The full version of this blog is available at the post Enter the Engineers.

Scientists study the world as it is, engineers create the world that has never been.

Theodore von Karman

Listen to the Scientists

We often hear the phrase “Listen to the scientists”. What is meant by this is that we should read the analyses and reports that they publish in order to understand climate change. We need to avoid wishful thinking; we need to face up to the facts.

The text version of this presentation is available at https://iansutton.com/downloads/Name-of-Action.pdf.

This blog is based on the post Who's the (Climate Change) Expert?

One of the problems to do with climate change is that everyone has an opinion, regardless of whether they have done the necessary research and analysis. In this post we consider some of the attributes that make someone qualified to speak on the topic.

The content of this blog is taken from the post Transition Steps and the ebook Net Zero: An Opportunity.

Georg Hegel (1770-1831) was an 18th century German philosopher whose writings are notoriously obscure. He discussed the development of an “absolute idea” or “universal truth” that is obtained by reconciling contradictions and tensions within systems. This way of thinking is frequently referred to as an ‘Hegelian Synthesis’, even though he himself never actually used the term. The basic idea can be summarized in the following three steps.

1. We start with an initial idea or situation. This starting point is referred to as the ‘Thesis’.

The material in this blog is taken from the post Need for Action and from the ebook Net Zero: An Opportunity.

This blog is taken from the post Green Hydrogen: A Reality Check. 

The previous four posts in this series have provided background information to do with the use of hydrogen as source of “green” energy.

The posts were:

• Hydrogen HSE (Health, Safety and Environmental);

This blog is based on the post An Energy Evaluation System: Technology for a Changing Climate.

This blog is based on the post Another Clunky Sentence.