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Taking power into our own hands

I came back to my desk from lunch the other day to find my computer had restarted itself, clearing all 63 tabs I’d left open in my browser. Apparently there’d been a power cut in the office, which had also

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Renewable energy’s hidden weakness

The rapid pace of improvement in technology across areas like telecoms, computers, TV and software has, amazingly, kept up an exponential pace for what seems like decades now. That’s an amazing feat. But human nature being what it is, we’ve

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“The Allied cause floated to victory upon a wave of oil”

“The Allied cause floated to victory upon a wave of oil.” So said Lord Curzon, Britain’s soon-to-be foreign secretary, just days after the Armistice of November 1918. I’ve got energy wars on the brain today, thanks to a meeting this

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