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April 3rd, 2008
Would you eBay your life? One man is!
June 5th, 2007
Top 5 dream celeb/electronics company mash-ups
US president Bush has confused the issue of global greenhouse gas emissions control in a clever move to stall any real progress at the G8 summit next week. Where anyone with any kind of concern for our planet’s future, and hence our own future would see this as a disaster for greenhouse gas emission reduction, our prime minister, Tony Blair called it an important step forward. An important step forward? To undermine the rest of the world’s efforts and to refuse to accept any responsibility for global warming is a step forward? Where British and German officials have stressed that a requirement for the next international climate agreement should be binding caps on carbon pollution for developed nations and limiting climate change to 2 degrees Celsius, President Bush is refusing to accept any cap on greenhouse gas emissions for the USA, as he thinks it will damage the economy.
May 30th, 2007
Will On Demand save me from Big Brother hell?
May 29th, 2007
Whaling is still big in Japan
There is growing concern amongst some members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) about Japan’s request to allow them to hunt a limited number of whales around some of its coastal towns. They are agreeing to stop hunting the endangered Humpback whale in exchange for this. New Zealand and Australia are especially up in arms about it.
May 29th, 2007
Whaling is still big in Japan
There is growing concern amongst some members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) about Japan’s request to allow them to hunt a limited number of whales around some of its coastal towns. They are agreeing to stop hunting the endangered Humpback whale in exchange for this. New Zealand and Australia are especially up in arms about it.
May 29th, 2007
Whaling is still big in Japan
There is growing concern amongst some members of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) about Japan’s request to allow them to hunt a limited number of whales around some of its coastal towns. They are agreeing to stop hunting the endangered Humpback whale in exchange for this. New Zealand and Australia are especially up in arms about it.
May 23rd, 2007
Yay or Nay: Is nuclear is the way forward?
According to our government, nuclear power is the way forward for our future energy requirements. The supporters of nuclear power say it is far more environmentally friendly than many other forms of electricity generating methods. Nuclear power is cleaner, produces less carbon emissions and will eliminate our need to import energy, so the theory goes. Unfortunately, the whole picture may not be as rosy as the nuclear power supporters would have us believe. There are drawbacks to nuclear power that need to be taken into consideration.
May 22nd, 2007
Renewable energy versus the environment
There is a strong argument for introducing more renewable energy into the UK. Unfortunately some of these renewable energy projects will damage the local landscape and its wildlife. There is a big push by our government, notably by The Environment Secretary, David Miliband, Welsh Secretary Peter Hain and Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling to make Britain the first country to derive most of its energy from the tides. One such project being promoted at the moment is to build a 10 mile barrage across the Severn estuary. This £14 billion project is being pushed a consortium of six companies called the Severn Tidal Power Group. It all sounds good, getting electricity from the tides, no carbon emissions, but…
May 21st, 2007
FA Cup final leaves a massive carbon footprint
The FA cup final at the new Wembley stadium is estimated to have left an environmental footprint 3,000 times the size of the pitch! Each fan travelling to the game and enjoying the culinary delights on offer would have a carbon footprint 10 times as large as the one they would have if they watched the game at home. Based on an analysis of the 2004 cup final by Dr Andrea Collins of Cardiff University, the environmental impact of such an event is massive. The major factors are the fans’ transport requirements and the huge amounts of processed foods they consume.
The environmental problem with processed food is the fact that it is processed. The industrial process of making and distributing the food is causing the damage to the environment.
