This isn't metonymy, I'm not talking about the cost of blogging. I lost my wallet and a guy called Matt picked it up, found my blog by searching on my name, and emailed me! We arranged to meet at the place I lost it, and he returned it to me …
read moreAs a member of Greenpeace, they emailed me asking me to support their campaign against the Heathrow airport expansion. I don't support the campaign, and here's why.
Let's assume that levels of CO2 are okay up to 450 ppm. Since there's an upper limit, it means we've got to use …
read moreHi Tony. I'm the author...I was trawling through blog hits on 'Last Light' and found your post.
First of all, thanks for name-checking the book, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'd dearly love to think market-forces will dive in and bail us out at the eleventh hour, and they …
read moreI really like contributing to Wiktionary. I've just added an entry for 'tradable'.
read moreToby at work quoted the following from the post:
" Similarly, Good Energy has also always held onto 100% of its Levy
Exemption Certificates (LECs) to ensure that the renewable benefits of
the electricity supplied are not double counted."
and then asked:
'I thought LECs aren't tradable?'
Yes, I thought so …
read moreGood Energy used to be the clear leader in green electricity in the UK. Now I get the feeling that this space is beginning to get competitive. Here's what I'd do if I were Good Energy and wanted to jump ahead of the crowd again.
I set out to port Own-Id to Google App Engine but failed because Own-Id relies on people being able to point their own host name to the Own-Id app. This only works because Own-Id has its own IP address. With App Engine it seems you're not assigned an IP address …
read moreThis is a list of things that I'd do to pay for the reduction in taxes. Then with more money in their pocket, people could pay the higher food prices.
read more" * Ending agricultural subsidies
* Legalizing prostitution
* Legalizing drugs.
* Abolishing the national minimum wage.
* Freeing up trade by ending protectionism."
Thing is, you've not said how these factors relate to food prices...
read moreA fine summer's evening meant a low turnout at the Raven on Monday evening, as the stalwarts gathered for the Science Cafe.
What sticks in my mind from the talk is the fact that CO2 emissions are proportional to the weight of the car, and inversely proportional to engine efficiency …
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