Comments for Jeremy Leggett

Comment on Contact & comment by jeremyl

jeremyl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:24:37 +0000

Yes, noted in the blog string David. Two main points: solar works well in strategic harness with other renewables ….you mix and match with other members of the family to get baseload, and peakload. Also, microgeneration can smooth out the load on the grid. Much of the solar generated by day in the average home is used right there in the home.

Comment on Contact & comment by jeremyl

jeremyl — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:09:32 +0000

In my response to George, I do not abuse him. I use the language of polite confrontation, not conflict. George, it has to be said, often doesn’t hesitate to call someone a deluded fool where he could merely point out that he holds a very different point of view. As for anonymous blog trailers like yourself, abuse and conflict language often seem to be the default mode, sadly.

Comment on Contact & comment by Timdot

Timdot — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 10:02:48 +0000

Abusing the Moonbat (George Montboit) for saying the truth about solar and feed-in tarrifs? You’re an idiot. Even EU Referendum agrees with the Moonbat on this one!

Comment on Contact & comment by jeremyl

jeremyl — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:34:53 +0000

I think you may mean my friend Colin Campbell, Quentin. A quick Google should do the trick….

Comment on Contact & comment by Quentin Huggett

Quentin Huggett — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:58:32 +0000

Somewhere in the recesses of my mind I recall an article illustrating a potential relationship between global population and “available energy”. I remember seeing such an article by a geologist which took a fairly long view of human history and how human expansion may be linked to available energy resources. Was it you?

Comment on Contact & comment by Martin Larner

Martin Larner — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:07:46 +0000

Hi Jeremy

A good article in the Guardian yesterday (10/02). I hope you will do a follow up that raises awareness of just how dependent our food supply is dependent on oil - both domestic and imported production is massively oil dependent. An energy crisis equals a food crisis.

Sure you’re aware of this, but the public aren’t and they are under the illusion they will be able to carry on just popping down the supermarket come what may.

All the best

Comment on Contact & comment by Andrew Mudie

Andrew Mudie — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:25:19 +0000

You, sir, are one of my heroes! I had been banging on about Peak Oil for so long that my friends started to avoid me. The Global Financial Crisis ‘08 gave me that missing third element to go alongside climate and energy. When I linked the three together all bar one of my mates quickly changed the subject to football… Then I found ‘Half Gone’. I’m so glad you wrote that book - I draw on it most days even now, 5 years after first publication, and frequently recommend it as an easily understood text that deals with the “triple crunch”. Thank you for speaking up.

Comment on CSR by jeremyl

jeremyl — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:30:31 +0000

I think the solar situation is a little more complicated than that Ian. Solar PV is already giving better returns on investment than leaving money in the bank, even without subsidies. See the solar page on the site for more.

Comment on CSR by ian Greenwood

ian Greenwood — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:25:43 +0000

You neatly summarise why Lord Browne needs to act, and get government to act. in the CSR piece above you rightly say that the underlying ethics are wrong and the implication must be drawn that government must act to get the funding flows right.

On the subject of Solar, no major progress can be made until losses are reduced to about one tenth of current usage to allow solar to be cost-effective. Government Subsidy will be required for both of these

Comment on Contact & comment by Dirk Kohler

Dirk Kohler — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:45:23 +0000

I wanted my roof in south of France a solar century one. Now i am going for a strong winter with EDF nuclear power plants at 50% of their capacity due to bad maintanance. Ready for the carbon war and carbon tax in France!
Good luck Jeremy with your blog and visit insurance4renewables.com
Greetings to Aki