Andrew Orlowski

Collected Journalism

Tag: carbon cult

  • Peak Oil: RIP
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    Peak Oil: RIP

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The idea that seized the imaginations of the bien pensant chattering classes in the Noughties – “Peak Oil” – is no longer relevant. So says the commodities team at Citigroup, and policy-makers would be wise to examine the trends they’ve identified. “Peak Oil” is the point at which the production of conventional crude oil begins…

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  • Shale ignorance

    Shale ignorance

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    Is it time to decouple “Climate Change” from the Department of Energy and Climate Change? If it was the plain old “Department of Energy” again, it might spend more time researching new fuel sources. Is it time to decouple “Climate Change” from the Department of Energy and Climate Change? If it was the plain old…

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  • Why recycling is rubbish

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    In a utopian report, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) says the UK needs £20bn additional spending on recycling infrastructure over the next decade. The recommendation is made in a report today that proposes “unlocking value locked up in the UK’s current waste” – which sounds great – but the report fails to tell us…

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  • Utopians, then and now

    Utopians, then and now

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    Andrew Orlowski

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     A hundred years ago, the socialist utopians had a vision of what they called “a world without want”. The Zero Carbon Trust published its vision of Britain in 2030 earlier this month, and it’s one where people’s “wants” will substantially increase. Particularly anyone wanting, say, a lamb chop with rosemary and garlic, or a Shepherd’s…

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  • Ad industry: You write the cheques, we’ll drown the puppies

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    The UK advertising industry has bravely decided it can continue to accept millions of pounds from the state to create alarming climate advertisements, despite inaccuracies and a storm of complaints from parents. The principled decision, from the admen’s self-regulatory body the ASA, follows 939 complaints about the UK energy ministry DECC’s “Drowning Dog” prime time…

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  • On Climategate

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    Andrew Orlowski

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    at The Register This piece originally had a much longer section summing up the state of climate “science” – which the CRU leak has verified. The peculiar nature of the problem is why anecdote and modelling play such an important part in the persuasion business. Scientific theories fall by the wayside when they fail to…

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