This is the last book of the first Thomas Covenant trilogy by Stephen Donaldson. I've written about the first two books previously. This third book continues the intense tale of relentless suffering and struggle. I must admit I've not always been in the mood for this trilogy, and have interspersed …

Whilst I agree that it is right to implement polluter pays mechanisms such as carbon tax, it is incorrect to determine this as an either/or issue. If you subscribe to the basic principle that we must also replace our current use of fossil fuel with a suitable alternative (whether …

On Thursday there's a Wiltshire County Council by-election for my ward, Trowbridge East. I've done a little table to help me decide who to vote for. Don't rely on this table for your own information, look at the primary sources.

My dad's on holiday in Cyprus and in a postcard he mentioned he visited Mount Olympus, and said that Gilbert, my grandad on my mum's side, had his office there. That must have been when he was in charge of the generators at the British Army base. As Gilbert died …

I've said to West Wilts District Council:

Almost every time I take our cardboard to the recycling point (the one by Trowbridge College), the container is overflowing. This must mean that cardboard has such a low value that the District Council has to pay someone to remove it. On the …

nice to see i'm not the only one fighting against tony's determination to free the world's trade!

free trade is a good idea(l) but impossible to achieve and - like communism - not neccessarily a good idea to attempt.

corporations act in their own best interest and governments (are supposed to …

one of the most memorable parts of eating at the Fat Duck was a red cabbage gazpacho with a spoon of mustard ice cream in the middle. not quite sure what the difference between 'cabbage water' and 'cabbage gazpacho' is, but having tried both i can definitely tell you that …

Thanks for your comment Miguel!

You say that a carbon tax isn't going to happen soon enough. Why? Implementing a CO2 tax is much easier and therefore quicker than with a FIT. The points where fossil fuels enter the country are few, which makes taxation easy, and there is no …

FITs are by far the best solution we have for switching to a clean energy system. Having researched this for two years I have found that, every study, every expert, shows this. A carbon tax is not going to happen soon enough to make a difference in the short term …

I'm a member of Greenpeace. Have been since my teens. They've just sent me an email on energy policy in which they say call for a Feed-in Tariff (FIT). Bad idea, and here's why.

The problem we've got is the emission of greenhouse gases. Therefore we should make it more …