Writing in the Yorkshire Post today, I described what was wrong with typical regional policy and how to do it much better. I suggested doing effective, boring and unpopular stuff like moving workers to the work (not the other way round) with more low cost roads and buses and paying lower wages and benefits in poorer areas to increase employment. This would do so much more than taking a bet on low-return but glamorous infrastructure projects like high speed rail [...]
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Categories: Economics, Innovation
Under the aegis of Future Energy Strategies, I’ve organised an evening seminar on 20th January 2011 which seeks to answer this question, with the help of these three experts – Leigh Bolton of Holmwood Consulting, Nick Grealy of No Hot Air and Dr John Buggenhagen of San Leon Energy plc. To attend, please see here for details – it promises to be a fascinating evening. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers [...]
Categories: Energy, Innovation
In the last 10 days, we’ve had a surprising amount of news about gas that requires some digestion. Starting with yesterday’s discovery of shale gas near Blackpool by Cuadrilla Resources – the best news that town has had in a long time. Then there’s the ongoing cold snap in the UK combined with a long acknowledge inadequate storage capability. As I wrote a year ago in Securing Our Energy Future Chapter 3: Don’t Bet on Gas – The UK Way, [...]
