Climate Resources for a Better Future

“Net Zero is costly and difficult and Ed Mibiland should slow down the transition” has been a common refrain in UK political circles recently, from Tony Blair to Rory Stewart to Kemi Badenoch. So we thought we’d write a bit of an explainer on where this fossilised argument goes wrong.

An interview with Stuart Oates - ‘Fossil Free Farming researcher. Organic farmer, TV and Radio Producer, environmental journalist and cameleer in Cornwall who sings a lot’.

We were delighted to catch up with Stuart Oates to discuss some of the ideas we had first heard him discuss on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Farming Today’ programme.

With the news that TerraPower have recieved a construction permit from the NRC for their Natrium plant in Wyoming, and Rolls-Royce SMR have recieved Govt contracts to begin site work in Wales, its encouraging to see advanced nuclear progressing towards the all-important first builds in the US & UK.

The first casualties of wars are the people directly affected; the killed, the wounded and the displaced. Without diminishing that in any way, this article considers some of the impacts of past and present oil shocks on the world’s addiction to fossil fuels, and whether this can finally be a turning point in the energy transition.