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Being grateful for small mercies
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has received a less than ecstatic welcome from many quarters – the tariffs are widely regarded as too small to deliver the dramatic market shift the Government is...
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Scarcity: The Big Lie
The entire economic system has its basis in scarcity, which is the idea that there simply are not enough of things to go around. Scarcity is defined by Investopedia as “The basic economic problem...
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BP Sustainability Review 2010: Do you bother to read this report?
Here is a difficult question for you: What do you think about the latest BP Sustainability Review? (Downloadable PDF version: PDF version.) TheEnvironmentSite.org is a site focusing on sustainability...
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The End of Thinking Ahead
We, as a species, have definitely lost something. We have lost the ability to plan ahead. All we seem to be able to do anymore is immediate and short term thinking . We have reached the point where...
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Externalities: costs passed on to the outside
Externalities is a term that economist use to reference costs and benefits which are not directly carried by the company involved. They are usually passed on to the consumer, government or the...
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Nuclear panic adds fuel to energy efficiency
The ongoing drama unfolding at the Fukushima reactor in Japan should actually strengthen the argument of those proposing an expansion of the world’s nuclear energy programmes. The fact that it has had...
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Save the planet – burn gas!
Despite the billions of pounds spent promoting, subsidizing and developing renewables they still produce just 6.5 per cent of our energy needs. According to the Renewable Energy Foundation, the UK has...
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CEO’s Embrace Sustainability
This article presents a vision for corporate sustainability and highlights how organisations can add value to not only their bottom line but also to the environment and society at large. With current...
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Challenges of Recruitment in the Waste Management Sector
The challenges facing waste and resource management over the next five years can be encapsulated within three convenient categories of economic, sustainability and technological issues. The UK...
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What a 19th Century Philosopher can tell us about energy conservation
Back in the 19th century, philosopher William Hazlitt stated we are only “imaginatively connected” to our future self whereas we are naturally connected to our past and present self. But what does a...
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