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Non-journal articles & media

When the crisis is caused by oil dependence, the solution isn't cheaper oil

The many ironies of fuel protests

Posted on April 15, 2026

Op-ed for the Irish Times, April 16th, 2026, under the printed title “Truckers of Ireland, the accidential climate heries” (!) [Read More]

Tags: op-ed column security climate fossil fuels war geopolitics

Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again

At a Time of Climate Crisis – Renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression

Posted on March 11, 2026

Op-ed for the Irish Times, March 11th, 2026 [Read More]

Tags: op-ed column security climate fossil fuels war geopolitics

Electricity bills are getting more complicated - but that’s no bad thing

At a Time of Climate Crisis – Dynamic tariffs more accurately reflect what’s actually going on with electricity supply and demand

Posted on February 5, 2026

Column for the Irish Times, February 5th, 2026 [Read More]

Tags: electricity column bills flexibility

Why we keep ignoring the physics of climate change

At a Time of Climate Crisis – Carbon budgets are a physical reality, not political slogans

Posted on January 2, 2026

Column for the Irish Times, January 1st 2026 [Read More]

Tags: climate policy column carbon budget

A new era of fossil fuels to facilitate data centres?

Reaction to the CRU policy in relation to data centre connections

Posted on December 12, 2025

The CRU’s new decision on data centre connections is notable because it lays bare a deeper problem in our climate governance. [Read More]

Tags: climate policy data centre

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