IPCC Synthesis Report

[Flyfisher]

Anyone want my identity? I'm tired of it.

Just post all your personal details on here and I'm sure someone will take it away for you :wink:

 

[Flyfisher]

I think the Nation is devastated

( missing on the Euro 2008 qualification of course)

Not me though; more of a Rugby person. However, I imagine poor old McClaren will soon get over his sorrow when he banks his £2.5m payoff - not a bad early retirement present.

 

[Penners]

I imagine poor old McClaren will soon get over his sorrow when he banks his £2.5m payoff

Waste of money. They could have sacked me for half that amount.

 

[middi]

------(Message from the Scottish secret service)--------

...." come back agent McLaren, mission accomplished"......

 

[Penners]

:lol:

 

[biffvernon]

Well, you may find the answers on the Lexus sponsered Hybrid debate blog The various articles were commissioned and paid for with money ulimately from Toyota, though that may not have influenced the views expressed.

But here is a pure electric, the Obvio

Note the period livery.

And now, your opportunity to meet Chantal

 

[Nemesis]

They were called Fiat 500's when we had one.

 

[Nemesis]

Still, we can sleep easily in our beds tonight:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7113530.stm

 

[biffvernon]

Maybe you'd prefer on of these.

 

[Nemesis]

Actually no. And alluring it isn't.

 

[Nemesis]

Back to the Olympic flame:

One possible answer is a bio gas, perhaps methane, using an organic material such as tree cuttings, he suggested.

Hmmm. Maybe I could make a suggestion...

 

[Nemesis]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/nov/27/climatechange1

The UN report says Britain needs to signal a move to greater use of carbon taxation as well as participation in the European "cap and trade" scheme which also aims to reduce emissions but which has proved unsuccessful so far.

The UK should also phase out highly polluting power stations and rapidly increase the use of renewable energy, particularly wind and tidal power, it says.

The report criticises the government's renewable obligation scheme as having only achieved "mixed results" in boosting alternative energies and says the government should move to a "feed-in tariff" system which has been used so successfully in many other countries, particularly Germany.

Higher fuel taxes and vehicle excise duty should be implemented as a way of curbing use, particularly of more polluting cars. It also says that energy use in British homes remains "highly inefficient" with the average house using four times as much energy as new homes. This offers a big opportunity for carbon reductions, it adds.

"Rising emissions from transport also reflect weaknesses in the public transport infrastructure and a decline in the cost of private transport relative to public transport."

'The average house'... yes but - I frequently see houses with dg etc with the windows wide open! In fact saw one today, it's a damp and cold November.

Presumably all these sealed up houses are suffering from condensation! And I still wonder about how these figures are arrived at re 'average'.

 

[Penners]

And now, your opportunity to meet Chantal

Mmmm - nice. And that's a cute little car she's standing beside.