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Living in the harbour city where the bridge is the 'coathanger' and a blocky new harbourside building was dubbed the 'toaster', I know the power of a visual metaphor.

This blog collects metaphors, images and analogies that communicate scientific concepts and pathways to the new low carbon economy.

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