Posted in Comment on 07/30/2009 10:37 am by Stephen Tindale
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published a report saying that eating organic food has no significant health benefits. This conclusion is despite the fact that some of the research studies on which the FSA report is based show that organic foods have 50% more beta carotenes (which improve the immune system and eyesight) and 30% more flavanoids (which help keep cholesterol low).
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Posted in Answers to your questions, Technology on 07/29/2009 02:19 pm by Administrator
I agree that wind and nuclear energy are not intrinsically opposed to each other. However, France only has wind power because it’s forced to by the European Union.
David Walters
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Posted in Policy, Technology on 07/27/2009 01:04 pm by Stephen Tindale
‘Biofuel’ is the name given to fuel derived from plants and used for transport. Globally, production of this has more than tripled since 2000.
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Posted in Comment on 07/27/2009 11:47 am by Stephen Tindale
All low carbon options must be pursued to control climate change. However, that means all options that are genuinely low carbon, not all those that claim to be low carbon.
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Posted in National and regional statistics on 07/26/2009 04:02 pm by Stephen Tindale
This document sets out some of the important climate change statistics concerning energy use in Germany.
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Posted in Comment on 07/23/2009 07:30 am by Stephen Tindale
A meeting of EU energy and environment ministers this week in the Swedish town of Are is discussing energy efficiency. It is certainly good news that politicians are focussing on this. Using energy wastefully makes no climate or economic sense, but many politicians regard the subject as too ‘unsexy’ to be worth much attention.
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Posted in National and regional statistics on 07/21/2009 02:52 pm by Stephen Tindale
This document sets out some of the important climate change statistics concerning energy use in France.
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Posted in Comment on 07/20/2009 02:47 pm by Stephen Tindale
Opponents of nuclear power often claim that supporting nuclear will inevitably mean that renewables will suffer. However, the evidence from France shows this need not be the case.
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Posted in Comment on 07/17/2009 07:33 pm by Stephen Tindale
On Wednesday 15 July 2009, the UK government published its plan to make the UK a low carbon economy. It is good on electricity, quite good on energy efficiency and heat, but bad on transport.
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Posted in Comment on 07/14/2009 08:02 pm by Stephen Tindale
On Monday, 13 July 2009, Ed Miliband, the UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary, opened the Little Cheyne Court wind farm in Kent. With a capacity of just under 60Mw, this is the largest wind farm in South East England.
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