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  1. the village idiot
    Yes, surprising that the US rates 12th per capita but also fairly irrelevant. The US is home to a lot of capitas, and is the country who has contributed most greenhouse gas emmisions over time. As a country, they have the most to answer for, and it is pretty disgraceful that they don't see their obligation to help the rest of the world try to find a solution. It is worth pointing out that there are 183 countries with less emmissions per capita than the US who are not sticking up their middle fingers to the world.
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    Yes, I agree. That is the root of a lot of the world's ill's. I think the finger also needs to point at nationalism here. We in the UK are embarrasingly rich compared to most of the rest of the world's population. To relentlessly push for ever more growth and prosperity when the inevitable consequence is increased suffering in other populations is pretty gross.
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    I'm sorry, but that comment proves that you are a pillock with your head stuck up your own ever angry backside. Science is all we have to reliably determine what is going on with our planet, and despite whatever random memes you will no doubt pull from the internet, the scientific community is overwhelmingly agreed that we are in the process of making the Earth a worse place to live for our children. If you don't care sufficiently about this then you are a monster. Taking a selfish punt that the climate scientists are wrong on this issue is a morally indefensible position.
  4. the village idiot
    Trump pulls America out of the Paris agreement, suggesting that it is not in his countries interest to tackle climate change. Only 3 contries in the world have not signed up to the agreement-Syria (slightly distracted at present), Nicaragua (stating that the agreement doesn't go far enough) and the USA (the biggest Carbon polluter in history). Would be interested in your thoughts on the fallout from this, ideologically, politically and environmentally.
  5. the village idiot
    :lol: brilliant!
  6. the village idiot
    Thanks Mark, No mention of the environment as usual (bar a passing reference from Corbyn). I guess it's not something the British public care enough about to make an issue out of. It seems that we only take an interest in the health of our home after we have huffed and puffed our way to protecting our nest eggs and ensuring that we don't let poor people in to have a chance at the same opportunities. And before you ask, yes I am a bloody hippie:biggrin:
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    Does anyone know how I can watch this? Can't seem to access it on 4od.
  8. the village idiot
    I use a Portek chainsaw bench for my small diameter stuff. Less than £100, readily available and very effective. I actually prefer it to my circular saw bench for that size of wood.
  9. the village idiot
    If it's not called a 'saw horse' they've missed a trick there. You certainly wouldn't want to mistake it for a horse! Apologies for being no help whatsoever.
  10. the village idiot
    Just to throw in my tuppence worth. I use electric splitters. It is really nice having the engine (diesel generator) a long way away from the work station. Also keeps the tractor free. My splitters are only 8ton (limited by the electric motor) but they have no problem splitting 99.9% of logs.
  11. the village idiot
    Message away me old mucca:001_smile:
  12. the village idiot
    I don't see how anyone can legitimately argue against anything that was said there.
  13. the village idiot
    Agreed! I always seem to revert back to the low-tech option, although in my case it is horizontal splitters and a huge library of audiobooks:001_smile:
  14. the village idiot
    Fair point. My issue is that I have struggled to get the finished log quality I need from processors. The best I have seen is the top of the range Jappa with it's funky splitting action. This machine costs about 100 million pounds.
  15. the village idiot
    Probably not enough oomph. Power pack would be a good option, freeing up the tractor to carry the logs to the machine. Adds significantly to the cost though.
  16. the village idiot
    Thanks Matty, Really valuable getting the thoughts of people who have used these machines commercially. I have been to two demo's of the splitta but am very aware of the difference between a demo and the real world of sweat and swearing!
  17. the village idiot
    Yes, I only have a small (50hp) alpine and no access to 3 phase.
  18. the village idiot
    It is a very long and tedious story! I have tried every conceivable system for moving and processing logs over the last 4 years. The decision to extract in rings boils down to a combination of several factors including the availability of volunteers, a very narrow bridge, understandably fussy customers and most importantly a commitment to enjoy the process!
  19. the village idiot
    Interesting! How did it cope with smallish diameter rings that ideally would just be split down the middle?
  20. the village idiot
    They certainly won't be compatible with everyone's system. I do a lot of firewood and ring up as part of the process. This machine would streamline the splitting phase. Any oversize rings easily yield to the swing of an axe, I have 80% Ash. I do woodland management rather than tree surgery mind.
  21. the village idiot
    I really like this machine. I have made the decision to buy it on at least 5 occasions but chicken out every time.
  22. the village idiot
    Mull! Re-read Ti's post and think about it, just for a little bit.
  23. the village idiot
    Blimey! What an a-hole.
  24. the village idiot
    We don't believe in Alan.
  25. the village idiot
    This is simply not true Mull. The 9/11 attackers were mostly middle class Saudi's- pilots, architects, engineers. The terrorists blowing us up do not want what we have. They despise the way that we live. They are religiously motivated. We don't need to guess, they are telling us exactly why they doing this.

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