Steven P

Well, you can't. No trees....

16 year old boy... I suspect that there is a full grown adult somewhere behind this too - too convenient that a 16 year old has access, knowledge, skill and experience to do that and to take off on his own accord to cut a tree down

That's what I was thinking too.

For HS2, I don't understand the need to get to Birmingham quicker in the first place. If it was me, I'd be making an assessment of how much of this project is actually needed at the moment. Office based business has shown that they can work with meetings via the internets, I'd be guessing there is a reduced business demand now - and it would be business who will be banked on to pay the hundreds each journey for peak time travel. For leisure travel the time savings don't add up so much when you might want to travel by public transport to one of the hubs - Leeds or Manchester in the north - and this is where real time savings can be made. More frequent services, or some places, actual public transport - which would be a far better benefit to whole communities rather than the odd people who want to get to Birmingham quickly. Yup re-assess where to spend the money. But budget, I never believe any of the numbers they throw out for large infrastructure jobs.

For about £5 a litre for chain oil - the stuff designed for chains, to go on a £150 mini chain saw - why the discussion about used engine oils, hydraulic oils, and whatever else you might want to use. I might be able to understand a pro wanting to reduce costs and use economical measures but a 1l bottle or chain oil would probably outlast this saw. 2 or 3 choices here, for the difference in prices whatever you value your time at to read the discussion will far outweigh just buying one of these I reckon. Can even spread the payments with paypal Search Results WWW.SAM-TURNER.CO.UK No matching products found. Narrow By Sort by:Relevance Price: Low to high Price: High to low Items per page:24 36n48 Items per page:24 36 48 Items per page:24 36 48n Items per...

It is a little saw, not going to be going through much oil I think, price isn't going to be an issue really - I'd go for a basic Stihl oil, 1l bottle will last ages (my local dealer is a Stihl dealer)

I'd say if it is 100% a business vehicle then you can. If it gets private use then not 100%

Used to be that if it was a fixed camera you could request any footage that you appeared in, not sure how that goes with temporary cameras but I suspect that that rule still applies to them. So I guess you need to have the information of where to ask for the footage as well. As for fires, I can have a bonfire in the garden with any old wet rubbish, so long as the neighbour doesn't have washing out I'd be OK. Bring it 15m, and into the house and well..... Slightly off topic, I know a steam roller owner who'd had a bust gasket and had to stop on the road outside a house to make repairs. Anyway householder came out to complain when he was building his (smokeless fuel) fire up again - the kindling was making smoke! I think his answer was "Well, I'll put the fire out and camp here for the night then". A bit of acceptance can go a long way sometimes. He could have camped out on the verge and made his dinner on a wet campfire waving at the householder who could do nothing then!

Just a note but I wasn't sure which to reply to - I was running up the hills today, about an hour up and down, and in that time a local wood carver had pretty much turned a log into a caved eagle - and was having time to chat to the locals too - anyway I was impressed how quick and with experience it was made!

Yup, up to date with all the modern films me!!

Ahh, but when it comes to originality, you get what you give when quoting a 2000 year old book of fiction under the heading "Making the news today...", only saying.

I think this makes more sense to me with the guidance you are giving? The path of the righteous man is beset of all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil me. Blessed is he who, in the name of the charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother’s keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee. ?

Thanks, that shows my point perfectly, and others about off shore tidal generation. This single scheme you found out to highlight - produces the energy for 12,000 houses (though there is a potential to increase this). A single, new 8MW wind turbine will produce, alone, the power for 16,000 houses (with both running at full capacity).... Tidal power isn't the answer to generating electricity for the UK at the moment. You mention pumped hydro as a storage medium, yes, it exists but not in the scale required to power the whole UK if the wind drops on cloudy days - I might have mentioned that above... Edit here to reference pumped hydro storage. UK has pumped hydro storage of about 2,800 MWh (which is a lot), but use about 1TWh daily.... which is lot more I think I am preferring the slant of the discussion towards cats at the moment

