My local council now says that I can put waste food in the green recycle bin. Oh lovely! Imagine the green bin after having the remains of a chicken carcass and all the juices after putrifying in the hot summer. Especially with some solidified milk on top. Remember the swill bin at school. Now imagine [...]
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Is recycling rotting food hygenic?
Posted by manicbeancounter on October 28, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/10/28/is-recycling-rotting-food-hygenic/
Ann Widdecombe on Climate Change
Total Politics Magazine has interviewed Ann Widdecombe. Of note was the views expressed on climate change. It so happens that I know that an awful lot of people in our party – and by that I mean a lot – are deeply unhappy with the way that we’ve signed up apparently quite blindly to [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on August 24, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/08/24/ann-widdecombe-on-climate-change/
Child Poverty Bill – Another Labour Poison Pill?
Yesterday the government put forward the Child Poverty Bill, with mandatory targets for reducing poverty. It is utter folly. For those that really care about helping the poorest, meeting a particular target is not the way to go about it. It is fairly easy (and relatively cheap) to get a large number just below the [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on July 21, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/07/21/child-poverty-bill-another-labour-poison-pill/
The Net Cost of Tackling Global Warming
Dan Hannan blogged today on the CAP & Trade Scheme just adopted by the US House of Representatives. Assuming all assumptions are correct, the impact on global temperatures will be just 0.05 degrees by 2015. The costs on the US Economy will be trillions of dollars. If adopted worldwide, we might get 0.20 to 0.25 [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on June 28, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/06/28/the-net-cost-of-tackling-global-warming/
No warming in the Antarctic after all
Remember in late January an article in Nature was published concluding Antarctic warming over the past 50 years was more extensive than previously thought? A chap called Ryan O. has got to the bottom of the numbers. The conclusion is that the statistical analysis is flawed, and the results do not stand up. Steve [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 25, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/05/25/no-warming-in-the-antarctic-after-all/
Climate Change – An opportunity for the UK to benefit humanity
In March, Phillip Salter, on the Adam Smith Institute blog, suggested that we should also open up peer reviews in climatology. My response was Dr Alister McFarquhar is right in that the opening up of peer reviews will not help. There are is a way that the closed world of the Climate Change Lobby [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 25, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/05/25/climate-change-an-opportunity-for-the-uk-to-benefit-humanity/
Steve Macintyre’s Peek Behind the curtain
Back in March Climateaudit published this blog. This deals with the suppression of a paper that says there is no evidence for a rise in the level of water vapour in the upper atmosphere in the recent past. Why is this important? The forecasts of dramatic rise in global temperatures are based upon the small rise in [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 25, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/05/25/steve-macintyre%e2%80%99s-peek-behind-the-curtain/
UK Green Party Manifesto – Grade E for Numeracy
The UK Green Party yesterday published it’s Manifesto for the forthcoming European Elections. There were some statistics that show a lack of numeracy. UK Labour Party’s target emissions reduction The Labour government now proposes a target of reducing emissions by 80% by 2050, which works out at about 2.5% per annum. (Page 4 [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on May 15, 2009
http://manicbeancounter.com/2009/05/15/uk-green-party-manifesto-%e2%80%93-grade-e-for-numeracy/
Waste Recycling – Nappies this time
Just finished knocking out a couple of manic notes on waste, just to see this blog on the cost & benefits of nappies from the ASI. Like with the Manchester Conjestion Charge, it illustrates how properly looking at an issue, can provide a different answer to simply justifying the popular view. When my kiddlewinks were [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on October 20, 2008
http://manicbeancounter.com/2008/10/20/waste-recycling-nappies-this-time/
Weighing up Waste Recycling – Impact on future generations
Tim Worstall’s article on waste got me thinking, manically. The cry goes that we should not leave our rubbish, or more broadly our environmental problems, for future generations. However, this is only part of the issue. Future generations will benefit from better technology to deal will environmental problems. Further, with economic growth, they will [...]
Posted by manicbeancounter on October 20, 2008
http://manicbeancounter.com/2008/10/20/weighing-up-waste-recycling-impact-on-future-generations/
