Monday, October 18, 2010

Cold winds and snow forecast for UK | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Officially British Summer Time has almost another fortnight to run but winter is due to arrive early this year with a blast of Arctic air bringing sub-zero temperatures and a dusting of snow to some parts, forecasters warned today.
Johnny Depp Spends 40,000 Pounds to Keep 'Pirates' Crew Warm [but won't they get kidney stones?!]
Johnny Depp spent 40,000 pounds sterling on coats to keep the "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" crew warm. The 47-year-old actor splashed out the enormous sum on 500 waterproof hiking jackets costing 80 pounds sterling each for those on the set of the latest action movie, to protect them from the cold weather.
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Filming of the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie is currently underway at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire in England, where the recent spell of cold weather gave the star the idea of treating his staff.
Global Warming ‘propagandist’ William Connolley purged from Wikipedia pages | IHateTheMedia.com
William Connelley was a fraud. The science is settled.
'UK must refurbish one house a minute until 2050' - conference » Housing » 24dash.com
If action is not taken, rising fuel costs could bring large numbers of families into fuel poverty with more and more vulnerable people unable to afford to keep warm in winter. The scale of the task is huge. The low-carbon refurbishment of over 20 million existing homes by 2050 in the UK may cost £500 billion at the rate of £250 million each week - with one house needing to be refurbished every single minute.
CO2 Storage Facility to be built in the North Sea
The aim is to develop new technology to tackle climate change. CO2 from the plant will be piped through unneeded capacity in the national transmission system to St Fergus in Scotland and then offshore to the Goldeneye platform.
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The economics of CCS projects depend on the cost of carbon. The lower the carbon [dioxide swindle] price, the weaker a project becomes, since CCS allows polluters to sell certificates that their project has made unnecessary. The lower the carbon price, the less the profit on each ton of carbon dioxide injected.

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