The notion that we can wean ourselves away from fossil fuels solely by dealing with demand seems naive to me. Demand is of course a function, though price, of supply, and it is extremely difficult to… (View Post)

It seems absolutely crazy to me that in the face of accelerating global warming due to burning hydrocarbons and increasing scarcity of said hydrocarbons - which are essential inputs to a variety of i… (View Post)

Why would failing to open new oil fields make them permanently disappear? I get that it would be more difficult and expensive to open them in the future due to the need to rebuild expertise and retoo… (View Post)

Surely Russia is a more immediate threat than Iran when it comes to missiles. They certainly have missiles capable of reaching the UK and are probably more likely to use them. (View Post)

I understand. I'm a Lib Dem primarily because they are (or purport to be) environmentalists, but without the Green desire to smash capitalism. This sort of unprincipled political opportunism rea… (View Post)