Quote of the day.
- 13 December 2012 12:35205616Saw this on twitter earlier:
Ed Davey in the Stone Age: "the wheel may bring some benefits but only v slowly; it must be continuously checked, monitored and evaluated"
Brilliant! - 13 December 2012 12:40205617As any fule nose it was only with the invention of the second wheel that things took off.
Pumping poisons down, nowhere near the water table, and then setting off explosions...nothing could possibly go wrong.
We all take nitroglycerine tablets for trapped wind...don't we?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 13 December 2012 12:51205619You must have watched the Gaslands film, Tom. Don't worry it's been debunked many times and shown up to be mere propaganda by hippies and space cadets.
If you're still worried by fracking take a look at this:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/04/the-gasland-movie-a-fracking-shame-director-pulls-video-to-hide-inconvenient-truths/ - 17 December 2012 22:10206160Is it better to be on detop or debottom of the debunk?...
Fracking lobbyists prepare case against Matt Damon's Promised Land
Energy in Depth prepares 'cheat sheet' of pro-fracking talking points before release of Gus Van Sant drilling-rights drama
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/dec/17/fracking-lobbyists-matt-damon-promised-landIgnorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 17 December 2012 22:51206162Great film. Accurate, unbiased, great cast. It might be even better than that other historically correct movie " Braveheart".
Personally I've never used Hollywood to glean any useful information concerning anything factual. There has never, in the history of Hollywood film making, been a film made which is in any way historically accurate. In fact there has never been a film made there which anybody can regard as factual full stop.
I don't know why you even considered raising the subject of this film, Tom. You might have been more successful by explaining how the now defunct Dandy comic covered the issue. - 18 December 2012 09:36206180I was inspired Philip, or merely guessed, (as we had not heard from you lately), that if only I could disturb the bush behind which you sat you would spring forth. Little did I expect to be quite so successful.
How have you been?Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 18 December 2012 10:37206199I'm fine thanks Tom. Thanks for referring to the bush as opposed to a stone which would have put a completely different complexion on your inquiry. I've been following, with greater interest than usual, the current state of things concerning all things energy and climate related. It's a hobby of mine, much like Barry's interest in the machinations of all things Tory, UKLP (United Kingdom liberal party) and labour.
As things stand things are looking particularly bleak on all fronts. What might be a game changer in terms of shale gas is nothing of the sort. It seems that even if fracking is successful in the UK it will not lead to lower bills as the government's carbon tax kicks in and penalizes the energy producers which in turn will penalize the bill payer and thus lead to the early deaths of some of our elderly. It will also lead to even more relative poverty up and down the country as families struggle to pay the rich for their filthy green alternative energy subsidies. A scandal which the mainstream media conveniently ignore.
Add that to Tim Yeo's attempt to make things even worse by insisting that the carbon targets set by government should be even bigger and that more of our money should be invested in crappy hippie energy. Of course we all know that the eco companies who pay him substantial amounts of money as their lobbyist would lose billions if government carbon targets are relaxed. Quite disgusting really and to think this "Man" is a cabinet minister.
Apart from that things are groovy. Can't wait to get Christmas out of the way. Seems to get worse year on year in terms of it's crassness but that's the way things are. - 18 December 2012 10:47206206Chestnuts roasting on an open fire
charcoal manufacture
makes future prospects dire
A very Merry Christmas to you Philip. Humbugs are an old favourite of mine.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 18 December 2012 12:38206219I note that you are a lost cause in terms of the energy debate Tom regardless of the facts. Not to worry you're not alone. I'm guessing that you are a Guardian reader.
Strangely enough earlier this afternoon I watched the Daily politics where the interviewer ended up making Philip Schofield look like Jeremy Paxman. It was such a soft interview that I wouldn't even call it a sofa interview - more like a stoney bean bag interview.
Full time eco warrior (when the money's good) Tim Yeo appeared in order to lobby everybody on renewables and how much money it would make him, sorry how it would bring prosperity to us all but ended up telling us all one big, dirty big one.
When asked how much energy windmills produced, without blinking or swallowing the bile building up in his greedy little throat, he announced "Ten percent"!.
I'm much to polite to call him a liar but......
Check out this live feed to show how much energy is actually being produced at the moment. Note that wind output is featured on the right hand side.
http://www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk/