What is marginal land? Goodbye topsoil, my old friend…
Author: Matt Willis The food versus fuel debate in the biofuels development world has prompted some policy makers to propose that agrofuel crops should only be planted on land that is considered...
View ArticleHistory Repeating – Old Habits Die Hard.
The early 1990’s saw Cuba enter a severe crisis due to the collapse of the Soviet Union and its associated economies in Eastern Europe. These countries supported around 80% of Cuba’s economy, which was...
View ArticleAre you fracking crazy?
The global debate on fracking continues to dominate much of the world’s energy press. The US is currently benefitting from a boom in shale gas production which some commentators claim is one of the...
View ArticleOnce in a 100 years?
I’m British so I love talking about the weather, it’s the ultimate conversation gap filler, benign, comforting and always there for you to fall back on. Often there is no need for a preamble, a simple...
View ArticleWho’s afraid of the big bad data?
There’s been an explosion of news around big data over the last month but nothing much actually seems to have happened, perhaps its newsworthiness is the result of a growing realisation that it’s here...
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