Off the shelf wind turbines

The DIY superstore B&Q have started selling domestic wind turbines.

How fucking good is that!

The 1kW turbines are retailing at just shy of £1500 (Including installation and a suitablity survey) and can be bought online or off the shelf in around 100 stores. Deatails here

It seems that the hated (In some quarters) market is beginning to supply on an increasingly large scale many of the environmentally concious products that many of us have been straining at the leash for.

B&Q obviously feel there is a demand for such appliances, so it's up to us to show that they haven't been wrong in supplying wind turbines.

The Government, while having been virtually inert, can I suppose sit back a bit and feel satisfied that the market has begun to work as they would like. Whether turbines at £1500 will fly off the shelves (Hur hur!) though is a different matter, or at least it is for those who would gain the most from creating their own energy, the poorest and the increasingly squeezed lowe middle-classes.

Still, kudos to B&Q.

Alright?

Um...court was interesting. Although since it was almost a week ago now that I attended, my memory of the event is somewhat diluted (Thedacs-speak for 'Can't remember a bloody thing').

What's ahppening in the world then?

A mass mutual masturbation session is happening in Manchester and in the pages of the Guardian, as the Labour Party hold their annual snore-a-thon, sorry, conference.

Spack-face Brown is ready to inherent the leadership, Blair has given his final speech and all those who can't stand the wanker are duly applauding his final speech 'cos they're hypocritical fuckers. Or maybe they're just polite.

Richard Beardy Branson pledges billions to tackle climate change and mouths off about needing greener fuels. Smashing up all your planes with a pickaxe might go a lot further to tackling climate change Rich.

Richard Hammond survives 300mph crash, media fill a few days with pointless hand-wringing over entertainment-not-worth-a-life wailing into a void of public indifference. Public mostly just glad that Hammond ok.

Bush gets to look like even more of a plum by condemning leaked reports that suggest invading Iraq has increased the cause of terrorism.

Ipswich climb up the Championship table, MK Dons keep their high position in League Two.

The money has rapidly disappeared, depression hangs heavy over thedacs household, it gets dark outside not long after 7pm now, all the gear has gone up in a puff of smoke and the washing up seems to be on a continuous and never ending cycle in the kitchen.

We're still here though...

In court today

Not for sentencing or anything but as part of the new job, gotta sit through a few trials.

Will either be fascinating or dreary as watching paint dry.

Will let you know afterwards.

CBA

Sent home from my new job on the second day (And no, I haven't been sacked but told that since there is no one in the office this afternoon it would be unfair and a waste to leave me there untrained and alone - fair enough) and, although having dusted, wiped down, hoovered, washed up and tidied the place up since getting at 1:30, I feel like I should be doing something constructive with my time.

There isn't anything I want to do (Not helped by Kismet laying on my lap, purring away and generally acting like the world's most gorgeous cat ever!), even GTA doesn't hold any appeal and the computer (Which I can very happily spend hours on) just feels like it will drain me of life unless I get constructive.

Drawing up a cartoon I drew on paper with the graphics tablet should be something that i'll leap at, but quite honestly, I can't be arsed.

Solar power ain't all it's cracked up to be

That's according to this reader response to this article in the Guardian.

Thedacs liked the original article so much we linked to it days ago, but the reader response does contain some important questions and problems regarding the unbridaled power of solar panels - like maybe a more realistic cost and savings conversion.

The focus should be on a consumers entire energy use and not solely on what could be construed as a fashion accessory, according to the writer.

We say fair enough, a valid and pertinant point, but where'ss the fun in that?! To the Arena of Death where they must fight until the ground is awash with their enemies blood, and then recycled.

Ramblers and Wind Farms

The Ramblers' Association is looking to oppose the construction of wind farms in Britain.

Whether wind farms are the most efficient renewable energy source out there or not (I would prefer to see micro wind turbines on all domestic and commercial properties where possible), they look fantastic.


Rambler's on the other hand, are a bunch of arrogant townies who look like...well, this...

Cartoon rehash