We tried to go skiing at Glenshee today. I had us booked in for an 8:45am lesson because I'm a moron and was thinking it would be packed and we should get there early plus there was nothing else until the afternoon which seemed too late. The early start combined with my usual anxiety of… Continue reading “Let’s go skiing, it’ll be fun”
Tag: wind
A whinge
I've just come back from picking Elizabeth up from nursery on my bicycle and now I want to have a whinge about the rain and wind. So here goes: I'm wet, exhausted (anyone who has cycled in the wind will understand why but add a factor of ten to this given that I'm cycling a… Continue reading A whinge
Renewable energy expected to overtake coal shortly after 2035
According to an article in the July 6th, 2013 edition of New Scientist magazine, the age of renewable energy is upon us. Data from the International Energy Agency predicts renewable energy will exceed energy from all other sources of electricity except for coal, by 2016. Renewables are then poised to outstrip coal shortly after 2035.… Continue reading Renewable energy expected to overtake coal shortly after 2035