Posts By: Graham Thompson

How the government is undermining solar – again

  As anyone who has ever watched an American high school movie right to the happy ending knows, life is not a popularity contest. And neither is energy policy. Fracking, the ugly duckling of energy sources with twice as much public opposition as support, is still the apple… Read More

Graham Thompson - 6th September 2018

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With the Paris Agreement signed, now it’s back to work

The Paris agreement, to be signed by around 170 governments today – Earth Day – in New York, is seen by many as a big step forward, including by Greenpeace. Others focussed on its shortcomings, such as the lack of enforceable timetables. Chances are that particular weakness is being addressed… Read More

Graham Thompson - 22nd April 2016

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Plugging the energy gap – George Osborne’s trilema

For a long time, many environmentalists were concerned that government efforts to clean up the world’s energy supply were a bit one-sided, in that we were getting on quite well with half the problem – generating clean energy. Meanwhile the other more important half – not generating dirty energy –… Read More

Graham Thompson - 31st March 2016

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Greenpeace’s view on ‘Chemtrails’

The Oxford English Dictionary defines a ‘chemtrail’ as – A visible trail left in the sky by an aircraft and believed by some to consist of chemical or biological agents released as part of a covert operation, rather than the condensed water of a vapour trail. Wikipedia says –… Read More

Graham Thompson - 13th March 2015

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