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I'm not so worried about the time remaining for the share offer. However, the project needs to be completed and generating electricity by 30 June 2014 in order to qualify for the Feed in Tariff rate that applied up until the end of December 2013. I guess that once the lower target is reached, the co...

Got an email about the WSS share offer today. Anyone got any info or thoughts about it as an investment? WSS website: http://westsolentsolar.coop/home.asp Prospectus: http://filesdown.esecure.co.uk/WestSolent/West_Solent_Solar_Share_offer_Document.pdf Doing a quick calculation based on the data at t...

Such standardisation might also lead to stagnation of innovation as well however due to finance imbalances and market inertia What complete tosh! It's the threats of action under IP law which act as a bar to innovation today, especially in the mismatched use of IP courts between the largest compani...

There would need to be a serious revisiting of IP law if standardisation of parts were to be implemented. Such standardisation might also lead to stagnation of innovation as well however due to finance imbalances and market inertia, as in the market penetration difficulties any new PC operating syst...

These 'printers' are for one-offs and short runs, so good for prototyping or personalising. I'd be interested to know what the mechanical and chemical strengths of the products are compared to traditional methods of production.

More seriously I spread a little alarm today in a shop I dont normally use, by purchasing tinned food to the value of about £100. Someone inquired at to the reason for such a large stock, to which I replied "things do not look so good in the Middle East, there might be a new war or an oil shor...

Interesting posting pattern as well PostForum: Living in the Future Posted: Sat, 15 Dec 2012, 02:46 Subject: Local and National authorities reactions during the collapse PostForum: Living in the Future Posted: Sat, 15 Dec 2012, 02:47 Subject: What sort of future do we want? PostForum: Living in the ...

That has nothing to do with peak oil. Move it to Off Topic. This has everything to do with peak oil. It's the economically recycled income from resource extraction/production, or the taxation of energy/resource sales, that helps to pay for the public health system. If that system is disrupted by th...

Steve 80% of the NHS budget is spent on people who die within two years. However, its, touchy. In your 80+ are ****cked plan, you would condemn an 80 year old in excellent health to death, but would spend a fortune on a 65 year old who smokes, drinks and is 30 stone. And of course, did you not see ...

That has nothing to do with peak oil. Move it to Off Topic.

With the major cuts in military personnel: The Army will lose 17 major units as it cuts 20,000 regular soldiers by 2020, the defence secretary has said. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18716101 And police: Police forces are going through huge cuts: 17,600 police jobs have gone since March 2010 and ano...

Marxism is no alternative to capitalism because many of its fundamental principles are still based upon growth. All it does is change the basis of ownership of the means of production, not the need for large-scale resource exploitation. If you want no-growth alternatives to mainstream economics the...

Everyone was having great fun in the bath: splashing around, ducking each other and generally having a lovely time. Then someone dislodged the plug and the water started to drain out. Unfortunately there was so much p!ss and sh!t in the bath owing to no one wanting to get out during the good time th...

Smile is easy to operate. You can get counter services at any branch of Co-Op, and I've never had an issue with them in 10 years. I'm a member of the Co-Op, mainly through saving with Britannia. Got my divi last week. I'm interested to hear about the counter service - is that just local Co-Op bank ...