Last week George Monbiot had an article in the Guardian on Carbon Capture and Storage, which he isn't a fan of (for entirely justifiable and well-backed up reasons). The same day I sent in this letter below. It seems not to have made the cut. The Guardian did however publish three letters here that largely... Continue Reading →
Letter in the FT: Economists, madmen and astrologers…
I love the Financial Times. There, I said it. Why? Because Noam Chomsky told me to. Or, more accurately, Chomsky pointed out that the business press is for the people who actually run the show, and they need/demand accurate information. If you want to peak over their shoulders, it ain't cheap, but it is there.... Continue Reading →
Letter in the Grauniad on Tom Lehrer
Whoop! Online and in the dead tree format version. Like Francis Beckett, I grew up listening to the satirical songs of Tom Lehrer compulsively. In 1992, while on an exchange scholarship at the University of California, Santa Cruz, I nervously approached him in the dining hall at Cowell College. “Mr Lehrer,” I said, “I’ve listened... Continue Reading →