How do we get individuals to reduce their energy consumption?
At a community meeting last night, I got a sobering insight into how difficult it can be to change individuals’ environmental behaviour.
Oil company? No, energy company
Oil companies started realising some time ago that it would be wise to diversify their business. There won’t always be oil, but people will always need energy: the oil companies want to make sure they’re the ones providing that energy, whatever form it takes.
Salter, wave power founding father, wins Saltire Prize
Professor Stephen Salter was maybe thirty years ahead of the times when it came to harnessing the energy of waves. His innovative ‘duck’ design was sidelined by the nuclear power industry and other vested interests in the 1980s. Well, he’s now been finally vindicated and given the credit he richly deserves.
Scottish tidal electricity generation
I was excited to see another step forward in tapping into a huge clean energy resource the UK possesses, and one which could trade on our marine engineering skills and provide jobs and a valuable export industry.