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Today I came across this excellent piece of software.  What’s more it’s FREE! The best estimates reckon you will get a saving of about £20 per year.  That can’t be bad for nothing! Put this saving with the saving you get from your POWERTUNE and you can start giving two fingers to the power supply [...]

Could it be that Boris ‘Karlov’ has sensed a whiff of a General Election in the air? Mr Johnson has decided not tomake Chelsea Tractor owners pay a £25 pollution charge in London.  Shame on you Mr Johnson! What do you think? Ah! Don’t forget to visit the POWERTUNE wbsite while your’e here will you? www.PowertuneEnergySaver.com

“I just do not believe it!” to quote Victor Meldrew. The Japanese are claiming that less greenhouse gasses are involved by eating whales than land mammals.  And you thought C4 was bad!?   for the whole story please visit  http://weblog.greenpeace.org/makingwaves/archives/2008/07/killing_whales_to_reduce_clima.html There is a way we can easily help at an affordable price  Powertune Energy Saver.  If [...]

So says the Government of Sri Lanka in a bid to fight this countries energy crisis. Good idea, or is it?  The rich will be able to pay the duty, just like many 4×4 drivers pay for fuel in the UK. How many poor tea pickers in Sri Lanka can afford large energy consuming electrical [...]

A news item stating some of the obvious caught my eye. The repot said that deforestation worldwide has been caused by population pressure.  True in part, people need firewood to cook in many regions also wood for building. It’s easy to blame the world’s problems on lack of birth control.  In many areas there is [...]

Ontario plans to restict the use of 87,000 sq.miles of pine forest to eco-tourism and traditional ‘First Nation’ uses like hunting and fishing. The forests in Ontario support one of the world’s largest intact ecosystems.  There are more than 200′ sensitive’ species of animals including polar bears, wolverines and caribou as well migratiry birds. Ontario’s [...]

That man is unbelievable!!!! Doesn’t acknowledge Climate Change so he’ll leave it for the next administration.  Is he playing God?  While he is in power Climate Change doesn’t exist.  Somehow it will only be happening when the next administration takes power. Now top  it off, Bush has given the go-ahead for more off-shore oil extraction.  [...]

Kingsnorth in Kent is to have a new Coal fired powerstation. So, why Kingsnorth and why Coal? And, why anyway? Take the last first. The UK needs to have a stable energy supply.  Coal is a proven fossil fuel. But Kent coalfields ran out years ago, so where is the coal coming from? Probably from Eastern Europe where [...]

Another blast from the past today. May 2004 again. A Kentish farmer with 4,500 acres of arable crops and 20,000 free-range hens and a flock of sheep, wanted to cut his diesel bill. Being close to the rapidly growing town of Ashford, plenty of restaurants and takeaways are around. The farmer seized the opportunity and [...]

I have been clearing out press cuttings concerning environmental issues. This is from a Kent newspaper dated May30th 2004. The White Cliffs of Dover are/were one of the few sites left where the rare Plant Meadow Clary grows.  With only a handfull of sites hosting about 1,000 plants across Britain, Meadow Clary is faced with [...]