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  1. We are looking for winter rental in the Montmorillon 86 area now till March Paul
  2. I am looking for a 2 bedroom winter rental from now until March ... any Ideas Montmorillon 86 area
  3. We are having to move near to our project (Montmorillon area) so I anyone out here knows of 2 bedroom accomodation from now to March. Please mail me. [email protected]
  4. We are having to move near to our project (Montmorillon area) so I anyone out here knows of 2 bedroom accomodation from now to March. Please mail me.
  5. Harley, the website http://www.ekcsk12.org/science/regbio/LoraxStory.htm Does not seem to exist any more ... or their server has gone down .However I have managed to find a text only copy if someone wants to read it Paul
  6. Hi BJ we are in agreement but you will find that our capability to process Co2 is diminishing rapidly especially in areas like the Amazon, Borneo and Indonesia Paul
  7. Hi darnsarf ... I think the expression concerning UK prices is "Rip off" .. Double glazing, wall cladding and conservatories are old hat so why not jump in on the environmental market ... the problem for the salesmen is that people who want to go solar are not usually that "green" if you see what I mean.. Just check the guarantee and wattage per m2 before buying the cheaper ones.
  8. Harley, That is great .... I will put some info together for you ... do you have a swimming pool as this can be used as a heat sink to help warm the house in the winter?? ... and do you mean solar water heating panels or solar electric panels or the 2. Are you the DIY type or do you want to buy off the shelf Paul
  9. hi BJ When a lot of this carbon was locked away there was no Human life on this planet ... it is not a question of doing it too fast but more a question not having the natural environment to reprocess the stuff back into Oxygen so the Co2 levels continue to rise.. Unless of course our seas turn back to an algae sludge .. then it can be processed .. of course as the radioactive containers in the sea break down, releasing their contents, perhaps they will then be a hostile environment for the algae so then what do we do?? . You are very right about Plutonium and it will take a long time to change the view of people and government and we might - possibly - if - maybe -sometime in the future be able to do something about it but I am not willing to take that risk. I am going to do my little part now.
  10. I was about to ask gluestick the same question
  11. Hi Gluestick. I think if the great intelligence had meant us to ski we would have feet 2 meters long. Likewise if there were meant to be a Sun on this planet we would have one. Building something many times hotter held within a magnetic field aaaaaaaaaagh. Wot if someone forgot to put a shilling in the electric meter. Paul
  12. Sorry Harley we got a bit carried away ... in my opinion ... yes you can connect one to your domestic electricity ... is it worth connecting it to the EDF grid to reduce your bills...no I dont think so. If there are a few of you living in close proximity then club together and get a bigger one, nice building project for the winter. Chris pp will tell you if you are in danger of slicing up the passing winged wildlife Paul
  13. Thanks for that link Harley http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4629239.stm France will get to host the project to build a 10bn-euro .... 10 BILLION!!! Lets see what it ends up costing. ***************** To use controlled fusion reactions on Earth as an energy source, it is necessary to heat a gas to temperatures exceeding 100 million Celsius - many times hotter than the centre of the Sun. ******************** The technical requirements to do this, which scientists have spent decades developing, are immense. But the rewards, if Iter can be made to work successfully, are extremely attractive. *********** That last sentence is interesting ****************** I still think small is better ... put the 10 BILLION into fuel cells (we know they work safetly) rather than trying to create a sun on earth that may or maynot work. Governments have a habit if throwing a lot of money at glitzy projects that end up either not working or not fulfilling design expectations i.e. Nuclear. The last comments about carbon from bejay ""But it seems to me that there is a bit of a bottom line to this. Although I do not think much of the 'off grid ' principle and I am sure Gluestick is correct in his view about carbon trading, in the end carbon combustion is part of natural cycle which has evolved with the planet.. Yes, we have probably disrupted it but it can and will adjust to a new equilibrium in time."" That is the problem Bejay, a normal cycle of burning wood and plant matter is fine as long as you keep the forests. We are UNLOCKING carbon that has been safely stored as fossil material for millions of years. At the same time we are destroying forests ... The figures do not add up,
  14. I agree with gluestick --- except for the last 2 lines
  15. Firstly may I propose that we open an environmental forum where we can discuss all of the pros and cons. Secondly. both andy4 and nicktrollope have valid arguments but that doesn't mean that we should continue opening atomic power stations. To expand a little on andy4's argument. Land speed record expert Richard Noble has suggested that the obsession with fuel economy in motor vehicles is misdirected. He believes that more emissions are produced in the manufacture of cars than ever come out of the exhaust pipe. The result may be that we should look after our cars and keep them running for longer rather than replace them every couple of years to gain greater fuel efficiency. Chis pp will, quite rightly, argue that bio fuels will have the tendency to create mono cultures, equally bad for the wildlife and environment. There is no panacea. There are huge risks involved with atomic power both financial and physical. There are debates going on elsewhere about the amount of extraterrestrial matter hitting this planet every day, should some of this hit a power station then Bingo. The chance are remote but as they say “s**t happens”. We are due for a fair sized chunk to come our way at any time now, were this to break up on entry then the chances of an atomic station being hit increase. The matter itself would cause devastation but not on the scale of scoring a bulls eye on an atomic power plant. So why increase the risk. Do we really need this extra centrally generated power? Have a look in your own home are there any appliances that absolutely require 240v, your lights, no – computer, no – television, no – Power tools, no. WASHING MACHINE I hear you all cry. I have built one that works on 12 v so what is left. If the money that is earmarked for building new atomic stations was directed at developing and subsidising fuel cells running on water. (we do have them) then we have a safe viable solution. If we go back to the concept of small communities living together for the mutual benefit of both power, waste and food then we are almost there. Unfortunately today’s economic climate encourages an “every man for himself” attitude, wouldn’t it be nice if we had “every man for the planet” or “every man for each other” or is that just a dream. Before any one jumps in with communist or new age hippy, I am neither, I am someone doing something to try and find a solution. By the way nicktrollope, saving the Dodo is a comparison with the way that animal went under human pressure and the way that this planet will go under the same. So what about an environmental forum???? Inventas vitam iuvat excoluisse per artes
  16. re nicktrollope supporting Atomic energy is fine but what do we do with the rubbish.. uranium-238: half life = 4.5 billion years, 99.28% of all uranium.."Pu-239, the more common isotope of Plutonium has a half life of 24,000 years" Show me any container that has been around for that long. Show me any part of the earths crust that has been stable for that long. So great ... enjoy the energy ... give the future generations the problem. By the way they have already chucked thousands of tons of RA waste into the sea. They have found that those containers are already breaking down. Paul
  17. Hi Chis Once our project is fully up and running we will be only too pleased to see anyone that is interested in using "green energy". You will have free, unbiased information from our tech team based on info collected from our site. You can have a look at the project on http://www.savingthedodo.com We shall be looking for non camera shy locals (any nationality) to get involved. We will also be looking for some eccentric chefs to demo their talents on TV using ingredients grown by us or found in the wild. They will be cooking with solar or renewable resources Paul http://www.savingthedodo.com
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