French lessons Having recently driven around 2,000 miles in France it was informative to experience a pricing structure that surely we should be following ...

After a lengthy trip to France involving a considerable amount of use of public EV chargers, I think we have some significant lessons to learn from our European neighbour: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/10/fren... #greenheretic #electricvehicles #carchargers

Pass the buck sustainability revisited REVISIT SERIES -  An updated post from May 2010 'Sustainable' is a word you hear banded about a lot these days. As I described in  Ecologic ...

In an updated post from 15 years ago I look at how the term 'sustainability' doesn't always mean what many assume that it does: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/05/pass... #environment #sustainability #greenheretic

The joys of green driving - early days It's early days using a plug-in hybrid, but after a holiday trip to Cornwall I now have some experience of commercial chargers, though admit...

As a recent user of a plug-in hybrid I discover the potential difficulties of getting a (reasonably priced) charge when a little off the beaten track: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-... #ElectricVehicles #evcharging #greenheretic

Should science writers (and scientists) be globe-trotting? In their The Studies Show podcast The Science of Johann Hari , the excellent Stuart Ritchie and Tom Chivers point out the entertaining way...

After hearing the takedown by @stuartjritchie.bsky.social & @tomchivers.bsky.social of Johann Hari's '30,000 and 40,000 mile' journeys to interview people, I wonder if we can justify flying for interviews (or conferences) in a climate crisis: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/03/shou... #greenheretic

My hybrid car confusion No, I know that picture is not a hybrid car: bear with me. I have just started the process of buying a plug-in hybrid car. In principle, I'd...

I'm in the process of buying a plug-in hybrid car... and discovered that I had totally misunderstood how they work: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/02/my-h... (and yes, I know that's not a car) #greenheretic #environment #hybridvehicles

Is biodiversity good for human wellbeing? - revisited REVISIT SERIES -  An edited post from January 2015 I was interested to see  on the BBC News site  that a link has been shown between biodive...

Pretty well everyone will agree exposure to nature is good for wellbeing, but there's a big leap to saying biodiversity is good for wellbeing as was suggested by misinterpreting an academic paper: brianclegg.blogspot.com/2025/01/is-b... #biodiversity #wellbeing #sciencejournalism #greenheretic