Climate change 'could disrupt Wi-Fi and hit power supply'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/road-and-rail-transport/8502620/Climate-change-could-disrupt-Wi-Fi-and-hit-power-supply.html

"... railways have buckled ..." - I have this vision of Edinburgh being slowly pushed northwards!

Finally some reality, ok maybe

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/nuclearpower/8501816/Nuclear-power-cheaper-option-than-offshore-wind-farms.html

BoFA:

Friends of the Earth are not totally happy with the CCC report, according to Richard Black (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13300595).

"It's great that the committee has recognised the huge role renewable energy could and should be playing in taking Britain towards a clean, prosperous future - and is right to call for a dramatic increase in investment to make this happen," said Craig Bennett, director of policy and campaigns with Friends of the Earth.

"But nuclear power can't be part of the answer - our analysis shows it will divert vital money and effort away from developing renewable energy, and the jobs and industries it could bring to the UK.

"We've had 50 years of successive governments pandering to the nuclear lobby. If their promises of cheap, low-carbon energy were true, they would have been delivered by now."

Yes indeed. We've had 50 years of FoE campaigning against nuclear power, using all sorts of lies, propaganda and scare tactics. That's why it's not been delivered by now.

Friends of the Earth are not happy with Tories and Cameron.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/07/david-cameron-poor-green-progress

Ahh Diddums

Well they can cry on the Hunnny Monsters shoulder at their regular meetings.

Propaganda warning: The postponed series "Wind Farm Wars" is scheduled for 7pm Friday 13th May BBC2.

Please let me be surprised...

Martin Rees and global warming again ...

Top astronomers warn the world could end within 90 years
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/244294-top-astronomers-warn-the-world-could-end-within-90-years/

... and all I was seeking was a link to that eco-hut that mentioned the possibility of a 1000 pound a year feed-in tariff ...

QB1 – Cube Project
http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/tag/england/
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Bin Laden’s Secret Life in a Diminished, Dark World

"It is not known if he had a radio in the house, but his son Omar, who lived with him in Afghanistan until 1999, described his father as constantly listening to the BBC. "

That explains a lot!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/world/asia/08binladen.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

So my 4*4 diesel is taxed at twice the amount of a petrol car because........?

Nu Labour needed more money and it helped them win the Green vote, now its in place its like heroin, can't stop. Really did not go down well during the last 2 winters snow when a 4X4 was the only way to travel safly in rural areas, just glad mine is so old the RFT is not that high.

So my 4*4 diesel is taxed at twice the amount of a petrol car because........?

'a conventional diesel car may be more fuel efficient under real world conditions than a petrol-electric hybrid.'

That has been a consistant finding of many testers once the cars are tested in real life conditions. Petrol engines do not extract the same kinetic energy from fuel as diesels do even with the advantage of running at the constant peak efficency rpm as in a hybrid, now a diesel hybrid may be better but none are yet available due to cost and weight issues.