In 2008 I travelled to Japan with friends and spent time in Kyoto and Tokyo. This was an eye-opening trip for me, someone who had never travelled to a country that didn’t use the Latin Alphabet, bearing in mind that about 50% of countries globally use this as the basis […]
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Chpt 19: Trade Surplus
This November will mark the 20th anniversary of my having worked offshore in the oil and gas sector. A career that has taken me around the world and given me many opportunities. So in many ways, I have a vested interest in the topic of Energy Return on Investment (EROI). […]
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Chpt 18: Steely Glint
Winston Churchill, in a speech to the House of Lords in 1943, famously said “We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us“. The pre-war urban landscape of Britain was very different to what it is today, with many of the major cities bombed out during the blitz and needing rebuilt, […]