Letters to the Editor – 28/10 – Energy innovation, Best of Twitter October 27, 2013 Energy innovation [Re: The global economy sinks under its debts as the real cost of energy rises, Thursday] Tim Morgan’s vision of low EROEI (Energy Return On Energy Invested) constraining living standards is overly pessimistic. Though his EROEI data may be true, the economy-as-an-energy-system argument requires two additional premises, which are not. First, the argument [...]
TECH TALK NICK BOOTHA September 15, 2010 THE everything-is-cheaper-online myth was created by the retail industry so they could charge you more and work less. That said, Google has created a price comparison website for phones that run Android. OK, it’s slow on my handset, but Google Shopper is worth the wait – and you’ll wait even longer to see it on [...]