Author Archives: Clive Best

About Clive Best

PhD High Energy Physics Worked at CERN, Rutherford Lab, JET, JRC, OSVision

COVID Adventures

Posted on October 9, 2021 by Clive Best

On 30th August I tested positive for COVID. I had a runny nose plus slight cough for a couple of days and generally felt tired. My wife Anna had already experienced similar symptoms 10 days earlier (hence our box of … Continue reading →

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UK Peak power 2019-2021

Posted on September 9, 2021 by Clive Best

Electricity is a power source that runs the modern world. Meeting the instantaneous power demands of the UK  is the responsibility of the National Grid (ELEXON). The balancing of available energy supply with the instantaneous power demand as logged  by … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy | Tagged | 13 Comments

Bias in Science

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Clive Best

I just watched the Freddie Sayers UNHERD interview with Prof. Jay Bhattacharya from Stanford. The Great Barrington Declaration, also signed by Prof. Gupta from Oxford, proposed an alternative  policy to lockdowns while protecting the vulnerable. This was almost immediately ridiculed … Continue reading →

Posted in AGW, Climate Change, Covid-19, Public Health | 25 Comments