On the eve of the launch today of a Tory review of energy policy, Alan Duncan, the shadow trade and industry secretary, said that his party now had “no fixed opinion about nuclear energy”.
They have a website energyreview.info for you to get involved in their discussions about energy policy.
Technorati tag: Nuclear Power, Tory Party
Oooh. Now these are collectibles I might actually shell out for. Milk and Cheese (dairy products gone bad) vinyl figures.
via Drawn
Technorati tag: Milk, Cheese, Evan Dorkin
How to kill yourself with Danish brick (without mentioning the Prophet Mohammed).
No-one’s published the full list for now, but I’ve managed to put this together from various sources-
Norm, of normblog; Chris, of Concious and Verbal; Kate, of If you’re sad and like beer…; Kate, of the Manchizzle; Tom, of tomsbomb; Clare, of Boob Pencil; Jonathon, of Crinklybee; Lisa, of Rullsenber Rules; Chern Jie, of Break of Information Overload; Abby, of Bonkworld; Wilson, of A Cloud in Trousers; Duncan, of Stripy T shirt; Rich of Lord Rich; Mike, of Me Me Me; Rob, of Eine Kleine Nichtmusik; Where Worlds Collide; and a few others I’ve yet to discover. I think I’ve blogrolled everyone. If you’re missing from this list or the one at the bottom of the page leave a comment and I’ll sort it out.
Technorati tag: Manchester
I’ve been considering more sensible uses for the money that’s going to be wasted “deciding” that we should build new nuclear power stations. One of my ideas was to send a low energy bulb to every household, saying it should replace the most used filament bulb in the house. In a BBC interview/opinion piece, Dr Matt Prescott argues that the filament bulb should be banned completely.
It has been estimated that if every household in the US replaced just three of its incandescent light bulbs with energy-saving designs and used them for five hours per day, it would reduce emissions of carbon dioxide by 23 million tonnes, reduce electricity demand by the equivalent of 11 coal-fired power stations and save $1.8bn.
Given that investing $450m could save $1.8bn, it is hard to understand why anyone would still choose incandescent bulbs.
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In 2002, the UK government spent £410m on bailing out its near-bankrupt nuclear sector.
That would be more than enough to supply every household in Britain with three energy-saving light bulbs.
via Unplugged Living
Technorati tag: light bulb, Energy conservation
Photos of the first few microseconds of an atomic explosion. Taken with a camera that had a specially constructed ten foot long lens safely placed in a bunker 7 miles away.
via Warren Ellis
Technorati tag: Atomic bomb