Category: GEO2442
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Is the future of biofuels reliant on left-over fast-food cooking oil?
The golden arches dominate the fast-food industry and the oil used to cook their menu may be the answer to reducing the environmental impact of Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs). According to Poulikakos et al., (2013) the increase of HGVs is directly proportional to the increase of pollutant emissions. According to the Department for Business, Energy […]
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Why can’t we just make climate change Illegal? The tragedy of the commons.
With climate change fronting itself as our generation’s enigma, a simple solution to say is ‘just make climate change illegal’. However, the process of ‘top-down’ measures set to combat climate change can be extensive, too time-consuming, and slowly implemented. Why is this the case? If laws for the COVID-19 pandemic can be passed and introduced […]
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The Cornish Space Mission: expanding Newquay Airport after declared Climate Emergency.
In 1957, the launch of Sputnik 1 inaugurated the Space Age. Since then, there’s been a transition towards the desire for connectivity while fuelling billionaires’ imaginations with the possibility and reality of monetising the stratosphere. In spite of the ubiquitous surge to battle climate change, should the development of space participation be so high on […]
The Political Revenge of Gaia. 