The answer is to cut back our own production as well as heavily taxing imports. Of course we need some hydrocarbons for purposes other than fuel, but we currently burn most of them. Not only is this … (View Post)

But the world as a whole cannot maintain oil and gas production at anywhere near the current levels if it is serious about combatting climate change. That's the whole bloody point. And if we're not g… (View Post)

That much makes sense, but how much of the cost of a nuclear power plant is the cost of building the core itself? I would imagine that that is relatively small compared to the cost of the infrastruct… (View Post)

People are working on all sorts of things. This does not mean they are automatically going to solve all our problems or even have much chance of becoming commercially practicable within a useful time… (View Post)

China is not only catching up; China currently has the pedal to the metal and and is just about to shoot past us. The country has industrialised in about a quarter the time taken by the UK and will v… (View Post)