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Paris can't live there, so what's the point?
Posts by BossHog
108 publicly visible posts • joined 12 Apr 2007
UK boffins ID three new exo-planets
Swearing at work 'good for business'
Miserable Brits declare War on Comfort
Friday 3rd August 2007 12:14 GMT
Don't Panic!
We should try to be pragmatic about this. People want to be warm outside, which seems reasonable. Surely we can find a way to do this without wasting too much energy. Gas heaters were bad for this (the heat goes straight up), but I suspect the new infra-red lamps are much better. Perhaps the next type of heater will be better still.
This is supposed to be a civilised age, so I don't think we should deny each other any of the comforts we can enjoy. On the other hand, this is also an enlightened technological age, so we have a responsibility to make our comforts as efficient as possible.
You can help...
For the ecologists:
Help people to realise where they are harming the environment, and encourage them to adopt energy-saving solutions.
For the economists:
Help people to realise where they are wasting money on energy costs, and encourage them to adopt energy-saving solutions.
Brit troops release badger plague on Basra
Pensioner used live shell as doorstop
Tuesday 3rd July 2007 14:35 GMT
Pity!
This is so cool - shame they had to blow it up!
Ashley Pomeroy - your idea of an Edwardian Space Programme is great:
"News from the Front!
The brave and glorious soldiers of Great Britain have secured positions throughout the Sea of Tranquility, forcing the Combined Imperial Powers to make a haphazard retreat into the Sea of Nectar.
British Electric Semaphore operators sent word of the successful manoeuvre to London during the early hours of the morning. At 10 o'clock, the British High Command confirmed that 30,000 Combined Imperial Troops have been taken prisoner, and negotiations have resumed with Vienna.
Significantly, three undamaged Imperial Steam-tanks have also been captured, and are currently being studied by the Royal Lunar Engineers. Previous attempts to understand these enemy vehicles had been marred by the extensive damage caused by British Phlogiston Bombardments."
Biting the hand that feeds IT
