No. Keep calm and carry on.
*Shamelessly nicked from Liam*
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Nuclear option.
I’ve just been sent a document from a reader of this blog. The document is worrying, in that it’s conclusions are that we need to build new nuclear plants. And quick if we’re not going to build more coal and gas powered generating plants. Here’s just a small segment of the article.
This is from the paragraph headed “Reducing emissions”.
It needs to be appreciated that the fossil fuel removed has to be replaced by electricity because this is what nuclear, wind, wave, solar deliver. On these figures, by 2027 we would need to build 140 + 288 = 428 TWh of new electricity output; by 2050, 428 + 653 = 1081TWh. These figures should be compared with the total UK electricity production in 2008 of around 360 TWhr.
The number of installations required to generate the electricity to replace fossil fuels (see Table 2) depend on their capacity and availability. A 1,600 MW Areva-type nuclear reactor working at 80% availability generates 11 TWh/y, so around 13 would need to be built to meet the 2020 target; an impossible task. A 3 MW wind turbine with 75m blades on an 80m mast onshore has achieved average availability of around 24%,while for offshore 30% future availability is claimed yielding 6.3 GWhy and 7.9 GWh/y respectively. To meet the 2020 target would require 20,000 and 16,000 turbines respectively; an equally impossible task over the next nine years (six to be built every day). The 2027 target is even further out of reach.
I think I can safely say. We’re screwed. I’m off to buy some more candles.
There’s a little bit more over at Bishop Hill
Bollocks last year, bollocks now.
The redness is me
The Conservative Manifesto 2010
A country is at its best when the bonds between people are strong and when the sense of national purpose is clear. Today the challenges facing Britain are immense. Our economy is overwhelmed by debt, our social fabric is frayed and our political system has betrayed the people. But these problems can be overcome if we pull together and work together. If we remember that we are all in this together.
“our political system has betrayed the people” We the people are being ignored by you very same politicians. When will you realise that you are the servants of the people. Paid for by us. And as for that “Our economy is overwhelmed by debt”. You’re still racking it up at an alarming rate.
Some politicians say: ‘give us your vote and we will sort out all your problems’. We say: real change comes not from government alone. Real change comes when the people are inspired and mobilised, when millions of us are fired up to play a part in the nation’s future.
Real change will come when we the people, use our right to throw you, the elite, out on to the scrap heap and allow honest people to serve us.
Yes this is ambitious. Yes it is optimistic. But in the end all the Acts of Parliament, all the new measures, all the new policy initiatives, are just politicians’ words without you and your involvement.
yeh. All those acts of parliaments that originate in Brussels and are rubber stamped by an increasingly week and flaccid government. Words never accomplish anything, it’s the deeds that follow that count.
How will we deal with the debt crisis unless we understand that we are all in this together? How will we raise responsible children unless every adult plays their part? How will we revitalise communities unless people stop asking ‘who will fix this?’ and start asking ‘what can I do?’ Britain will change for the better when we all elect to take part, to take responsibility – if we all come together. Collective strength will overpower our problems.
We the people, did not instigate the debt crisis as it stands. It was politicians spending OUR money without any checks and balances, that has caused the crisis. Don’t try and offload your incompetence on me.
Only together can we can get rid of this government and, eventually, its debt. Only together can we get the economy moving. Only together can we protect the NHS. Improve our schools. Mend our broken society. Together we can even make politics and politicians work better. And if we can do that, we can do anything. Yes, together we can do anything.
As I said before.We pay you do do the job. Don’t try and foist the blame on me. Do what you’re paid to do.
So my invitation today is this: join us, to form a new kind of government for Britain.
Sorry Fuckwit. I voted for someone else when I read that.
Ranting over
Monday, 3 October 2011
Wasting my money again, KCC.
I was just trawling through my Council’s accounts when I came across this little bit of expenditure.
