing in the morning, and then spend the rest of the day wondering about it ( Read more... )

Inspired by Secret Rebel's notes on curricula, and a subsequent discussion of sports education I thought I'd try and lay out not just what, but why I think kids need to learn about sports at school. And since I've had an amazingly productive morning working at home, I feel entitled to write more than a line or two.

Why teach kids exercise and sports ( Read more... )

The Ashes starts soon. And it says something about the arcane nature of cricket that the discussion isn't whether or not England's bowlers will cope with the pitches. Oh no. It's got more to do with how they'll deal with the air.

There's also the fascinating business of swing bowling, a technique which makes the ball behave with apparent disregard ( Read more... )

It's the date's that make this exchange between George Monbiot and Patrick Moore so entertaining. Full exchange here.

On 2010-11-13, at 9:33 AM, George Monbiot wrote:

“I do not attack environmentalists, show me an example.”

Patrick Moore, 12th November 2010.

“you are a bunch of murdering bastards.”

Patrick Moore, letter to GMWatch ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

"U.S. Representative John Shimkus, possible future chairman of the Congressional committee that deals with energy and its attendant environmental concerns, believes that climate change should not concern us since God has already promised not to destroy the Earth." - full insanity here

A colleague points out that since climate change is man made ( Read more... )