Analysis
What’s the problem with heat pumps?
Air Source Heat Pumps are presented as the solution to decarbonise heating, but the debate so far has failed properly to take account of problems and limitations – and there are plenty
The three philosophies which aren’t climate change denial
This is a great week for climate change deniers and a disaster for children – so it is helpful to understand properly the three political philosophies which offer an alternative. They’re not all equal.
The question that reveals a black hole in Scottish political debate
There is a subject on which the Scottish public are particularly dissatisfied with current policy which the political parties don’t seem to realise. What is it? And why don’t the politicians get it?
Why we didn’t get all the green jobs
We’re in another round of asking why we haven’t generate the jobs in the green economy various politicians have promised. It is about time we stopped and actually paid attention to the answer.
Is this leadership election normal?
Current SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon says this leadership election is being run like all other elections in the SNP and doesn’t see what the objections are about. Does either claim stand up to scrutiny?
Scotland’s money trees are making us poorer
The Scottish Government is trying to ‘lever in’ private funding to profit from tree planting in Scotland. The direct consequence of this will be something akin to ‘reverse land reform’, pricing another generation off the land.
How Scotland could provide a genuine alternative to the UK financial chicanery
The UK’s debt and speculation model is hitting the buffers – Scotland could offer citizens a completely different approach
Is the SNP’s central bank proposal credible?
The SNP leadership is dropping a new paper on currency on its conference. Its claims to be producing a ‘central bank’ are very hard to stack up in any way at all.
What is economic sovereignty and why is it important?
There is an underlying factor which is causing much of the harm of our recent string of economic crises – a lack of national economic sovereignty.
What is a plebiscite election?
Since an intention to hold a ‘plebiscite election’ was announced, there has been a lot of confusion about what that means. What is it and how is it different from a normal election?
Who signed up to the squeeze?
The recent brutal Scottish Government budget is a direct result of a trap set by Westminster six years ago – a trap the Scottish Government walked into very willingly
Electricity – what will Scotland do with it all?
Decarbonising Scotland’s electricity is easy. The big question is, since we’ve got so much more of it that we actually need, what are we going to do with it all?