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Wind Power - A Rising Capacity Factor. Really?

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The Capacity Factor (or annual fraction of maximum output achieved) has come to dominate the credibility of wind power schemes. The wind in...

Fracking: Will it Ruin my Locality?

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There is an enormous amount of controversy surrounding fracking and/or conventional oil and gas extraction in the UK. Groups of "Frack...

Eu Referendum Demographics: A Different Take.

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I've been interested to find out how many people from each age group actually voted in the Eu referendum. From my findings below I rec...
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UK Foreign Aid, the Eu and German Coffee Barons

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Of the £13 Billion annual UK foreign aid budget around £600 million is given to Kenya. Kenya has long ties with the UK and is arguably ...

A Love Letter to Europe

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I know some of our European friends are quite shocked to find out that we will be probably voting to leave the Eu. So I thought I'd writ...

The Eu: What Happens When a Veto is Used

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Mr Cameron keeps dripping on about how we have a "Cast Iron Veto" on Turkey joining the the Eu. So I thought I would have a look ...
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Vetos, Turkey, the Eu and Deception

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Penny Mordaunt  did get her facts somewhat wrong about the accession veto on #Marr today. Theoretically the UK (and any other Eu State) does...

Intimidate Us Mr Juncker? Really? I'll Raise you 5.

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Quote: "If the British leave Europe, people will have to face the consequences" So Mr Junker, you say: "Deserters will b...

The Sunshine of Your Life

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A long time ago I wrote a blog post (Here)  about how a crippling disease had returned to the UK. This disease (called Rickets), was not cau...

Is there Something (Else) Wrong with Wind Power?

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We all know wind power is intermittent. I thought I would take a look at how predictable windpower intermittency is and how accurate wind ...
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Whales, Wind Turbines and Fukushima

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A picture speaks a thousand words. But those words may not be the ones intended by those whose action inspired the image. Here we have...

Once upon a Wikio

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Several years ago when I set this up this blog, I signed up for a blog amalgamation service. The service known as Wikio also provided popula...

Another Year for Sgt Blackman

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Actually, I am quite surprised to be writing this. Before continuing I should point out I'm neither a serving or retired Royal Mar...
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Robespierre, Hansen and Denialism

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Once upon a time there was an organisation called “The Committee of Public Safety”. It was a bit like Orwell's later inventions of “The...

Plutonium Man

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Ask anyone in the Anti-nuclear movement about Plutonium.  They'll tell you that Plutonium is the the most deadly, poisonous and lif...
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