Propaganda warning: The postponed series "Wind Farm Wars" is scheduled for 7pm Friday 13th May BBC2.

Please let me be surprised...

Martin Rees and global warming again ...

Top astronomers warn the world could end within 90 years
http://news.stv.tv/scotland/244294-top-astronomers-warn-the-world-could-end-within-90-years/

... and all I was seeking was a link to that eco-hut that mentioned the possibility of a 1000 pound a year feed-in tariff ...

QB1 – Cube Project
http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/tag/england/
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Bin Laden’s Secret Life in a Diminished, Dark World

"It is not known if he had a radio in the house, but his son Omar, who lived with him in Afghanistan until 1999, described his father as constantly listening to the BBC. "

That explains a lot!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/world/asia/08binladen.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

So my 4*4 diesel is taxed at twice the amount of a petrol car because........?

Nu Labour needed more money and it helped them win the Green vote, now its in place its like heroin, can't stop. Really did not go down well during the last 2 winters snow when a 4X4 was the only way to travel safly in rural areas, just glad mine is so old the RFT is not that high.

So my 4*4 diesel is taxed at twice the amount of a petrol car because........?

'a conventional diesel car may be more fuel efficient under real world conditions than a petrol-electric hybrid.'

That has been a consistant finding of many testers once the cars are tested in real life conditions. Petrol engines do not extract the same kinetic energy from fuel as diesels do even with the advantage of running at the constant peak efficency rpm as in a hybrid, now a diesel hybrid may be better but none are yet available due to cost and weight issues.

Breath of Fresh Air,

Contrary to popular belief, a conventional diesel car may be more fuel efficient under real world conditions than a petrol-electric hybrid. That's the main finding of Which? Car in a new study.

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/06052011/36/diesel-efficient-hybrid-0.html

A program on Radio 4 at lunch time yesterday looked at using ground source heat pumps to deliver home heating, very interesting program the example property used was a six bedroom detached property with a swimming pool, hyprocracy central!

Lean has a piece in this morning's DT about the UK's heath fires. And as far as I can see he manages to get through it without a single reference to global warming! This must be a first. He does say that April was the hottest on record but I am prepared to believe him on that.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthcomment/geoffrey-lean/8499192/Forest-fires-Britain-bursts-into-flames.html
It seems that as usual his commenters haven't bothered reading what he wrote since they are straight into the attack on him as a "warmist". Does the sceptic cause no end of good! Not!

Australian FOI law keeps secret the construction of New Zealand seven station temperature series
May 7th, 2011 by Warwick Hughes

link

There is also an ongoing FOI request from NZ to get basically the same information. This has also been declined and is with the ombudsman.

Guardian pushing electric (coal) cars as green, once you read it the green curtain falls down very rapidly.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/may/06/electric-car

This bloke has had 4 cars in 5 years and has even had 3 cars at the same time.
And this is what they call green living?