Tag Archives: efficiency

Covd 19, bouncy castles and resilience.

Posted on April 26, 2020 by James Atkins

I have written an essay on bouncy castles, Covid 19, resilience and efficiency. Mainly on resilience. Because it is much longer than normal articles, I have posted it as a pdf. BLOG_JA_resilience_20200426

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What will we do with our money? Or: is clean-tech self-defeating?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by James Atkins

Environmental policy is predicated on a certain vision of the world.  It’s a clean version of today’s world.  It’s got all the comfort and convenience and fulfilment of today’s world without the smells. To build the clean world policy-makers insist … Continue reading →

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Denial and cerebral operating conditions

Posted on December 9, 2011 by James Atkins

This photo, from the BBC website, is of a wind turbine which caught fire in a storm.  It shows what can happen when a system starts to operate in conditions which are outside the parameters for which it was designed. … Continue reading →

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