Comments for On the Third Hand... http://site-essential.com Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Health Care Reform? by The Gray Monk http://site-essential.com/archive/2009/12/21/5594.php#comment-9775 The Gray Monk Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:48:38 +0000 http://site-essential.com/?p=5594#comment-9775 Very clever. It sort of sums up the NHS and its Civil Service "Managers" who spend vast sums of our money on fancy offices, social engineering and their comfortable pensions - and less and less on actual medical care..... Social care means mediocre care for everyone. Except the politicians and their bureaucrat chums of course. Very clever. It sort of sums up the NHS and its Civil Service “Managers” who spend vast sums of our money on fancy offices, social engineering and their comfortable pensions - and less and less on actual medical care…..

Social care means mediocre care for everyone. Except the politicians and their bureaucrat chums of course.

]]> Comment on September 11 by Jay http://site-essential.com/archive/2009/09/11/5593.php#comment-9595 Jay Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:55:14 +0000 http://site-essential.com/?p=5593#comment-9595 Wow - that is just an amazing picture :) Wow - that is just an amazing picture :)

]]> Comment on The Great Global Warming Swindle by CrediThinker http://site-essential.com/archive/2007/03/11/5578.php#comment-8749 CrediThinker Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:23:00 +0000 http://site-essential.com/archive/2007/03/11/5578.php#comment-8749 Yes,I do agree that the Global Warming belongs to the processes of nature and in reality there is nothing vitally significant we can do to prevent it. The governments know the truth but are using the fact for their own profits. The Government will never spill the beans... Yes,I do agree that the Global Warming belongs to the processes of nature and in reality there is nothing vitally significant we can do to prevent it. The governments know the truth but are using the fact for their own profits. The Government will never spill the beans…

]]> Comment on The Great Global Warming Swindle by The Gray Monk http://site-essential.com/archive/2007/03/11/5578.php#comment-8740 The Gray Monk Sat, 24 Mar 2007 10:10:56 +0000 http://site-essential.com/archive/2007/03/11/5578.php#comment-8740 A very interesting discussion, but everyone avoids the main issues here. The Climate Change is part of a natural cycle, not something triggered by humans, although, particularly in the developing nations, overpopulation and stripping out of forests probably isn't helping. Carbon footprints and carbon trade offs are largely esoteric constructs with little, if any, foundation in real science since there are far to many variables and unknowns for it to be analysed fully. One of your commentators is correct in saying that the current media hype and political posturing on this issue is about political control of human activity and a desire to restrict and direct how and waht people know and think on a wide range of issues, not just climate change. Yes, there are alternative energy sources, such as building an environmentally damaging dam across the Severn Estuary in the UK - advocated by the Welsh Assembly who would reap the benefit but not have to deal with the damage - or by covering the entire UK with wind turbines (only actually generating about a third of the time) so that we don't have to build any more coal, gas or nuclear power stations. Unfortunately, we don't get enough sun for Photo Voltaics to work efficiently but we could look into solar boilers to generate steam - except that, again, we have a problem with sunshine and cloud cover. Already the placing of huge "Wind Farms" offshore around these islands is causing a problem for shipping - and we won't even consider the hazard for aircraft and wild life. Yes, to agree with the sentiment expressed by your commentor from Nigeria, Africa does have a problem, particularly when it comes to affording the new technology. But I would not put it down to a lack of aid or funds from the developed nations, but to the downright thievery of their politicians and bureaucrats whose trips to Europe for shopping are all funded by the funds creamed off the Aid packages and whose Swiss Bank accounts are similarly loaded. Is there a solution? There probably is, but it will not be politically expedient to find it because the current situation suits the politicians who want more control over our lives - and more of our earnings flowing into their banks. A very interesting discussion, but everyone avoids the main issues here. The Climate Change is part of a natural cycle, not something triggered by humans, although, particularly in the developing nations, overpopulation and stripping out of forests probably isn’t helping. Carbon footprints and carbon trade offs are largely esoteric constructs with little, if any, foundation in real science since there are far to many variables and unknowns for it to be analysed fully. One of your commentators is correct in saying that the current media hype and political posturing on this issue is about political control of human activity and a desire to restrict and direct how and waht people know and think on a wide range of issues, not just climate change.

Yes, there are alternative energy sources, such as building an environmentally damaging dam across the Severn Estuary in the UK - advocated by the Welsh Assembly who would reap the benefit but not have to deal with the damage - or by covering the entire UK with wind turbines (only actually generating about a third of the time) so that we don’t have to build any more coal, gas or nuclear power stations. Unfortunately, we don’t get enough sun for Photo Voltaics to work efficiently but we could look into solar boilers to generate steam - except that, again, we have a problem with sunshine and cloud cover. Already the placing of huge “Wind Farms” offshore around these islands is causing a problem for shipping - and we won’t even consider the hazard for aircraft and wild life.

Yes, to agree with the sentiment expressed by your commentor from Nigeria, Africa does have a problem, particularly when it comes to affording the new technology. But I would not put it down to a lack of aid or funds from the developed nations, but to the downright thievery of their politicians and bureaucrats whose trips to Europe for shopping are all funded by the funds creamed off the Aid packages and whose Swiss Bank accounts are similarly loaded.

Is there a solution? There probably is, but it will not be politically expedient to find it because the current situation suits the politicians who want more control over our lives - and more of our earnings flowing into their banks.

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