‘WEIRD’ – A Free Range Journal, Issue No.3, Samhain 2020
Britain's Energy & Climate Crisis
A special third edition, investigating 'Britain's Energy & Climate Crisis', to demonstrate that neither side in this heated debate cares about statistical reality, or its deeper meaning.
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Issue No.3 Contents
- Introduction: ‘Britain's Energy & Climate Crisis’
- Introducing this special third edition, investigating 'Britain's Energy & Climate Crisis', to demonstrate that neither side in this heated debate cares about statistical reality, or its deeper meaning.
- ‘Data shows the single most effective measure to reduce carbon emissions quickly is a global recession’
- We start at the most controversial beginning; a truth locked within the data.
- An Energy History of Britain
- The history of energy in Britain is a catalogue of failure, from decisions that ignore ecological reality.
- Home Energy Use: ‘Domesticity’ breeds confusion
- The media focus on domestic energy; it doesn’t amount to much, and so distracts from other parts of the economy.
- Renewable energy: An ‘uncontested good’
- Everyone loves renewable energy, don’t they?; but few really understand its contribution to energy supply.
- The scandal of the ‘green’ biofuels that damage the Earth
- Calling it ‘renewable’ doesn’t make energy sources ‘ecologically’ sound.
- Has 'Green' gone wrong?: Shifting the debate on energy & climate change
- ‘Planet of the Humans’ caused a storm in green circles; their response actually accentuated the film’s arguments.
- Energy follows lifestyle: Where does it all go?
- What the national energy statistics do not fully capture is lifestyle – and how lifestyle influences emissions.
- ‘Do you want to live, or do you want to watch Netflix? Yes, it really is that simple.’
- Concluding the ‘energy special’, what can we understand about Britain from its energy data?