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Daniel Collins

Scotland’s Changing Energy Sources

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It’s hard to imagine living in a world where we don’t have any electricity to power the many inventions we have made for ourselves. If you have ever been through a prolonged power cut you’ll know just how troublesome it can be, and how unprepared we are for it.

But the truth is that we are placing a lot of strain on the network, and that is part of the reason why we should look to alternative forms of energy to meet our needs.

Scotland is of particular interest in this area, since it holds more potential for harnessing ongoing and natural forms of energy, such as solar energy than many other places do. The Scottish government has resolved to take a huge step forward in looking towards alternative means of power in the next few years.

Wind energy - offshore and onshore - is a particularly fruitful area of exploitation in Scotland, since its exposed shores tend to see wind speeds of sufficient velocity to provide homes with a lot of power. Ple... [read more]

Ian Bishop

Ethical Production

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The truth is that there are dozens of things that go to make up an ethically positive product, and some of them are not at all obvious until you really think about the issues involved. Take the difficult topic of third world manufacturing. There are obvious reasons why we should be happy to buy, say, an item made from natural materials in a poor Asian country. What could possibly be wrong with... [read more]