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  1. the village idiot
    Well done Stubby! You win first prize in the 'Strimming the most Disgusting Excrement' competition.
  2. the village idiot
    I think it all relates to where particular songs take you back to. In my case it was cosy Christmas' spent with the in-laws!
  3. the village idiot
    Easy Peasey. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=brutal%20short%20songs&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB8QtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dt-diCM69_rA&ei=GdYJVfXECIu0UeD2gdAK&usg=AFQjCNFWnoifrrT3qJtJOaPasedtAGCgiA&sig2=VOF0Aw53sK21FSGSixHkIQ&bvm=bv.88198703,d.d24
  4. the village idiot
    Thanks Rachel. Unfortunately Audrey the ice cream van is fully booked this year so no Arb Show:sad: Hope you get to try it soon though! Must stop talking about ice cream before I derail this thread more thoroughly than I already have:blushing:
  5. the village idiot
    Thanks Egg. I should think you would be entitled to a lifetime's supply for your sterling past services to Alder Tree Ltd:thumbup:
  6. the village idiot
    Please excuse my incredibly rude post! I am genuinely interested how many brothers you have?
  7. the village idiot
    Hello Bren, I wondered where you had got to.
  8. the village idiot
    Being Fenlanders I would assume there are 8, one groom for each bride and ample numbers for a full banjo ensemble.😜
  9. the village idiot
    Nine sisters!!! I knew the fens were fertile but that's ridiculous.
  10. the village idiot
    Ah! But have you sampled the delights of Mrs Idiot's stupendous Alder Tree fruit ices? The best ice cream on this fair isle😋
  11. the village idiot
    Should be ample. Ford 3000 gives 19 ltrs per minute. Vahva Jussi needs 9. Just check you have the right couplings.
  12. the village idiot
    Surely it's anti green lobby that want to have their cake and eat it? The whole ethos of the Green movement is to eat less cake. Nuclear is by no means a sensible option. I agree we will almost certainly need to continue to utilise the current nuclear infrastructure to some degree in the coming decades while we hopefully make a transition to renewables and a less power hungry population. I can see no valid justification for fracking.
  13. the village idiot
    I would agree about being insignificant in the grand scheme of things. The problem is that we are hugely significant in the here and now. The sun will gobble us up but not for quite a while, and in the meantime I would argue that we have a moral responsibility not to trash the joint for our fellow and future Earth travellers.
  14. the village idiot
    Looks like just the jobby. Good find Mike! That's my evening reading sorted:thumbup:
  15. the village idiot
    Forested areas tend to poor soil quality, especially in the tropics where a lot of this activity takes place. Charcoal in itself does not nutrify the soil. It is basically just an inert carbon sponge which holds water and any added nutrients. Over time, I would imagine that the slash and burn soils would improve from this non intended 'raw' charcoal application but you are probably looking at decades rather than years.
  16. the village idiot
    And if you had to choose between a wind turbine a mile from your house or a deep burial site for the nuclear waste in the same location? Nuclear seems to me to be a ridiculously expensive, shortsighted and very risky option which again just diverts funds from true renewables. If a wind turbine has a terminal malfunction the worst you are going to do is poke some holes in the grass. Nobody will ever be able to say the same for nuclear. Come to think of it, a windmill also makes a very disappointing terrorist target!
  17. the village idiot
    Yes that is mental and unfortunate, and there will be many cases where the greedy are turning to renewables to increase their wealth but this doesn't make green technologies intrinsically bad. Better that the spruce were cleared for a wind farm than a shale gas drilling site. It would help to site the turbines in more favourable locations if people didn't throw a pathetic hissy fit if they think they might have to be within sight of one!
  18. the village idiot
    What a great idea! Do you know of any domestic scale units in production? Also, what are the 'other issues' in applying virgin wood biochar to agricultural soils?
  19. the village idiot
    Biochar certainly has the potential to be a big win-win. The boffins are working away on it to determine whether it will indeed deliver the desired results. I would have thought that there was plenty of potential from utilising waste forestry arisings to produce the char. The use of virgin wood would presumably get around any concerns of contaminated run off entering the water system. Might even act as a driver for an increase in neglected woodland management. Bulk biochar is currently worth around 70p/kg, compared to £1.00 to £1.80 for bbq charcoal but I can see the monetary value of biochar rising significantly if it were to become a mainstream commodity. There would also be scope for harnessing the heat produced in the production for energy generation.
  20. the village idiot
    Couldn't agree more! Being a man of charcoal I am hopeful that biochar may help to redress the balance, if only a little. Charcoal (essentially pure carbon) buried in the soil does not break down for thousands of years, and it improves water and nutrient retention to boot! Marvelous stuff:thumbup:
  21. the village idiot
    Indeed it is possible but I wouldn't like to bet the continuation of our species on it! Quite apart from what is causing the unprecedented rapidity of global warming, does no-one else think that we have a moral duty to at least try and step a bit more lightly? We share our celestial orb with several million other species. Through our misguided impressions of our own importance and voracious appetite for fuel we are very efficiently exterminating them at the rate of dozens of species per day!
  22. the village idiot
    Hence the need for urgent investment in renewables! Surely money is better spent on improving these technologies, making them viable, than on squeezing the last drops of fossil fuel out of an already ravaged Earth?
  23. the village idiot
    Could you elaborate on what you are calling green wash, and who you believe to be doing the washing?
  24. the village idiot
    Phew! That's alright then. Makes you wonder what all the fuss is about.
  25. the village idiot
    We may well end up in caves but more likely due to the fact that we have heated up our own planet to the point where it is too hot to exist outside! There'll be no water to cool us down either as it will have all been laced with chemicals and pumped into the ground to release the shale gas so we can warm the Earth even more. Sounds bonkers but it is the path we are on.

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