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January 19, 2012

Scientists have achieved a milestone in the effort to build the future ITER fusion reactor.

Nuclear fusion should be the future of any sane government energy policy. It is the most energy dense method of power generation that we are aware of. It's clean, and it doesn't emit any of those harmful, poisonous, carbon dioxide fumes we hear about from time to time.

Whereas nuclear fission - the type of nuclear power generation in use today - occurs when energy is released as the result of splitting an atom apart, fusion occurs when atomic nucleii fuse together to form a heavier nucleus. This is the process going on inside the Sun.

September 25, 2011

A Step In The Right Direction - UK's First Hydrogen Refuelling Station

The UK's first hydrogen refuelling station has been opened in ... Swindon. Hmmm.

The press release describes it as a "collaborative" effort between the British Oxygen Company, Forward Swindon economic initiative and Honda, who's absolutely brillaint FCX fuel cell powered family saloon has been featured within the pages of the UK Column a number of times.

Honda is hoping that the station will serve as an example of the public-private-partnerships necessary to rollout the necessary infrastructure to support their hydrogen cars nationwide.

February 14, 2011

Climate Change Alarmism: - A Common Purpose Of The Political Elite?

Those readers who have been following my One World Governance series of articles will recall that in Part 5 I highlighted the fact that both David Cameron and Nick Clegg claimed that the new Liberal Democrat / Conservative administration was underpinned by a common purpose. In Part 8 I presented evidence that many MPs were also Members of the All Party Parliamentary United Nations Group and, additionally, that Vince Cable had helped to produce the Brundtland report Our Common Future which launched the concept of 'sustainable development'.

Following the failure to reach binding Treaty agreements amongst the Nations attending the Cop 15 Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in November 2009 UK Column readers have probably already noted that media coverage of the 2010 COP 16 Conference in Cancun, Mexico was surprisingly low key. In fact the Wikileaks affair and the tuition fees protests might be viewed as yet another deliberate media attempt at public distraction.

In June 2010 Lord Hannay, United Nations UK Association Chairman conceded that

June 23, 2010

More Windmill Madness

"Giant wind turbines with blade spans that dwarf the London Eye could be the shape of future green power, it has been disclosed."

So declared several of our so-called newspapers, when they each printed the same press release recently.

These giant technological marvels, based upon 9th century technology, more than 500 feet tall and with a diameter of 475 feet, will be making an appearance to a shoreline near you within the next two years.

A question which immediately springs to mind is, how much electricity will be generated by these monsters?

May 4, 2010

The Lima Declaration - Foundation Of Globalisation

On the 22nd of February, the Register, a UK technology website, published an article entitled "The Myth Of Britain's Manufacturing Decline." What, I wondered, could a publication that focusses on IT and finds "amusing" positions to place Playmobil plastic characters know about British Manufacturing? As I read the article, I realised the answer is, nothing.

The author makes one fundamental mistake. Its not his fault - its the same mistake just about every modern economic commentator makes when discussing economy - to assume that economic value and monetary value are the same thing.

The author of the Register article begins with a graph (below).

Index Of Production

The author of The Register article wrote:

October 21, 2008

Dispatches Psyop

Last night's Channel 4 Dispatches "documentary" was a classic example of a multi-purpose psychological operation, designed to minimise any urges we may have towards activism, while at the same time softening us up to yet more social profiling and the idea of energy austerity.

The programme began by dropping in everyone's new favourite euphemism, "fuel poverty." Now, according to my next door neighbour (no, really!), "fuel poverty" can be defined as either:

The state of having to spend more than 10% of disposable income to keep your fleet of private jets running. Cost-cutting measures on imported Cuban cigars and vintage Cognac may be necessary.

- or -

October 16, 2008

Barberism!

Last night's Channel 4 News carried an interview between John Snow and the TUC's Brendan Barber.

Commenting on the unemployment figures released earlier, Barber said, "We want to see the same focus and energy and determination that has been applied to the crisis in the banking sector applied to the real economy. We need a recovery plan for the real economy, and that's got to be about maintaining demand in the economy, not letting jobs go needlessly."

Good start.

"Its got to be about maintaining public expenditure programmes ..."

Uh, oh.

September 11, 2008

Global Warming Fanatics On The Rampage

In a stunning display of the power of vox populi to destroy entire nations and cultures, a jury yesterday cleared six Greenpeace activists of criminal damage to a coal fired power station.

Without doubt, these "ecowarriors" feel entirely justified in smashing up things that we taxpayers, in our ludicrous efforts to keep this rapidly sinking economy afloat, feel somewhat justified in thinking are rather urgently required to solve the imminent energy crisis that these same dangerous Luddites have themselves helped to create over the last few decades.

August 28, 2008

Skies Darken Over England

Is it just me, or is this uncharacteristically dark and gloomy summer feeling like a rather apt metaphor for the dismal state of our nation?

Just this past week alone, we have been subjected to a constant stream of ever more ominous and depressing news than I can recall in several years of life in this increasingly desperate Island.

For example, yesterday, we were treated to this happy picture by Chief European Economist Jonathan Loynes at Capital Economics:

"We have long been more concerned than most other forecasters over the outlook for the UK economy. But three developments in particular have made us even more worried.