environment
Open house weekend
Had a fascinating 7 mile walk round south London yesterday, via two innovative eco-houses, the Tree House, a modern self-build timber-frame solar-powered house built on a scrap of land in Clapham, and 3 Acorns Retro Eco-House, which claims to be the only retro zero-carbon home in London (featuring solar hot water, solar electric, domestic wind-turbine, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Big Bottom
Spinal Tap reformed for the Live Earth concert in London on Saturday afternoon. It was only on the tube on the way home from Wembley that I realised the wrist band I’d been given when I went through the gate had “Pitch” printed on it… I’d been sitting very comfortably in the stand all day [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Nuts to President Peanut
Grr. Jimmy Carter had the environmental vision (or at least the economic good sense in the absence of a sustainable domestic oil supply) to install solar water heating on the roof of the While House – in the 1970s! When Reagan kicked him out he ripped the panels down in support of the bloody oil [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )CO2 sink sunk
Oh marvellous, the Southern Ocean carbon sink’s knackered. 40 years ahead of schedule. Just what we needed eh?
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