Mod this up!

From the BBC article:
"Its existence depends entirely on what geologists call the mid-Atlantic ridge. This is a chain of underwater volcanoes formed as the ocean is wrenched apart."
I beg to differ. mid-Atlantic ridge forms above the spreading zone, and is by no means a chain of volcanoes.

The "water business" company name curiously translates into "mizu shobai", which means, well - Yakuza. In a country sensitive to such nuances, where "shinju" (pearl) is often taken for allusion to Pearl Harbour that company surely holds a particular name...

So I guess the opponents should spend more money on the lobbying, because so far their arguments do not convince me...

Right, the case of an african doctor donated a solar cell. Just enough energy to either keep refrigerator (storing vaccines) running, or switch on the energy-saving bulb to vaccinate people. Decisions, decisions...
For the same money many doctors could receive the combustion generators with fuel supplies and never worry for the wattage of their fridges.
This is what happens in the Real World when ideologists try bending the world to the phantoms of their imagination.

Maybe off point, but with my wife we used to joke: if the color is green, it must be healthy.
Last year we went to a vineyard in France, where the owner explained he had not applied for the "Bio" label because he used modern selective fungicides, thus his soil is alive. The "Bio" use copper sulfide at such quantities as to completely eradicate the microbial life from their soils. I prefer not to think what they drink from their wells. As agricultural engineer I think this case of "Bio" is entirely harmful.

Unless you accept the situation in which the american farmers have to compete with the third world ones, at high extremity costs (true pollution by pesticides and eutrophication), the fuel subsidies do mean affordable food.
What is called "clean" energy is in reality more polluting by engaging complex technological processes, and at the end perhaps even more CO2 emissions.
And, at the end: It is the CO2 concentration that follows global warming, not the reverse. And yes, non-fossil energy will be needed, but it is not yet ready except the nuclear.

I prefer to die than accept organs from such a poor bloke who refuses to live his life to the limits.

With the RFC'd angel bit on top?

"A sunscreen containing photolyase could potentially heal some of the damage from UV rays that get through"

Genial! Let's extend this method to feeding the beef proteins by massaging meat into the skin!

If upheld, the ruling may illustrate an interesting hypothetical tendency of an overreaching law being gradually cancelled.
Is there a study of law dynamics? Can we describe the oscillations as sinusoid of sawtooth? Did I have too much coffee today?

That may well be so, but who is on the other side benefiting from the price drop? I guess it boils down to the little people (designers) receiving less money from their corporate clients...

Being favoured in the thread about AGW would cause me double-check my basic motor skills before driving a car :-)

Quick! Show me a shaman who would generously accept all of mine and my descendants' money, kidneys and lifelong service. Would that be enough to revert the wrath of The Great AGW Gods?

Where are the results of the same survey among the people connected with the nuclear industry?