Comments for Zerocarbonista http://zerocarbonista.com Life post oil and post carbon Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on More thoughts on ‘garages’ of the future – they won’t exist! by chris http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/07/03/more-thoughts-on-garages-of-the-future-they-wont-exist/#comment-341 chris Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:07:16 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=39#comment-341 Yes - roll on the day! The best thing I think we can achieve from a shift off oil is by reducing the size & concentration of wealth in the energy sector. What I'm getting at is partly the fact that a relatively small handful of oil companies (and countries) control most of the worlds oil supply & wealth. Not only that but we can not reasonably harvest oil or even large quantities of biofuels in our back gardens, so we are wholey reliant on and vulnerable to these few countries/companies. In my opinion this level of vast power is corrupting & inhibitive to progress on many wider issues. Although I don't know for sure, I would suspect hydrogen could be monopolised too all be it, to a lesser extent. I presume afterall we won't be allowed to manufacture hydrogen at home, due to the 'Hindenburg' factor!!? However I can generate electricity at home, there are already some gadgets on the market to do that - renewably or otherwise! I'm not against business in theory and I know vast wealth will always exist in energy, but I do think this level of global business is inherently very destructive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6wMYQG-szU Yes - roll on the day! The best thing I think we can achieve from a shift off oil is by reducing the size & concentration of wealth in the energy sector.

What I’m getting at is partly the fact that a relatively small handful of oil companies (and countries) control most of the worlds oil supply & wealth. Not only that but we can not reasonably harvest oil or even large quantities of biofuels in our back gardens, so we are wholey reliant on and vulnerable to these few countries/companies. In my opinion this level of vast power is corrupting & inhibitive to progress on many wider issues.

Although I don’t know for sure, I would suspect hydrogen could be monopolised too all be it, to a lesser extent. I presume afterall we won’t be allowed to manufacture hydrogen at home, due to the ‘Hindenburg’ factor!!? However I can generate electricity at home, there are already some gadgets on the market to do that - renewably or otherwise!

I’m not against business in theory and I know vast wealth will always exist in energy, but I do think this level of global business is inherently very destructive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6wMYQG-szU

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by Harridan http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-340 Harridan Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:58:36 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-340 Think this says everything we need to know about the daily mail :) http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail As for Christopher, probably the worst thing for him would be if a situation arose that forced him to let go of his dearly cherished predjudices. Lets hope for all our sakes it doesn't get that far... Think this says everything we need to know about the daily mail :)

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail

As for Christopher, probably the worst thing for him would be if a situation arose that forced him to let go of his dearly cherished predjudices. Lets hope for all our sakes it doesn’t get that far…

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by God http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-334 God Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:45:15 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-334 Ladies and gentlemen, I really must protest at your indignant portrayals of the daily mail and its readers - of which I am One. While I must agree that 99.99% of its contents is utter fear-factory tripe, their astrologer Johnathan Cainer is a decent chap who seems to have a feel of how I like to play things. Love God xxx PS: Yes, Christopher Booker is a git. I will be striking him down with lightning shortly and he will be spending eternity agonising in the fiery pits of hell. PPS: Mwaaa ha ha ha ha Ladies and gentlemen, I really must protest at your indignant portrayals of the daily mail and its readers - of which I am One. While I must agree that 99.99% of its contents is utter fear-factory tripe, their astrologer Johnathan Cainer is a decent chap who seems to have a feel of how I like to play things.

Love
God
xxx

PS: Yes, Christopher Booker is a git. I will be striking him down with lightning shortly and he will be spending eternity agonising in the fiery pits of hell.

PPS: Mwaaa ha ha ha ha

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by Paul F http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-332 Paul F Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:39:27 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-332 A better idea would be to ban him from being a customer, refuse to trade with him. That would get the message across much more than turning him around to your way of thinking, which by the way is not going to happen, if it did he would be out of a job, as I have said before, people reading that newspaper only want to hear what they believe, they cant compute any new information................lets leave them behind. A better idea would be to ban him from being a customer, refuse to trade with him. That would get the message across much more than turning him around to your way of thinking, which by the way is not going to happen, if it did he would be out of a job, as I have said before, people reading that newspaper only want to hear what they believe, they cant compute any new information…………….lets leave them behind.

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by zed http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-330 zed Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:01:56 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-330 I think that we should try and sign him up as a customer. Probably the ultimate target for the sales team. I think that we should try and sign him up as a customer. Probably the ultimate target for the sales team.

