You can trust Kevin to help save energy - Edinburgh Evening News
Running a spin-off university company called Carbon Masters, Houston is on the warpath to get them to realise just how costly wasting energy is about to get, when the Government's carbon tax kicks in next year.
His company has already estimated that Edinburgh Airport, for instance, will have a £187,000 carbon bill on top of its £2.3 million energy bill while Edinbugh University will be forking out around £900,000 on top of the £11m it pays for gas and electric. Similarly Edinburgh City Council could be facing a bill of £1m in carbon tax - its energy costs are around £12m - and the Royal Bank of Scotland, nationally, could be asked to pay £5m for its use of £66m worth of energy every year.
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Houston is well aware of the climate sceptics, but is uninterested in debating the existence of global warming. "I have seen enough of the science," he says matter-of-factly. "Whether you're a climate change believer or denier, the fact is that most politicians now accept it's an issue and something needs to be done.
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He adds: "When I left university with my chemistry degree the orthodox science was that we were heading for another ice age, not that the world was heating up..."
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