What is our attitude toward global warming? There’s been talks about all sorts of possible future scenarios, one of which is investing in hydrogen fuel. The technology is already out there but how viable is getting the infrastructure ready? The Ghost of Material Handling Past This time one hundred years ago (so that would be around 1919) Towmotor, Clark and …
Is Mississippi the link between Ford Mustang and Mustang P-51?
Nearly 80 years ago, in the clear summer skies above our island, the Ford Mustang was being created. This is the story of some surprising co-incidental connections and links between the automotive industry, some extraordinary people and locations, which might add a certain dynamic to your holiday reading. So sit back and relax whilst I take you on an extraordinary …
What Makes Your Holiday Technically Speaking Hell or Heaven
As we all plan to disappear off on our annual “get away from it all” holiday, many of us will be flying. So this month we look at the extraordinary human effort that goes into making your holiday memorable for all the right reasons. What no one said I have never heard anyone say “I can’t wait to get to the …
Whilst Fighting with Pollution We are Wasting Natural Resource
Last month we talked about the possibilities of switching heavy industry to greener production methods to reduce the levels of pollution. These are plentiful if the taxes being levied on them would just be reinvested in the technology instead of syphoned off into other irrelevant sustenance. For example, disposing of steel products from motorcars to pallet trucks carry double their weight …
Climate Change: Where does the environmental tax revenue go?
A 15-year old girl set on the steps of the Swedish parliament with a school strike for climate last summer. A little less than a year later it is a global movement and Great Thunberg is a name instantly recognised and listened to. This little girl cared enough about the environment and climate change to go out and speak up. …
Artificial Intelligence Explained
Who knew diesel engined vehicles or even just diesel engines along with some other great mechanical engineering companies would have so much geography in common. Who knew that physics and engineering can make the invisible suddenly visible. What does the word KUKA mean and how does this all fit together and why should anyone even care? The answer is artificial …
Is the Current State of Brexit Economy Fully Understood by Media?
How did we get to such a diabolical political situation with Brexit? How is it that now any ‘man in the street’ can become an expert in anything from online media all the way to politics without any qualifications or degree? At £2tn, we are one of the world’s largest economies. Now 25% of it is on the butcher’s block …
Trading with America Post-Brexit Should Focus on Globalisation
At a time when we are looking very closely at our relationship with the EU, perhaps we should also be looking at our relationship with the planet. The current issue is how we leave the EU. The vote made it quite clear, however, some of the less focused outcomes using our Irish vulnerabilities as red herrings would lock us into …
Hard Brexit Explodes with Import & Export Opportunities
We talked about challenges Brexit puts in fronts of us last month, and how we can twist them to see opportunities. Now let’s take a closer look at import and export. Whether it will be a soft or a hard Brexit, import and export opportunities remain the same. The following will always be in demand: Anything that is cheaper than we …
Brexit – The Chance of a Lifetime
Let’s just stop, stand back for a few minutes and have an objective look at what is about to unfold in March this year, and I mean Brexit. For years now we have had traceability, accountability and transparency across a large range of goods and services. That would include banking and insurance for one, food production for another. Then add …