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All this carbon-cutting is a waste of energy Neither Boris Johnson nor Ken Livingstone is willing to deliver the uninterrupted, cheap energy London needs The end is nigh: is survival all we can hope for? In their policies for energy and for the economy, British politicians hold up continued existence as the maximum goal we should strive for One year on: learning the lessons of Deepwater Horizon BP became so obsessed with irrational management practices and petty health-and-safety measures that it overlooked the real safety of its workers A year after the explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, an earlier, much deadlier blast in British waters still has plenty of relevance Budgeting for a dismal no-growth future For all their talk of innovation, the Lib-Cons are more concerned with pinching pennies than investing In new products and services, an orientation to realism and to engineering in its broadest sense will ensure that design's answers are substantive, not superficial A very conservative approach to innovation The Lib-Con coalition is more concerned with controlling behaviour than forging a brave, hi-tech future The UK if everything was nearly half as much bigger A UK that's 41 per cent more innovative will not be simple to construct, but will be a radically different kind of place ‘Lifestyles will have to be redesigned' A Guardian journalist’s ranting about the ‘neglect, greed and human filth’ of modern China shows that new prejudices about a Green Peril have replaced old fears of the Yellow Peril Don’t let the miserabilists clip humanity’s wings Flight is one of man’s greatest achievements. Let’s challenge the greens and officials who want to snuff it out Interview on innovation and the UK general election The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico shows the need to think big in undersea robots and every kind of technological innovation. British politicians, wake up! Election 2010: question everything on innovation! This article explores the roots of Britain's current neglect of scientific and technological innovation, and calls for the creation of new industries for the twenty-first century Still no clear policy on nuclear energy New Labour’s commitment to nuclear is half-hearted at best, and goes hand in hand with more policing of our energy use Paper to the conference Insight Shanghai on how to translate social trends into new products – new technologies and emerging patterns of use
In terms of the workforce skills it develops, how should a region of South Africa like the Eastern Cape respond to the credit crunch? |
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