Sustainable Ferriby

Tag: Myths and Lies

  • Batteries, mining and cobalt; the real story

    Batteries, mining and cobalt; the real story

    Like almost every other physical thing we use, the raw materials come from somewhere. Humans mine gigatonnes of materials from our planet every year, often with significant environmental impacts. In some cases there is a human cost too. In their fight against the inevitable transition to renewable energy there are those who criticise renewables for…

  • The Psychology of Denial

    The Psychology of Denial

    Opposing a bad idea is reasonable, denying readily provable facts is something else entirely. What makes a small proportion of people stridently deny climate change? We look at the psychology that drives them.