Climate change - the POLITICAL debate. Vol 3
Discussion
Andrew Griffin of The Independent hears about an impending solar eclipse and becomes almost hysterical over how we will manage without solar power during a short, partial eclipse!
Wow.
Well...If he bangs his head on an old-fashioned dustbin lid repeatedly at the start of the eclipse then the noise may scare the sky serpent away from the Sun quicker.
It might also knock some sense into him.
You have to wonder if he becomes apoplectic if he sees widely spaced isobars.
Well...If he bangs his head on an old-fashioned dustbin lid repeatedly at the start of the eclipse then the noise may scare the sky serpent away from the Sun quicker.
It might also knock some sense into him.
You have to wonder if he becomes apoplectic if he sees widely spaced isobars.
turbobloke said:
You have to wonder if he becomes apoplectic if he sees widely spaced isobars.
It's the effect of cutting and pasting other people's press releases.Here is the Mail's take on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2966822/So...
There is a section in orange near the end that sort of discusses what effects some European operators may experience.
For discussions about the viability of solar panels this is, perhaps, interesting.
Silver Smudger said:
Andrew Griffin of The Independent hears about an impending solar eclipse and becomes almost hysterical over how we will manage without solar power during a short, partial eclipse!
Doesn't the sun 'go out' every day? ie night time?How on earth will the National Grid cope?
LongQ said:
turbobloke said:
You have to wonder if he becomes apoplectic if he sees widely spaced isobars.
It's the effect of cutting and pasting other people's press releases.Here is the Mail's take on it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2966822/So...
There is a section in orange near the end that sort of discusses what effects some European operators may experience.
For discussions about the viability of solar panels this is, perhaps, interesting.
Blib said:
Prince Charles has stuck his oar in speaking to Health professionals at the Royal Society. Apparently, the world is dying due to MMGW. They must highlight this to their patients.
May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
And they won't. HRH is a menace, he should be seen by his GP.May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
Yes and immortality would be good
turbobloke said:
Blib said:
Prince Charles has stuck his oar in speaking to Health professionals at the Royal Society. Apparently, the world is dying due to MMGW. They must highlight this to their patients.
May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
And they won't. HRH is a menace, he should be seen by his GP.May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
Blib said:
Prince Charles has stuck his oar in speaking to Health professionals at the Royal Society. Apparently, the world is dying due to MMGW. They must highlight this to their patients.
May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
Surely he should donate Highgrove or his place in London to the local authorities in order to solve the housing crisis?May Her Maj live for a thousand years.
It would help of course if anyone over the age of, say, 67 offered to shuffle off the mortal coil.
Were that to be the case the country, free of the shackles of most pensions (by 2020) and old age health care could become a formidable financial powerhouse whilst clearly doing its bit to sequester as much CO2 as possible as "carbon" consumption is dramatically reduced overnight.
Might have a few problems with landfill laws but I'm sure there are a few MPs who can fix them for a large fee.
Here's another cost saving scheme that I'm sure Charlie would find interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/25/as...
Otispunkmeyer said:
LongQ said:
Diesel generators.
Isn't that what the spanish did? Solar farms generating electricity at night I seem to recall.I think there days the UK STOR system for backup generation may be even more generously provided for. A small field of generators set up somewhere does not even have to produce anything to attract payment (so I understand) and it called into action gets a good rate per unit.
The enormous new M&S distribution warehouse has constant overnight lighting around it - presumably because it operates 24/7 and has frequent shift changes. If the clouds are lowish (hardly ever of course in the UK ....) the night often seems as bright as day.
There is a rumour that they are going to cover the roof with solar panels. It has me wondering if they could in fact generate at night from the surrounding light. Thinking in a somewhat absurd way .... if the incoming overnight "industrial" tariff was low and the "solar" tariff high there might be a margin to be made ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershir...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windp...
Has anyone worked out how to impeach the government and Ed Miliband (especially Ed Miliband) for gross negligence in promoting the deaths of thousands of British subjects over the next fifteen years?
Is it a hanging offence? It should be.
And let's have the troughers, who are sucking it up, in the stocks while we're at it.
Has anyone worked out how to impeach the government and Ed Miliband (especially Ed Miliband) for gross negligence in promoting the deaths of thousands of British subjects over the next fifteen years?
Is it a hanging offence? It should be.
And let's have the troughers, who are sucking it up, in the stocks while we're at it.
mybrainhurts said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/energy/windp...
Has anyone worked out how to impeach the government and Ed Miliband (especially Ed Miliband) for gross negligence in promoting the deaths of thousands of British subjects over the next fifteen years?
Is it a hanging offence? It should be.
And let's have the troughers, who are sucking it up, in the stocks while we're at it.
That's a costly shambles, appalling but not unusual given who was involved, but the article didn't even notice that these expensive white elephants can do naff all about climate change. Too much rolling over in the ignorant mainstream media still.Has anyone worked out how to impeach the government and Ed Miliband (especially Ed Miliband) for gross negligence in promoting the deaths of thousands of British subjects over the next fifteen years?
Is it a hanging offence? It should be.
And let's have the troughers, who are sucking it up, in the stocks while we're at it.
turbobloke said:
This is the line that does it for me:"The sheer illusion of human self-importance is hilarious. The fact we have been using toilet bowls for a while and can use smartphones to order pizza, possibly while in the toilet, does not make us any smarter when it comes to understanding the hugely complex ecosystems like an entire bloody planet, influenced by another half a million cosmic events every now and then."
Too true.
We are insignificant. Especially in the temporal sense. I suspect many also just cannot comprehend the complexity and energy of our earth.
Otispunkmeyer said:
turbobloke said:
This is the line that does it for me:"The sheer illusion of human self-importance is hilarious. The fact we have been using toilet bowls for a while and can use smartphones to order pizza, possibly while in the toilet, does not make us any smarter when it comes to understanding the hugely complex ecosystems like an entire bloody planet, influenced by another half a million cosmic events every now and then."
Too true.
We are insignificant. Especially in the temporal sense. I suspect many also just cannot comprehend the complexity and energy of our earth.
Using very basic maths, and assuming one human standing up occupies 1 square foot, I calculated 1.5 Isle of Whites.
motco said:
steveT350C said:
Reminds me of the 'fact' that the world's population can fit on the Isle of White, hence insignificant.
Using very basic maths, and assuming one human standing up occupies 1 square foot, I calculated 1.5 Isle of Whites.
If the tide is out they'll probably fit. Using very basic maths, and assuming one human standing up occupies 1 square foot, I calculated 1.5 Isle of Whites.
Sorted!
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