Sunday
Sep302012
by Bishop Hill
Commenting playing up
Sep 30, 2012
COmmenting is playing up somewhat. I have a support ticket in, so with a bit of luck it will be resolved soon.
If your comment doesn't seem to post, please check in another browser window to see if it has appeared rather than reposting. I think they are going through but the server is not telling the browser that it's done.
Reader Comments (7)
Have you seen that Alex wants to spend £300k on getting planning for windmills fast tracked ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19772574
Bishop:
I have had this problem for some weeks and have resolved it during this time by doing what you suggest.
Be the relief of a slight irritation if you succeed in getting it fixed.
Ah.....that explains it
I thought my internet kept going down. (It often does that here)
Good luck with the fix..
I didn't see it as a problem - just went back to main and reloaded the topic.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-09-30/china-bails-out-worlds-largest-maker-solar-panels
Can't be long now till the whole green sector is revealed as unsustainable in the most important way, namely economically.
SBS is partly taxpayer-funded!
1 Oct: SBS: What about your ‘carbon pawprint?’
People around the world are worrying about their carbon footprint. But what about their furry friends’ carbon pawprints?, Guy Pearse from the University of Queensland asks.
Guy Pearse receives funding from UQ for his fellowship.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1697601/What-about-your-carbon-pawprint
1 Oct: The Conversation: Guy Pearse: What about your carbon pawprint?
The ecological consequences of pets are significant when you consider the land needed to produce the energy and resources required for a large dog are equivalent to that of a four-wheel drive Land Rover; a medium dog is equivalent to a VW Golf. Or so say Brenda and Robert Vale, authors of the provocatively titled Time to Eat the Dog. Among many reasonable observations they note that we face real problems “when everyone starts to have a big car, big house, big family and a big dog”…
http://theconversation.edu.au/what-about-your-carbon-pawprint-9878
Guy Pearse
A former political adviser, lobbyist and speechwriter, Guy grew up in Townsville and was educated at James Cook University (BA Hons), Harvard (MPP), and the ANU (PhD). He was a member of the Liberal Party for 19 years and worked for various Liberal politicians including former environment minister, Robert Hill. He has been government relations and policy adviser for numerous industries and environmental organisations, and a consultant to the Australian Greenhouse Office. While studying at the Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School in the mid 1990s, Pearse also worked on the advance staff of then US Vice President, Al Gore…
His thesis became the basis for the “Greenhouse Mafia” episode of ABC’s Four Corners in February 2006…
http://theconversation.edu.au/profiles/guy-pearse-14019
Commenting seems a bit wayward on Unthreaded. One of Zed's comments even reappeared!