Energy...

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A few energy related stories strayed onto my screen today...

First of all of course is the massive hike in heating costs that I, along with hundreds of thousands of others, have been hit with as British Gas have raised energy prices. Cold showers from now on I think...

Also a speech by Al Gore made earlier this month, which has some interesting things to say about our future energy needs.

Also invited to THIS EVENT at Sheffield University. Won't be attending, but obviously IT costs are going to rise along with every other costs, and have heard a bit about "thin clients" recently...

Finally, was this possible solution to the USA's energy shortage from Barbara Ehrenreich, whose book "Going to Extremes: Notes from a Divided Nation" I've been reading recently...