Good morning everyone 
I would like to take this moment to mention Phil Campbell’s living ark project, he’s after donations to go over to the sxsw eco event in Austin, Texas, to promote the project and get funding to actually make his dream of building the ark a reality.
If you feel like donating then head over to:
http://www.ulule.com/sxsw-eco-livingark/promote/
You can also find out further information about the project here:
http://blog.me.dm/pages/sponsors
I know bugger all about wind power, this is not what this post is really about.
I came across a tweet from @brumguvnor (I hope he doesn’t mind me mentioning him), pointing to an article written by George Monbiot for the guardian reprinted on his own site.
Here is a link to the article:
http://www.monbiot.com/2011/05/30/underground-movement/
I like the idea of windpower in the face of the lack of fossil fuels which unfortunately are going to run out in my lifetime.
He basically says that MPs should do some research before opening their mouths.
MPs don’t have to do any research, eventually everyone will believe what they say whether they’re factually correct or not. Then those who call them out on their inaccuracies will be labeled as bashing the MPs citing you don’t like MP ‘x’ because he supports party ‘y’.
So no research required the MPs are always right even in the face of evidence saying they’re wrong.
I feel sorry for most of the general public that will believe everything they’re told.
Okay this has been the butt of many a joke for the past few days, myself included making the jokes.
I’m not posting this entry to mock any religion, just pointing out the absurdity of believing in something so intently to the exclusion of any rational thought.
I read another article today that many people had spent their life savings in anticipation of judgement day/the end of the world.
I’m not going to take issue with the judgement day part. My issue is with the end of the world.
It is not up to us humans to determine when the end of the world is going to be, that is natures call, you know, nature that causes storms and earthquakes. The sun still has many billions of years of energy left to keep the earth going.
Sure as humans we mess around with the fabric of the planet by pumping out these emissions that react with the ozone layer and pumping out more CO2 than the planet can handle. That isn’t going to cause the end of the world.
Sure it might wipe us out eventually as the dominant species on the planet, the earth isn’t going to suddenly going to get ripped apart a la “The Day after Tomorrow” and “2012″. Even if it does, the earth is still going to be in existence, ready for what ever species of life comes along next to become dominant on the planet.
The world doesn’t end when the human race is wiped out. Amino acids and tiny bacteria were around before we even came into existence. They will once more rule the earth until once again they evolve over millions of years, will humans rule the world again? I very much doubt it as nature has a tendency to learn and whole different species will come into dominance, maybe one that is more in tune with the nature of the planet, heck they may not even be humanoid.
Nothing wrong with humans making up belief systems, it gives us something to look forward to, gives us order when there might otherwise be chaos. But let’s not delude ourselves into thinking that the world will end with us.
This post is mainly focussed on the wind turbines that resemble aircraft propellers.
This has got me thinking for sometime now. Lots of people are coming out saying that these wind turbines are a blot on the landscape and shouldn’t be built.
I suspect the same arguments were given when coal fired power stations were first built then followed by nuclear power plants.
What these people tend to forget is coal, gas and oil reserves will be gone within 30 years, so how are they going to live their day to day lives?
Sunshine isn’t in abundance in this country, so solar panels will only solve part of the problem, what we do have is plenty of wind, so why not harness it?
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