This channel seeks to understand the issues that face our civilisation in the 21st Century and focusses on the potential solutions that will save as many lives as possible and hopefully bring about a greater level of equality in the world. The channel is not a debating forum about whether Human Induced Climate Change is a real phenomenon or not. If that’s what you’re after then I can highly recommend chat forums on Social Media, where people on both sides of the argument go round and round in circles achieving precisely nothing at all.
That is a mug’s game. And it’s not my game.
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Oh..and me… Dave Borlace. Born 1969. BSc in Technology from the Open University in the UK. After a 30 year career in People and Project Management, I now work full time on the channel thanks to the amazing folks who support me on Patreon http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink
From Just Have a Think. Solar panels don’t just generate electricity. New research suggests that large, ground-mounted solar farms can alter soil moisture, temperature, vegetation, and even carbon storage, particularly in arid and desert regions. Not all deserts are the same though. Large solar developments in the wrong region can still damage fragile ecosystems if…
From Just Have a Think. Grid-scale batteries have until recently been predominantly used only to stabilize the frequency of electricity supply. But as prices have dropped dramatically in recent years and new chemistries like sodium-ion have come into the mainstream, batteries have started to replace coal power stations and even gas peaker plants. So, is…
From Just Have a Think. The international Energy Agency has courted controversy in recent years. It published a ‘Roadmap to Net Zero 2050" report a couple of years back and drew fury from the fossil fuel industry who had previously regarded the IEA as essentially their puppet mouthpiece. In 2023 The IEA Executive Director even…
From Just Have a Think. Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) electricity transmission ought to be the stuff of pure science fiction. More than a million volts carrying the equivalent of 12 large power stations worth of power down a single line? Such a feat should be unthinkable. But it’s here right now. Today. And since…
From Just Have a Think. Home battery storage systems are becoming one of the essential keys to a successful energy transition. Australia has understood this and has acted promptly to embrace the technology. Spain’s recent blackout suggests European countries have a lot of catching up to do. So can we do it? Help support this…
From Just Have a Think. Fiduciary Duty is a phrase often touted by corporate CEOs and Wall Street types to justify their dodgy deals and questionable board level decisions. But Fiduciary Duty also involves safeguarding the LONG-TERM security of shareholders investments. Now a group of expert lawyers has published a report outlining how Exec Boards…