03 AUG 2012
This week power outages swept across northern India as three grids covering 20 states and 600 million people failed to cope with demand. Transport and water systems ground to a halt. Hospitals were plunged in darkness. Miners were trapped below ground. India, in a word, endured havoc. With a fl...
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20 MAR 2012
The Blogosphere and Twittersphere are awash with rumour of what is in the budget. T'was ever thus of course. Last year I wrote such an article on "what the Chancellor should do" here on ConHome. Nor is it new for the opponents of potential measures to get their retaliation in well before the Cha...
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01 MAR 2012
Any lack of resolve at the Strait of Hormuz will send a message to every ambitious state at every international choke point in the world that all they have to do is squeeze and they will get what they want, writes Christopher Pincher MP.
As Iran continues to threaten the closure of the Stra...
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06 FEB 2012
Britain should not build on-shore wind turbines because they are "elegant". There are no points to be won for that. We should build them only if they are efficient and contribute significantly to our energy needs, our security requirements and our carbon reduction targets. Unfortunately, on-shore w...
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