The point about the Peak Oil Theory is that it is not a theory. It is a fact that Fossil Fuels are called such because they were made a long long long time ago and are not being made any more. Hence at some point global production will peak. The only question is when (and in part what happens to production after that whether it falls off a cliff or gently edges downward). The link is to a
In the spirit of the forthcoming New Year, I've decided to make 2009 predictions for 2009. So here we go. 1. Gordon Brown will be Prime Minister at the end of 2009 2. Unless he isn't, in which case it'll be Cameron 3. Or someone else. Look, I don't know. Honestly, my guess is as good as yours, probably even worse. After all, my track record's hardly impressive, so why would you even bother reading my predictions as if I might have a clue. I didn't predict the credit crunch. I didn't predict Obama's victory (at least until everyone else ...
Throughout the festive season, LDV is offering our readers a load of repeats another chance to read the 12 most popular opinion articles which have appeared on the blog since 1st January, 2008. Second on the list this Boxing Day is this article by, erm, me, which appeared on LDV on 12th June... The David Davis resignation: what it means Lib Dem Voice yesterday highlighted the contrast between David Davis's passionate opposition to Labour's attempts to bang up citizens for six weeks without telling them why, and the rather more lacklustre opposition of the Tory leadership: I don't doubt for ...
If anything deserves a link as a history of the identification and naming of the elements then the link is it.
I will make nine predictions of what will happened over the next year in the world of politics and blogging! If you disagree or think that I am making predictions that are a little to hard to achieve my the people in context please comment: 1. Gordon Brown will get a lead in the polls 2. A general election will be called in 2009 3. Obama will become a world wide liked politician 4. Labour will scrape a general election win! 5. Labour will try and destroy the blogosphere with laws 6. The Tories will have a massive change in ...
One of the ways that my team Livingston build a fan base from nothing in the 13 years we've been located at Livingston was to offer free tickets to children. So therefore I was interested to see that the Scottish Government have called on the SPL and Scottish League to allow access for kids for free at certain games in a bid to boost attendance. The aim of course is to get kids excited about the atmosphere of actually being at the game, something that no matter what level or Setanta or Sky technological gimmicks watching on TV can't make ...
Harold Pinter was famous for more than his silences. He could have won a Nobel Prize for explosive anger — or so his reputation went. I have to confess that I never saw anything but his teddy-bear side (though he would growl at me from beyond the grave for saying so). A few years [...]
This is a pretty good description of my friends list and feed reader this morning: How about you? Taking Jennie to work for an eight hour shift in abit, then back here—got a bit of a grotty cold so don't want to sit in the pub given we're doing that tomorrow for her birthday anyway. So, come on people, post stuff, amuse me! OK, how about a meme. Um, Most expensive Xmas present? Most annoying? Most useful? Why? For me, all three are one. We got a Wii. Well, when I say we, what I mean is Jennie got one ...
Is Christmas TV really getting worse, or is it just me getting older? We watched less TV than usual yesterday, not because we'd rediscovered the joys of having a sing-song round the old joanna; just that there was almost nothing on worth watching even by "OK, so we've seen it five times before but it's worth falling asleep to after Christmas Dinner" standards. In that sense, Doctor Who really couldn't lose. As long as it wasn't completely dire, it would be the highlight of our TV viewing for the day; a feat it managed with ease. As it happens, we'd ...
Choosing Lib Dems blog of the year was a tough decision as they were all very good blogs that were shortlisted but I eventually made my mind up of who I think should get the award! The Shortlisted are: James Graham (Quenquam Blog!) Alix Mortimer (Peoples Republic of Mortimer) Jonathan Fryer Paul Walter Nich Starling (Norfolk Blogger) The Winner is: Paul Walter for his near enough daily commentary with the lead up to the USA presidential election. It was a blog that I visited a lot to read up about the USA election at the time! P.S. Check back tomorrow ...
It is indicative of how much turmoil the Labour Party has been over the last year and how the authority of the Prime Minister has been undermined by the resulting uncertainty that there have been so many Parliamentary revolts against the Government. Today's Times reports that Gordon Brown suffered more backbench rebellions in his first full year as Prime Minister than Tony Blair in his first four-year Parliament. The total of 103 revolts during the 2007-08 parliamentary session was the most inflicted on any governing party for more than 30 years. It was higher than any other session during the ...
It's 9.30 a.m. on a gloriously sunny Boxing Day, and I've just been past the council's ill-advised Ice Rink. I can't help noticing that, in addition to running a massively carbon-intensive ice rink, they've been sure to add to its carbon footprint by leaving the floodlights on all night and into the day. I'll have [...]
libdig_popular seems to be working now.
I wasn't planning on blogging during the holiday but just had to share this website with anyone who's bothering to read. According to this morning's newspaper a local district council is promoting the site to help people not to buy too much food for Christmas or more importantly, not to throw it away at the end of the festive period. I've just had a little look and found some interesting
This is one of those things that you walk past and don't really notice - I know I have passed it on literally hundreds of occasions - so I stopped and had a read. The inscription reads: "The Hampstead Figure F E McWilliam 1964" I'm not sure that I appreciated that it is in fact an abstracted female figure on a plinth! So I undertook some digging and discovered that F.E. McWilliam (1909-1992) was an Irish sculptor from Banbridge, County Down. A student at Belfast School of Art and Slade School of Fine Art in London. Intially he studied painting ...
Too many cities in the Arabian Gulf have swept away their heritage on the principle 'Out with the old, in with the new!' As a result, places like Kuwait City have almost no worthwhile heritage left. But Qatar's capital, Doha, is an exception. The central Souq Waqif was in a pretty sorry state 20 [...]
Whatever thoughts crossed my mind that weren't worth a whole post. 13:49 wishes SB would stop replaying Noddy Holder's screech. Wait, it's stopped. is that the end? *hopes* #Microblogging using LoudTwitter and Twitter. matgb_twitter is there if you're mad enough.
Oh bugger. Another one of my icons falls. Ironic, that it was Christmas Day, given her greatest hit. I prefer to think of her in playful mode, as she so often was. A fond farewell, then, to one of the sexiest and most powerful performers this planet has ever known. Michelle Pfieffer didn't even come close.
