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Peter Gill

B.Sc. in Physics (Hons.)

Peter Gill is a physicist (BSc Hons. King’s College, University of Durham 1964). During his time at university, he was a member of the University RAF Air Squadron. He went on to fly as a private pilot (gliders and fixed wing powered aircraft). His interest in meteorology necessarily developed as a result.

Peter spent two stints, totaling six years, in industrial physics research. This included work on coal utilization. Through the latter connection, in 1970 he joined WS Atkins & Partners (at the time the world’s largest independent consultancy for the Iron & Steel Industry).

He continued as a techno-economic consultant working for a number of organizations, including one he owned until his retirement in 2010. In all, Peter worked in 40 countries worldwide.

He was briefly Chief Energy Adviser to the Policy Board of the UK Institute of Physics (brief, because the role became that of a committee stuffed with advocates for the use of so-called renewable sources of energy) and Chair of the Energy Group of IOP, amongst many other pro bono positions in that organization from circa 1970. Mr. Gill remains a member of the IOP and a number of its special interest groups (energy, environmental, tribology, plasma, etc.)

He has also been a member of many other professional bodies, including what is now the UK Energy Institute (started life as the Institute of Fuel) of which he was Chair of EI’s main branch in London. Mr. Gill resigned his Fellowship when, in 2018, it became clear that the organization was moving quickly towards becoming the Renewable Energy Institute in all but name, in spite of his attempts to have EI retain interests in fossil fuels and reliable energy conversion processes.

Circa 2012 he was invited by the editor of the academic journal Energy & Environment (Multi-Science Publishing) to join the Editorial Board. Peter did a five-year stint on this pro bono activity until a few years after the publication was sold (to Sage Publications in the USA) at which point he decided to concentrate on his other activities.

Since the disastrous Climate Change Act of 2008, Peter Gill has made many presentations showing that whilst atmospheric carbon dioxide is vital to life, its current atmospheric concentration and that in the foreseeable future is no danger to life. Indeed, it would be beneficial if we had more CO2. He has constantly pointed out that the gas may be better regarded as an indicator of climate change rather than anything like a main driver. Venues for his talks have included Imperial College, London (a hot-bed of AGW advocacy), the Committee Rooms of the UK House of Parliament, and elsewhere.

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