The Energy Don's Blog

A blog on sustainability, energy efficiency, renewable energy, biofuels - and almost anything that may affect global climate change. The Energy Don will fearlessly expose hypocrisy (mainly by Governments) and ask hard questions about how we can combat climate change while keeping the lights on. Based in Britain, but with an international outlook.

Wednesday, 20 May 2015

Is 85 the new 35?

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When it comes to setting targets, is 85 years the new 35? I'm not talking about some strange fitness plan for keeping elders as spright...
Friday, 15 May 2015

200 years of data shows climate changes accelerating

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The Radcliffe Meteorological Station in Oxford has just celebrated 200 years of daily weather observations, possibly the longest run of dail...
Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Does your car achieve its official miles per gallon?

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My car gets 60.47mpg 1 .  How do I know?  Because I have recorded every litre of fuel put into it since I bought it three summers and four w...
Sunday, 2 February 2014

Who dunnit? How to attribute CO2 emissions between nations

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In my last blog , I referred to the relative simplicity of calculating an (approximate) carbon footprint.  Of course there's a lot of my...
Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Calculating Carbon Footprints

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Moving home often gives us a chance to take stock and think about all the changes since we first set foot in the old home. Moving websites ...
Tuesday, 9 April 2013

Mrs Thatcher and Global Warming

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I didn't vote for Mrs Thatcher. This is not just the slogan that launched a million tee-shirts but, in my case, absolutely true, even t...
Thursday, 4 April 2013

No longer Beyond Petroleum?

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BP has indicated that it is looking to sell its US wind farms, at a possible loss of over $2 billion.   With this move, BP will once ag...
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