Going Green

Across the globe, countries such as Japan, Italy, Norway, Iran and Finland are breaking heat records as a swing of heat waves makes life very difficult. One question people keep asking is are they occuring more often?  Lets start to answer that by stating what is a heat wave.  simply put it is a system of high atmospheric pressure moves into an area and lasts two or more days.  Climate change is m...

Who should set the climate targets? Should it be, the scientists, the people, the governments? Philip and Paul open this can of worms and try to decide which is best. Climate targets are the limits that scientists and policymakers have set in plans to combat climate change.  These targets can take different forms, from goals for limiting the Earth’s warming to hard caps on greenhouse gas emissions...

The UK has a problem, its known as water scarcity. A survey of 2,000 Brits revealing that water consumption is low down on the priority agenda for environmental concerns, while Sir James Bevan chief of the Environment agency warns that the Lack of water presents ‘existential’ threat to our climate will be felt for decades if we dont do something about it.  This Summer, UK water companies have join...

Everything is so bad, the climate change is causing fires and floods and what the point of doing anything. If I turn down the heating a bit, if I use an electric car - how's that going to change anything? The honest answer is if I do all these changes it won't change anything but what are the consequences of doing nothing?    Doing nothing isn't an option. Doing nothing will cost fa...

What is solar punk? Putting solar panels on the roof is not solar punk, It’s being one with nature It’s a different way of thinking. It’s not where they were made from, but how to make them even greener and cleaner. Using grey water, creating new environments. Using some out of the box thinking. Why are our wind turbines not made of wood?. Why not float them above the houses. What not live where t...

The long weekend in the UK to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee was truly wonderous. There were street parties, parades, events put on up and down the country. Even my little town did its bit with a funfair, a stage and live band in the park and after the beacon had been lit, fireworks to finish. But as we walked away the field was littered with rubbish. Bottles, plastic cups, the remains of h...

There are loads of companies willing to sell solar panels to home owners, but with no feed in tariff does it make sense to install panels on the roof. The costs of electricity and gas are soaring so perhaps any difference will be worthwhile. The cost of panels has dropped over the years but is now rising again. The power of the panels has increased. So does it make sense to install panels? Would y...

It appears that we are not doing enough so should we just give up. Some countries won't play, others make empty promises. I try to do my bit but nobody else does so what is the point? It won't make much difference to me - I'm old it's someone else's problem. The kids talk all about doing this and that, but they still use loads of power on their phones and computers wasting...

With fuel prices soaring, WE need a new fuel source, WE need a Green Hydrogen Revolution. Electrification cannot get us to net zero. So many things require natural gas; fertilisers, Plastics, and other essential chemicals. But we can replace Natural gas with Hydrogen.  8 months ago we talked about the Many colours of Hydrogen, and since then the Government has formed a Hydrogen working group, a gr...

A few days ago the UK Met Office researchers said that there's now around a fifty-fifty chance that the worlds climate will warm by more than 1.5C over the next five years. Under the Paris climate agreement, which committed the world to keeping the rise in global temperatures well below 2C while pursuing efforts keep them under 1.5C. The UK and Egypt as part of their role as president of COP...

As international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions stall, schemes to slow global warming using fantastical technologies once dismissed as a sideshow are getting serious consideration “I have seen all kinds of proposals,” said James Fleming, author of “Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control” and a member of the National Academy geo-engineering committee. “Peop...

The world is racing towards an electric vehicle (EV) rebirth because of issues ranging from environmental concerns to the high fluctuating oil prices that continue to push consumers toward alternatives to combustion engines.  Today’s Electric Cars, however, is beyond anything nineteenth century drivers could imagine. From intelligent driving to proactive service and remote vehicle access, these ne...

Last earth day, We decided to do something for the environment! but we though we could do more than just do our bit of recycling, because MORE needs to be done, so we set our sights on championing new Green idea, and how to get more people doing more green things, because global action is required NOW! This year, Earth Day 2022 calls on everyone to divest from unsustainable investments, and suppor...

