A Quick Introduction

For my first post I just wanted to introduce myself and my aims for the blog. I am currently a MSci student at University College London, studying Earth Sciences. My main areas of focus are geology, geophysics and natural resources. This blog is an investigation into the future of our energy supply and how things might change over the next few decades. I will focus three key areas: global energy demands, energy sources and what the future of fuel may entail. The blog is part of the module Global Environmental Change https://twitter.com/geog3057 led by Professor Anson MacKay and Professor Jonathan Holmes. Topics I will cover in this blog:

• Introduction to global change and the energy market
• Energy demand, the politics around energy and the impact on the environment
• Focus weeks on key energy sources such as natural gas, nuclear power, oil & coal and renewables
• Investigations into new technology ideas: the good, the bad and the wildly ambitious! 

Outside of my academic study I am involved in organising the Clean Technology Challenge 2014. This is a business plan competition designed to promote entrepreneurship and support green technology start-ups. http://www.cleantechnologychallenge.com/

I am an avid reader of WIRED and New Scientist, regularly work at the Royal Institution in London and am currently training for a half marathon in February.

That is all from me for now, more posts to follow soon! Follow me on Twitter and LinkedIn for updates and I really welcome any constructive comment on posts.

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