Accept the things you cannot change
But change the things you can .
As a child I was instilled with an attitude that has served me well through life – If you don ’ t like the way something is then do all you can to change it .
If you cannot change it then you have to make the decision whether to walk away from it or to decide to put up with it and work with is as it is .
The one thing that was never acceptable was to waste precious time and energy moaning about whatever it was that wasn ’ t right .
In the time I have worked within this industry I have come to understand that it is full of people demonstrating that approach daily .
Whether the industry is blessed with an unusually high proportion of those prepared to take on challenges with a determined yet pragmatic approach or whether it is the result of an industry in a constant state of evolution is impossible to determine , but it certainly serves the sector well .
The last few years have seen the industry continually frustrated by a government with a seemingly blinkered approach to the pressing issue of decarbonisation . Appearing
ready to throw its policy and financial support wholeheartedly behind new tech solutions to the home-heating emissions challenge it appeared to leave no place at the table for a liquid fuel future .
Fuelled by genuine concern for the potential negative impacts on both members and their customers , the industry trade associations have been unrelenting in their bid to keep a broader array of solutions on the table .
And , it seems , the tide may finally be turning .
In this issue we hear the latest views on the future for home-heating fuel which suggest a growing acceptance that some form of liquid renewable fuel will be needed in the mix of solutions .
This shift of stance , coupled with the exciting liquid renewable fuel trials initiated by the industry that we also cover in detail , suggest that this was one battle which those fighting for this sector were right not to walk away from .
Of course it is good to accept the things you cannot change but how much more satisfying is it to change the things you can ?
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9 INDUSTRY FAREWELLS
10 TECH NEWS
11 PEOPLE MOVES
13 INDUSTRY FOCUS
Could a dim future for kerosene mean a bright start for biofuel ?
14-15 INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
A detailed update on the first UK trials for liquid biofuels
16 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
Updated perspective on future fuel from UKPIA
17 INDUSTRY VIEW
The latest views of new UKIFDA chief executive Ken Cronin
18 TOP FUEL DISTRIBUTORS FOR IRELAND
20-21 IN CONVERSATION
Talking all things tanker with Cobo
22 PORTLAND MARKET REPORT
The increasing economic pressure on refineries
24-25 INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Liquid renewable fuels and their place in decarbonisation
26 PRICING PAGE
27 IN PROFILE
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The property pictured receiving a fuel delivery in Redruth , Cornwall , is the first to participate in an exciting , UK-first , HVO trial . You can read all about it in ‘ Industry Knowledge ’ on pages 14 & 15 . Pictured are John Weedon , director and Robert Weedon , managing director of fuel suppliers Mitchell and Webber with Zoe Milward the homeowner .
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In ‘ Industry Analysis ’ and ‘ Industry View ’ on pages 16 & 17 we catch up with the latest thoughts of UKPIA and UKIFDA on the future for liquid fuel in homeheating while , on pages 20 & 21 , we are ‘ In Conversation ’ with Joby Clark of Cobo Tankers and Services .
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