KINGSTON PARISH COUNCIL Bearing in mind this is not Kingston on Thames, but Kingston Parish Council, it made me wonder why the need all that dosh for IT equipment? It’s a thriving metropolis of, wait for it, 400 people. Kingston is home to approx 400 residents and nestles at the entrance to the Elham Valley between Bridge and Barham. So what’s all the money for? Apparently they can’t get broadband. Obviously Kent County Council are too lazy to shop around. They are allowing themselves to be ripped off. Why not give them satellite broadband at £60 installation charge and a one off setup fee of £30. (I know the offer has just ended but I’m sure the council could have done a deal). If you take those 400 people and for the sake of argument allow for the fact that 70% of the 400 are 2 partner households. In that case 70% of 400 is 280 people. Therefore only 140 units required. And I won’t even think of the Cheeeldren. Take another 20% of the population of the village and consider they’re single and that thy want the delights of broadband too. 20% of 400 equals 80 more installations required. That leaves 10% who probably don’t want it. ( Just a rough guess). So in total 220 satellite broadband sets required. (The back of my fag packet is getting full now). Well if my calculations are correct that comes to a total cost of 220 x £90 = £19, 800. A saving of, wait for it (and that means you at the back as well, Captain Haddock), £26,400. Well done Kent County Council for wasting my money. You could have afforded another junior Community Diversity Outreach Co-ordinator for that sum I’d have saved you.10/08/2011 £ 46,200.00 Computer Equipment - Software Development Costs
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Just perfect
It involves mayhem in cars, romance, a woman, a man, Misogyny, and a fat man dressed in red. What more could you want?
Go on click on the link. You know you want to.
Saturday, 1 October 2011
Thermometers
It would seem that the AGW proponents may have been using the wrong instruments to measure atmospheric temperatures.
They’ve been using Infrared thermometers. However these instruments are deliberately manufactured so as to ignore water vapour and CO2.
Probably the most important advance in infrared thermometry has been the
introduction of selective filtering of the incoming IR signal, which has been
made possible by the availability of more sensitive detectors and more
stable signal amplifiers. Whereas the early IRT’s required a broad spectral
band of IR to obtain a workable detector output, modern IRT’s routinely have
spectral responses of only 1 micron.
The need to have selected and narrow spectral responses arises because it is
often necessary to either see through some form of atmospheric or other
interference in the sight path, or in fact to obtain a measurement of a gas or
other substance which is transparent to a broad band of IR energy.Some common examples of selective spectral responses are 8-14 microns,
which avoids interference from atmospheric moisture over long path
measurements; 7.9 microns which is used for the measurement of some thin
film plastics; and 3.86 microns which avoids interference from CO2 and H2O…………..
The manufacturers website is HERE. Page Z64
You can read the whole lot over at Climate Realists
Now can we stop building those sodding Bird Mincers Mr Huhne?
H/T to Duff and Nonsense
Announcements
HEARD ON THE LONDON UNDERGOUND TUBE
A list of actual announcements that London Tube train drivers have made to their passengers...
1) 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I do apologize for the delay to your service. I know you're all dying to get home, unless, of course, you happen to be married to my ex-wife, in which case you'll want to cross over to the Westbound and go in the opposite direction.'
2) 'Your delay this evening is caused by the line controller suffering from E & B syndrome: not knowing his elbow from his backside. I'll let you know any further information as soon as I'm given any.'
3) 'Do you want the good news first or the bad news? The good news is that last Friday was my birthday and I hit the town and had a great time. The bad news is that there is a points failure somewhere between Mile End and East Ham, which means we probably won't reach our destination.'
4) 'Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the delay, but there is a security alert at Victoria station and we are therefore stuck here for the foreseeable future, so let's take our minds off it and pass some time together. All together now.... 'Ten green bottles, hanging on a wall.....'.'
5) 'We are now travelling through Baker Street ... As you can see, Baker Street is closed. It would have been nice if they had actually told me, so I could tell you earlier, but no, they don't think about things like that'.
6) 'Beggars are operating on this train. Please do NOT encourage these professional beggars. If you have any spare change, please give it to a registered charity. Failing that, give it to me.'
7) During an extremely hot rush hour on the Central Line, the driver announced in a West Indian drawl: 'Step right this way for the sauna, ladies and gentleman... Unfortunately, towels are not provided.'
8) 'Let the passengers off the train FIRST!' (Pause ) 'Oh go on then, stuff yourselves in like sardines, see if I care - I'm going home....'
9) 'Please allow the doors to close. Try not to confuse this with 'Please hold the doors open.' The two are distinct and separate instructions.'
10) 'Please note that the beeping noise coming from the doors means that the doors are about to close. It does not mean throw yourself or your bags into the doors.'
11) 'We can't move off because some idiot has their hand stuck in the door.'
12) 'To the gentleman wearing the long grey coat trying to get on the second carriage -- what part of 'stand clear of the doors' don't you understand?'
13) 'Please move all baggage away from the doors.' (Pause..) 'Please move ALL belongings away from the doors.' (Pause...) 'This is a personal message to the man in the brown suit wearing glasses at the rear of the train: Put the pie down, Four-eyes, and move your bloody golf clubs away from the door before I come down there and shove them up your arse sideways!'
14) 'May I remind all passengers that there is strictly no smoking allowed on any part of the Underground. However, if you are smoking a joint, it's only fair that you pass it round the rest of the carriage.'
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