Unthreaded
What waits in the wings after the Referendum. This is the double whammy of getting more money for the EU on the sly and being 'greener'. Read the rest.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/18/petrol-electricity-and-airfares-could-be-taxed-under-radical-pro/
Taking some or all of national governments’ taxes on petrol and diesel would raise up to €40 billion a year, the group has calculated.
While deeply controversial, it would be “legally justified” under a never-used clause in the EU treaties which permit the EU to set green taxes, according to the technical note prepared for a meeting on March 22.
A single EU electricity consumption tax could raise €81bn. “The volume of such tax makes it an appealing candidate to finance a large share of revenue,” the group, set up in February 2014, said in an analysis paper.
TinyCO2
@AK 09:59
If the Shackleton is going up there anyway (South Pole weather in northern summer is usually utterly and unworkably foul) - the extra funds will pay for some extra science one hopes.
I've always understood that NERC and BAS ship time is oversubscribed.
That BBC article has the usual quotient of ignorant NGO twerpery delivered by the ever reliable Mister McGrath.
tomo
BBC are reporting the RRS Ernest Shackleton has been hired to accompany a cruise liner through the North West Passage this summer. The British Antarctic Survey say that the ship is not required in the Antarctic.
What will Boaty McBoatface do when commissioned, escort drilling ships?
Alan kendall
Winchester Discovery Centre, Monday, July 4, 2016
"Science! What does it really mean to be scientific?"
7:45 PM to 9:15 PM
led by Dr Sylvia McLain from the University of Oxford.
From developing theories and defining natural laws, science is a human construct. How does it work? What can it solve? How do you think science works? What does being a scientist mean to you? We will talk about the history of science and its culture and the rise and fall of theories and laws and dicuss what science means to us in the modern age.
stewgreen
GC:
Gas and smoke are very effective when dealing with rabbit burrows, which are larger and much more well-ventilated than mole runs.
The most effective way of dealing with moles are good old scissor-traps, but you have to place them in the main tunnels leading to the brood chamber, not the feeding runs as they will just dig around them.
Salopian
Pcar
I don't actually use one, or know anyone who does. I think its main use is to inflate tyres after puncture repair when a long way from home (I've had 5 this year 2 in UK 3 in France), road bike tyres are quite vulnerable* and little hand pumps don't get the pressure up to normal levels. One of these devices will inflate to normal pressure in seconds and present no problem in weight and size when out on a bike. Two cartridges can be easily carried in a little under saddle bag along with puncture repair kits, a spare tube and tyre levers.
* Causes of punctures
2 by bramble thorns
2 by pieces of quartz
1 by hitting a pothole and a double pinch puncture resulted.
SandyS
Likewise.
Salopian
Ditto.
michael hart
Rhoda, David Porter: +1
mikeh
@SandyS,
If you're looking for a bicycle puncture & inflator kit, look to motorcycles
This one is best and MPS have been in business for > 20 years
MPS Universal kit
For bicycle use, remove the two tools and add some patches.
Second best:
Rema Tubeless kit
@TinyCO2,
Thanks for that Telegraph link. One of many future EU policies being hidden from UK electorate.
Vote Leave and be free.