Tracks
A Charitable Trust specialising in outdoor camps that are a Rite of Passage for boys becoming young men. These help the fundamental shift from boy to man. They are also a lot of fun!
Siemens and Semprius double photovoltaic effiency.
using salt to capture and store energy
Peak Oil again in news - Nature magazine article. follow link: Co-author David King is former science advisor to UK government.
The idea of ‘peak oil’ — that global production will reach a peak and then decline — has been around for decades. The true volume of proven global reserves is clouded by secrecy; forecasts by state oil companies are not audited and seem to be exaggerated. The notion that oil is produced by the earth - abiogenic oil - is largely discredited.
BEWARE THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT!
Should we be concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)? Click link for news.
If these secret negotiations succeed [the only documents in the public domain have been leaked] they will create a mega-treaty across nine or more countries that puts a straightjacket on the policies and laws our government can adopt for the next century and give massive new powers to corporations.
Thames residents may be sitting on a gold mine
There is an application to prospect for gold underneath the town pending approval.
The application by Zedex Gold [application 53981 - purple on map] was lodged with the Ministry of Economic Development on October 4th 2011.
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