Tuesday - 06 January 2009

Opinion

Industry views and comment

The nuclear car?
Viewers of Top Gear last weekend will have seen James May road-testing what he called ‘the most important car since cars were invented’, the Honda FCX Clarity. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 16 December 2008

Sea breeze
It’s not been a particularly good year for the energy source that’s thought to be key to our renewable ambitions....
Published: The Engineer Online - 10 December 2008

When tomorrow looks bleak, the past can inspire
How to mark The Engineer's final issue of 2008, the year of the banking crisis, the incredible fluctuating oil price and, if you believe the worst predictions, the beginning of a particularly bleak period for the world's economy?...
Published: The Engineer - 08 December 2008

Combined harvester
The article 'Double take' highlighted the benefits of CHP — potentially the most efficient way to obtain energy from fossil fuels. But crucially, unlike renewables, CHP is always available at critical times. ...
Published: The Engineer - 08 December 2008

High cost of nuclear
There is much to be welcomed in the new report from the Committee on Climate Change about how to cut emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. ...
Published: The Engineer - 08 December 2008

Spatial Awareness
Maybe it’s just the fact that ‘Leicester’ doesn’t have the same ring to it as ‘Cape Canaveral’, but there’s something mildly incongruous about the small brown sign exhorting travellers on the M1 to visit the National Space Centre. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 03 December 2008

Oh, Darling
It was probably inevitable that the Pre-Budget Report (PBR), the long awaited financial stimulus package, wouldn’t please everybody. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 25 November 2008

JC or not JC?
We recently published a letter from David Elisha, who thinks Jeremy Clarkson does not deserve the title champion of engineering. We asked you if Clarkson was the right choice, and if not, invited alternative suggestions...
Published: The Engineer - 25 November 2008

Trouble in the tank
In reply to your article 'Plenty in the tank' regarding the continuing use of the internal combustion engine to power road vehicles, alongside the pursuit of electric cars, the UK is heading towards a multiple energy supply problem...
Published: The Engineer - 25 November 2008

Credit where it's due
If you believe some commentators, the UK automotive sector's plea for government support to help it through the economic downturn is little different to the banks holding out their begging bowls for billions in taxpayers' cash....
Published: The Engineer - 24 November 2008

Immigrate to Innovate
It’s easy to lose count of the number of bold new acronym-strewn initiatives aimed at attracting students into the engineering profession. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 18 November 2008

Fifteen years late
In answer to your article 'Crunch time', there is no harm in providing a useful banking and broking service to help put people who have money to invest in touch with people who need investment. ...
Published: The Engineer - 13 November 2008

STEM sell
Your article 'Light in the gloom?' pointed out the effect the government's STEM courses investment programme has had on attracting students ...
Published: The Engineer - 13 November 2008

Out of date?
Regarding your article on the opening of the M1, I don't suppose I'll be the only one to point out that the M1 was not the UK's first motorway....
Published: The Engineer - 13 November 2008

Jeremy's out of gear
My colleagues and I are becoming increasingly irritated at the positioning of Jeremy Clarkson as a champion of engineering — if you read his Wikipedia biography you'll see what we mean. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 13 November 2008

Marvellous mirrorball
The Isis 2 target station, which opened this week at Oxford’s Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, would seem to be one of those pure-science gadgets which tend to rile certain sections of The Engineer’s readership ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 11 November 2008

Yes we can… find our own solutions
When Barack Obama stood before his adoring supporters in Chicago as president-elect of the US, few people would have missed the sense of history unfolding....
Published: The Engineer - 10 November 2008

Race relations
When Lewis Hamilton sealed his world champion status on the final corner of Sunday’s race, it marked a scintillating end to an F1 season which has been one of the most exciting in years. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 05 November 2008

Fear, loathing and schadenfreude in the City
We have, of course, talked about the credit crunch and the oncoming recession before, and speculated on the possible effects on the engineering sector. But this week’s mind-boggling events centred on Volkswagen really do merit some discussion. ...
Published: The Engineer Online - 29 October 2008

Optimistic future...
Science minister Lord Drayson recently announced his support for a UK-manned space programme. I hope this is not just tub-thumping by a politico wishing to gain a reputation...
Published: The Engineer - 28 October 2008

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