PRISMVOLT

Introduction Over the past few months, I have been weighing up the decision to purchase a new vehicle. The choice is not straightforward: should I opt for a fully electric car, a hybrid, or stick with a petrol-powered internal combustion engine (ICE)? For the last eight years, I’ve driven a petrol Vauxhall Corsa. It has been reliable, covering 130,000 miles in total, over 80,000 under my ownership, with relatively low running and maintenance costs. As part of my research, I’v

About a month or so ago, I spent the weekend reviewing the impressive Tony Blair Institute for Global Change report, The Climate Paradox . While I don’t agree with the assertion that current net-zero policies are “doomed to fail,” I do share many of the report’s key insights. Here are a few highlights: 🔍 Solar Radiation Management (SRM) deserves urgent global attention. There’s a real risk of unilateral deployment by a single country, with potentially severe transboundary cl