Energy – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com Inspiration for a Sustainable World Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:16:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/sublimemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Sublime_Logo.jpeg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Energy – Sublime https://sublimemagazine.com 32 32 243252845 Recharge Yourself https://sublimemagazine.com/recharge-yourself/ https://sublimemagazine.com/recharge-yourself/#comments Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/recharge-yourself/ We are all aware of the concept of energy efficiency, particularly when it concerns technology. Why not also when it comes to humans? Earth’s energy sources are not infinite-for the most part-and need to be stewarded wisely. I guess the same can be said of us. It takes a great deal of energy to sustain...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/recharge-yourself/feed/ 1 11973 Artificial Leaf https://sublimemagazine.com/artificial-leaf/ https://sublimemagazine.com/artificial-leaf/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/artificial-leaf/ We are all aware of the risk of climate change induced from ever-increasing man-made carbon dioxide emissions, arising from our reliance on fossil fuels. Clearly we need to move to a low-carbon society, but how can we do this, and what would such a society be like? We must remember that the planet cares only...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/artificial-leaf/feed/ 0 13227 Wheel of the Future https://sublimemagazine.com/wheel-of-the-future/ https://sublimemagazine.com/wheel-of-the-future/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 13:31:59 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/wheel-of-the-future/ The Dutch Windwheel aims to be an iconic architectural design involving numerous technical, technological and energy-generating innovations, whilst being user friendly at the same time. The idea was born out of discussions about Rotterdam’s rise and how the city could really use an iconic attraction. From the start, the goal was to combine that with...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/wheel-of-the-future/feed/ 0 13284 Cool & Easy https://sublimemagazine.com/cool-and-easy/ https://sublimemagazine.com/cool-and-easy/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2015 09:52:08 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/cool-and-easy/ It’s official: furniture can now control room temperature – and save energy by doing so. The climate table – a first release of the Zero Energy Furniture range – can facilitate almost 60% of an office’s heating requirements and economise up to 30% of its air-conditioning needs. The climate table comprises the first stage in...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/cool-and-easy/feed/ 0 13250 Light My Fire https://sublimemagazine.com/light-my-fire/ https://sublimemagazine.com/light-my-fire/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2015 10:03:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/light-my-fire/ Founded in 1972 at Niton on the Isle of Wight, the family-run business is the oldest British producer of wood-burning stoves. The company is run on the Christian values of its owners, and has won several Chamber of Commerce green awards for its approach to the environment. Its customers also have the option of multi-fuel...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/light-my-fire/feed/ 0 13237 The Frackers https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/ https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/#respond Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:54:35 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/the-frackers/ As the title suggests, the book focuses on the people involved in this fascinating story. In true journalistic style the author Gregory Zuckerman, conducted numerous interviews to chronicle the events that have made fracking into such a hope and such a controversy. At the centre of the action are the so-called wildcatters, a unique group...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/the-frackers/feed/ 0 13055 The World We Made https://sublimemagazine.com/jonathon-porritt-the-world-we-made/ https://sublimemagazine.com/jonathon-porritt-the-world-we-made/#respond Tue, 11 Feb 2014 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/jonathon-porritt-the-world-we-made/ Alex is a school teacher and is 50 in the year 2050. About to leave the school she has taught at for many years for a new position, her students challenge her to carry out this ambitious project with them as her assistants. The result is accessible and fascinating. In 50 snapshots, the book takes...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/jonathon-porritt-the-world-we-made/feed/ 0 13052 Unburnable Carbon https://sublimemagazine.com/unburnable-carbon/ https://sublimemagazine.com/unburnable-carbon/#respond Wed, 29 May 2013 14:49:41 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/unburnable-carbon/ The concept of unburnable carbon may be propelling new life into the issue, particularly as it resonates with our recent experiences of financial turmoil. According to a 2009 study in leading science journal Nature, in order to have an 80 per cent chance of not exceeding the dangerous climate change threshold of 2˚C, 80 per...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/unburnable-carbon/feed/ 0 12842 Earth Rovers https://sublimemagazine.com/earth-rovers/ https://sublimemagazine.com/earth-rovers/#respond Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:13:09 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/earth-rovers/ Well, the next generation of mobility vehicles have arrived and although they may not be airborne they are not too far away from the elaborate ideas that Hollywood foresaw. Strange doors? Check. Strange sound? Check. Flashing lights and buttons everywhere? Not really, but one of them tilts when you turn so that makes up for...

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]]> https://sublimemagazine.com/earth-rovers/feed/ 0 12772 Shale gas: Saviour or dangerous diversion? https://sublimemagazine.com/shale-gas-saviour-or-diversion/ https://sublimemagazine.com/shale-gas-saviour-or-diversion/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000 https://testserver.sublimemagazine.com/sublimewp/shale-gas-saviour-or-diversion/ It’s strange to think that 30 years ago, geologists failed to rouse even a flicker of interest from the then ‘Department of Energy’ on their discovery of extensive shale gas resources in the UK. A decade later, in 1995, the British Geological Survey also noted the potential of UK shale gas production. But again, bureaucrats and...

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