This week sparked a new wave of Environmental activism. The Group's idea is that, you switch off all of your electrical appliances, lights, or switch off at the breakers for 10 minutes, this effectively creates a 10 minute boycott of the privatised portions of our power supply, losing them up to an estimated £9m in revenue. this campaign is called the #bigpoweroff It happened on the 10th of A...

The IPCC Report came out a few days ago about mitigating the effects of climate change. The IPCC third report looks at over the 2010 - 2020 period and makes projections of what needs to be done to prevent global warming and to limit the climate to 1.5 degrees of warming. In the last decade the world has managed to curb some critical items. CO2 emissions rose 54% from the millennium. Last 10 years...

tomorrow (1st of April) There will be No vat on energy saving materials such as solar panel installation, heat pumps it the UK. So in this episode we answer is this the right time to invest in renewable energy for your home! But beware the small print - this new scheme only covers new systems, not so much addons to current ones! There are new types of solar panels coming to the market,  that are b...

In this Jubilee Year the Queen started Queens Green Canopy which is to Plant a tree for the Jubilee during the months Oct '21 - Mar 22' and then Oct '22 - Mar '23 Tree planting seasons The Jubilee started 2nd February but major Celebrations take place from 2nd June  with Street parties and other celebrations Ive seen a few jubilees Silver Jubilee 1977 at Uni studying for exams...

In February the IPCC release their sixth report about how in the year 2022  how the Climate Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability of the world their was 6 Big Findings from the IPCC 2022 Report which we discuss in this podcast 1. Climate impacts are already more widespread and severe than expected. 2. We are locked into even worse impacts from climate change in the near-term.  3. Risks will escala...

At Cop 26 all countries agreed to make changes to phase out fossils fuel and to say no to gas and oil, but Putin with his invasion in Ukraine has put a stop to this. simply saying No to Russian Gas is not a big problem in the the UK and USA due to only using a small amount of Russian gas however some of Europe countries are using a huge amount of gas there is a significant problem. The EU gets rou...

When COP26 Happened in October, a survey to place asking questions about there attitudes climate change, this question has been asked for the last few years and we can see how it is changing over time. Attitudes have been changing due to more education about climate change. In this podcast about how attitudes have changed about climate change, we explore how the use of simple messaging can change...

We live in a throwaway society, a place where businesses products have Planned Obsolescence built into them. this all started in 1924, representatives of the world's leading lightbulb manufacturers formed Phoebus, a cartel that fixed the average life of an incandescent bulb at 1,000 hours, ensuring that people would have to regularly buy bulbs and keep the manufacturers in business. With the...

The Winter Olympics of 2022 are nearly over, in this weeks podcast, Paul and Philip look at the sustainability at Winter Olympics 2022. With the Beijing Winter Olympics using 100% artificial snow, a thing that could become the new norm as the planet heats up due to climate change.  It is estimated that 49 million gallons of water have been used to make the artificial snow for the 2022 Games, despi...

The Question  "why are cars bad for the environment" is very simple, they burn fossil fuels and making them creates emissions! however, just because old cars have a poor reputation for being “gas guzzlers” which makes them bad for the environment. However, a surprising new study reveals trading in your old car for a brand new electric vehicle may actually be doing more harm than good. Re...

In April 2022 (till 2026), The UK government will give out grants of £5,000 for people who will install heat pumps instead of new gas boilers. the reason for this that heat pumps are a zero carbon heating solution that will help homeowners make the transition to low carbon heating solutions to heat up their homes and contribute to reduced emissions. However there are a few things to keep in mind w...

In todays podcast we look at the idea of Environmental, social and corporate governance Scoring or ESG score. it grew out of a investment practice called Socially Responsible Investing (SRI). ESG investing and analysis, on the other hand, looks at finding value in companies—not just at supporting a set of values. Why is this important, the reason is that Aviva Investors, has put the directors of 1...