It's all to do with the technology and profit. Electricity generation can be quite profitable - so lots of research and technology for the cheaper and easier options than there is for energy storage. The profit for energy storage is pretty much the difference in off peak prices to peak electricity prices. Buy cheap, sell expensive. Not so profitable so the big players haven't invested as much. So far the reliable storage is lithium batteries - a finite resource, but also limited in how quickly they can dig out the lithum. They are developing other battery systems, such as one based on sodium (from sea salt) which is far more abundant and should be cheaper.. but a newer technology that is still developing. Apart from batteries there is hydrogen (hydrogen from water) which can be used in place of gas, a reasonably new industry with a few UK plants operating and a few under construction and in planning. These can create the hydrogen and also be a 'petrol staton' in the same location - you don't need tankers, just a water supply and an electricity power line. But very correct, energy storage is lagging behind electricity generation - once it is balanced then we can move forward with a cheap, renewable electricity generation system that is future proof when the oil runs out and independent on foreign energy sources (such as Russian oil, or african solar farms). A couple of other options like pumped hydro and high pressure air - pump water up to a high reservoir, let ot go down when needed idea - but these schemes are limited to peak supply only - not enough capacity or suitable stores. So batteries - still a developing industry that needs to catch up (and perhaps need some incentives to build the kit). Ocean power... yup, a bit of a holy grail to get reliable generation from the tides, a lot of systems have been tried and fail with reliability. That would be the best option if it can work, it would give a predictable output every day.. but reliability and maintenance ruins most it. Storms are a big issue - wind turbines can revolve to avoid damage, anything floating on the sea gets hit by everything. Off shore wind turbines are a more established technology onshore and benefit from this offshore. You could do river tidal schemes, the Mersey and the Severn have been looked at but... you would essentially need to put a weir at the end of the river to capture the tidal water at high tide, let it out at low tide, but the environmental types don't like that - the fish get upset.

2 badgers and a squirrel. No birds... though the blades might have caught them and shot then into the heather

Going for a wander around the wind farm shortly, I'll count the 'sleeping' badgers on the road and the birds I see under a turbine.

Just been having a think about this.... perhaps the reason why is that the end of the turbine blade is like a baseball bat and the birds are sent miles away... However birds are also designed to avoid things like falcons which can reach similar speeds to a tip of a turbine blade so not sure again. Tricky this green stuff.

There is a massive area of the country built over, I reckon all new build houses should have 4 or 5kw of solar panels with batteries - enough for the house + a little bit spare to sell on, all office blocks can have the same.

Never seen piles of dead birds under any of the turbines I have been around....

As I get older, I feel it in my fingers, I feel it in my toes.... hate it when it is wet wet wet.....

You sound genuinely upset by my phrase "Daily Mail Rage"... perhaps you should read that paper. I made a note of the top headlines this evening: The first story was paying tribute to a footballer Next: Killer "threatens to punch someone in court" Solicitor struck off without revealing bitter neighbour dispute Democrat (left side of US politics) who REFUSES to resign tears into "smear campaign" Drivers left furious a self driving cars Johnson: Why are we spineless at giving away military base I scrolled down a lot of stories looking for a good news story. There weren't any. The notes are shortened headlines and the headlines and stories written in an aggressive tone, to produce a sense of injustice in the readers. You might ask about 'Daily Mail Rage'.. just reading them made me angry! The Daily Mail is an angry paper. The press you read is your wndow on the world and if you read papers that are full of anger and paranoia then even the most placid person in the world will start thnking that way. It is a skill, an art to write to a papers style. I wouldn't normally just comment off the topic - prefering to keep in line with the discussion, however under "making the news today", the press are making the news, worth taking a moment to seek out an opposing point of view and to check the facts of what they are telling us I reckon. Worth looking outside our own comfort zones every now and then to check we are in the right place

There is a point I guess when we are responsible to keep others warm that crosses the line from frugal to silly, and that line changes depending on who the others are. By myself the house is a few degrees cooler but when the others are home I can't do that

quite depressing reading - the weather is that bad - usually this time of year a post "Just put the fire on" gets most comments similar to "In September? we put ours on when the temperature drops below freezing"

Have you got the money set aside just in case they come knocking at the door? From Dans comment above, you -might- be able to argue that when they do ask and you pay prompt there is no interest to pay? A long shot but could be worth a cheeky try when they do ask

However I feel that we have recently gone around and around on this, The government have the same targets as before, green energy, electric cars and electric heating, but have adjusted the time scales to be more realistic for the country to develop the infrastructure needed. I think that was in essence 'making the news today' yesterday.