]]> Comment on A week in the life of…. by Justin Noe http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/a-week-in-the-life-of/#comment-329 Justin Noe Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:02:01 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=33#comment-329 Professor David J C MacKay e-book certainly makes an interesting read. Simply put the concern here is that renewables could never meet our present day demands. I'm parafrasing somewhat (and I do urge others to read the book) but it does beg the question how on earth are we going to make up the difference? As it's huge. Ecotricity is certainly trying but is it worth broadning the portfolio? Solar technology is surely a good string to add to the bow. Maybe Ecotricity could also sell domestic wind turbines in local DIY centres. I like the idea of an electric car that joe public can afford but I do worry that there is an awful lot of hype around the electric supercar. Which to be honest isn't a practical idea. Also perhaps a way to get round our somewhat ridiculous planning laws would be to petition the prime minister to give incentives to industrial estates to build wind turbines and solar panels. These are often well away from residential sites and areas of natural beauty. Ecotricity could supply and maintain the gear! I realise this isn't always a practical solution as these sites aren't necessarily endowed with lots of wind or sun. But each case could be assessed on merit. What do you think? Professor David J C MacKay e-book certainly makes an interesting read. Simply put the concern here is that renewables could never meet our present day demands. I’m parafrasing somewhat (and I do urge others to read the book) but it does beg the question how on earth are we going to make up the difference? As it’s huge.
Ecotricity is certainly trying but is it worth broadning the portfolio? Solar technology is surely a good string to add to the bow. Maybe Ecotricity could also sell domestic wind turbines in local DIY centres. I like the idea of an electric car that joe public can afford but I do worry that there is an awful lot of hype around the electric supercar. Which to be honest isn’t a practical idea.
Also perhaps a way to get round our somewhat ridiculous planning laws would be to petition the prime minister to give incentives to industrial estates to build wind turbines and solar panels. These are often well away from residential sites and areas of natural beauty. Ecotricity could supply and maintain the gear!
I realise this isn’t always a practical solution as these sites aren’t necessarily endowed with lots of wind or sun. But each case could be assessed on merit.
What do you think?

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by doobz http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-327 doobz Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:27:24 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-327 well, it was in the daily mail! is it only myself and my husband (and dale) that realise the daily mail is a pile of ***t. it is our duty to educate the millions of people in the uk who take the daily mail as gospel purely because it is a well read newspaper..if they did a small amount of research themselves about *any* story published in it, they would soon realise what a waste of time and paper the daily mail is!!! ok, rant over :) well, it was in the daily mail! is it only myself and my husband (and dale) that realise the daily mail is a pile of ***t.
it is our duty to educate the millions of people in the uk who take the daily mail as gospel purely because it is a well read newspaper..if they did a small amount of research themselves about *any* story published in it, they would soon realise what a waste of time and paper the daily mail is!!!
ok, rant over :)

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by Damon Hart-Davis http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-326 Damon Hart-Davis Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:47:54 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-326 I did submit a question asking whether he'd passed any maths, physics or logical reasoning exams on his home planet, but I've not seen any response yet. Rgds Damon I did submit a question asking whether he’d passed any maths, physics or logical reasoning exams on his home planet, but I’ve not seen any response yet.

Rgds

Damon

]]> Comment on About the blog by paul http://zerocarbonista.com/about-the-blog/#comment-319 paul Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:57:00 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/about-the-blog/#comment-319 Hiya all... I just thought I would let you know that we have upgraded the blog and have enabled 'gravatars' - all you need to do is <a href="http://www.gravatar.com" title="Gravatar website - it's free!" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">sign up at the gravatars site</a> (it's free), add a pic and whenever you comment on this blog (or any other one that supports gravatars) it 'automagically' puts your pic up! Aren't gravatars brilliant! ;-) Hiya all…

I just thought I would let you know that we have upgraded the blog and have enabled ‘gravatars’ - all you need to do is sign up at the gravatars site (it’s free), add a pic and whenever you comment on this blog (or any other one that supports gravatars) it ‘automagically’ puts your pic up!

Aren’t gravatars brilliant! ;-)

]]> Comment on Hysterical nonsense from Christopher Booker in the Daily Mail by Dave Angel http://zerocarbonista.com/2008/06/26/hysterical-nonsense-from-christopher-booker-in-the-daily-mail/#comment-318 Dave Angel Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:00:27 +0000 http://zerocarbonista.com/?p=38#comment-318 Love your attitude Paul F. Spot on ;-) Love your attitude Paul F. Spot on ;-)

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