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  1. Should do that, take out what they can and use the rest as a fuel - instead or fresh oil or gas.
  2. It -can- be recycled but needs to be separated into each colour, I don't think you can remove the colour from glass. Melt 2 or more colours together and you get a sort of attractive grey sludge colour - not so good for foods, but I guess might work for other things./ Once the glass is smashed the cost to recycle increases and might not be economical to separate broken glass - small pieces especially.
  3. I can't be the only one thinking that when I end up in one of them and garage full of toys gathering dust, I'll get a 2 stroke powered mobility scooter
  4. Is there a flow of £££ notes? That might complicate things. If not, the tree surgeon might be able to add something to the job, a unique selling point to win it by adding in the bowl for free, you get the firewood for your time turning the bowl - but if you enjoy turning then that is firewood for free really? Only so many bowls you can make and keep in the house so got to get rid of some eventually. Customer get a free bowl from the tree, Might need you to knock on a few tree surgeons doors to get one willing to work along with you
  5. There is some merit to this, most plastics made from oil, the oil could just as easily be diverted into the power station instead of making plastic. So all we are doing there is using the oil before it is converted to electricity, and the big power stations can have industrial filtration and cleaning on the chimneys, carbon capture and so on. However I'd only advocate that when the plastic gets to the end of its useful life rather than a 2 shot use - plastic bag, burn it. It saves creating huge landfills which are just methane machines - methane is worse than Carbon Dioxide. Colouring of stuff... it has been a thought of mine for a few years that anything that is not easily recyclable is coloured magenta (pink-purple) in the shops. All branding gone, just a pink box with the product name on. Manufacturers will change what they use but for me, as a consumer we'd only need 2 bins: dry waste and wet waste, no thought needed. In the recycling centre anything pink is dumped / burnt whatever, and everything else is recycled. All wet waste (food scraps etc) can be composted / methane digesters / whatever. Similar to the bottle ideas above, all I'd want to do is take bottles to recycle with no thought needed if it is good to recycle or not.
  6. Third vote for a Henry - no coincidence that soot hoovers are the same type. However soot = hoover killer. For my stove I'll put in a paper supermarket carrier bag which catches most soot, wrap it up and in the bin (or in the fire pit and put a match to it - soot burns pretty well, slow burner but load of heat)
  7. Surely not, tax us? Noticing the cash only barber I'll go to tomorrow is something like £13.50 so everyone gives £15.... £1.50 a cut is never declared... sure that would never happen
  8. Steven P

    Old saws

    but that puts me off generally. Every now and then I'll send a message to ask for more details but if I don't get anything I won't put a bid on - say a £50 'spares or repair' might need fresh fuel, adjustment and a good clean, it might need a new cylinder so I'd like a clue what kind of repair is needed, might get more bids that way.
  9. Steven P

    Old saws

    If I want to collect a 2nd hand thing I'll go to Gumtree, if i want it posted to me I'll go to ebay. A frustration of mine is "spare or repairs, none runner" with no clue about why it is a none runner - a decent description will save you hassles later. If you think they are easy fixes suggest you what you think the problem is.. with a disclaimer of course.
  10. I saw that, the insults he was throwing about are the kind that could stick and could be career ending. Banter is one thing and the false arguments that they have so that they can keep their names in the public domain, part of being in public life. However there is line I think and crossing it isn't acceptable - comparing Vine to Rolf Harris? I assume he was referring to Harris conviction of touching up school girls and not dodgy painting on the TV. Unacceptable and deserves all he gets. Probably all who make similar insults deserve the same.
  11. Steven P

    Old saws

    Reckon they have gone but... financially spending time on them is the best, whether it is to make 2 or 3 running and strip the 4th for spares, or splitting them all for parts to sell separately. However to clear workshop space a message on here "does anyone want them" or auction site job lot spare will do that - all depends on the motivation. Middle ground is clean them up, blow with an air line if you have one, sell individually as spares / repair.
  12. Going to distract the conversation further here - used to look after a large gas engine, also started on compressed air. Amazing to see a piece of machinery as big as that starting so silently. I think the air vessel had to be insured and tested separately. I reckon at the moment so long as the green energy is being captured and used or stored every little helps - it is often turned off due to demand or storage issues. Different demands though, heat stores, great if you are wanting heat, hydrogen or other liquids if you need the energy to be portable (ships, planes, and so on). In the middle there is the question of how do we store electricity for later use - batteries, heat or compressed air, or something like hydrogen. We are limited in this country for pumped storage locations and capacity. I'm not sure which is the best but just my gut reaction which I think is.
  13. Battery saws - had a half price deal on a Qualcast 36V saw a few years ago, if it goes wrong well, it was cheap, but generally I'll go to that rather than the petrol Stihl - as a homeowner not a professional. Like for like I reckon for logs up to 6"-8", chain speeds are similar, but after the power of petrol keeps the chain speed up. As above, battery life is the issue - home that is OK, flatten a battery, put it on charge, cup of tea time. Took down and logged a decent sized horse chestnut with it - apart from the battery all good. Like anything though, keep the chain sharp. When I come to replace the petrol saw it will be for another battery one, probably 36V, whatever is out there
  14. Pretty much yes, but I am not sure of the alternatives to hydrogen at the moment if we want a liquid / gas fuel to replace gas. Heat storage sounds OK but over time you loose heat - not sure if that would work to capture solar power in the summer to use the next Easter? So I'd go for a system that can be stored longer, and one whose technology isn't too far off what we have now. Having said that, so much going on out there that next week there might be something new and better announced

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