I am not the most prolific author on Medium. I have largely ceased writing on the platform since March because I can no longer use my favourite authoring tool — my Samsung mobile — to create content. You see, earlier this year, Medium removed the ability of authors to create…

There is a school of thought in the Data Viz community that 3D data visualizations are to be avoided at all costs! (Often from similar quarters to anti-pie chart arguments) The arguments usually go to: Poor accuracy because of 3D distortion This leads to poor speed of reading Because the…

An academic study was published this week that stated what the dogs in the street probably know — there is a big gap between the clean energy claims of the oil industry and what they are actually doing. There was a good summary of the research and some interesting commentary…

There are so many dumb “fake news” stories about electric vehicles. Every time I see a thread on Twitter about EVs, there is always a large number of Tweets spreading the misinformation. Some of these are people who are dumb themselves. However, many of these are bots paid for by…

In a previous post, I described the less-than-epic journey around Ireland with our new electric car — the Kia eNiro. That turned out to be reasonably straightforward so, ever up for a challenge, we thought about doing something more interesting. This time, we would take the car to France, and…

It looked like a great initiative by the German Bundestag in June 2021. They introduced ammendments to the Energy Industry Act ( EnWG ) and the Energy Consumption Labeling Act ( EnVKG ) to mandate that gas service stations should display a poster showing consumption, the € cost / 100km…

How existing technologies may solve climate change and lead to a new age of freedom — The world can look like a dark place sometimes. With an existential climate crisis threatening and global political upheaval seeming constant, it may seem darker than ever. But there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Technologies that are already with us today could get us to carbon…

The British comedian Tony Hawkes once wrote a very entertaining book about hitch-hiking around Ireland with a portable fridge. I would recommend Around Ireland With a Fridge for an enjoyable light read, without too much drama. Myself and my wife just took a trip around Ireland, lugging the heavy 67kWh…

This article was written as part of completion of the Coursera course, Introduction to Sustainability, created by the University of Illinois. By the end of the course I was left with a positive feeling about where the world is heading. Do you agree? In the early modules we learned some…