Whether shale or conventional, properly drilled AND completed wells don't leak, period.

It's a typical US problem, originally sanctioned by the Cheney administration.

Indeed, start investing in countries where renewable energy is developed!

Or stay behind.

Why?

All signs are that an increase in the price of polluting energy sources does not just boosts the development of alternatives but is especially making people and companies work more efficient.

Strange statement, if it were true then how come countries like Denmark and Germany that spend a lot of money and resources on renewable energy are doing better than many other EU countries?

PS, they don't shrink.

Indeed, the availability of good food and healthcare is an important factor.

In the 1950's the average Dutch man was 1m73, presently he is about 1m81, that's 3 inches more over just two generations.

The present generation of young men ~20y/o is around 1m84.
But as with all statistics you have to check the small print, in 1970 I was drafted for the military (10% of males) and the average length of conscripts was already 1m86.

Another interesting observation is the correlation between length and education, the taller people tend to be better educated.
One source (Dutch):
http://www.cbs.nl/nl-NL/menu/t...

There is no reason to limit yourself to Unity, distro's like Kubuntu and Lubuntu are available in the official Ubuntu repositories.

My tablet has it's own spell checker, why doesn't yours?

Yeah I know you're a cop 24/7/365, April 1978 I was in the London, Kentucky courthouse when a local cop was accused of entering a house without search warrant.

He wasn't wearing anything to make him out as a cop, he was off shift and thought as a private person he could get away with it but was sentenced harsher because as a cop he should have known better.

The whole story was funny like hell and I truly enjoyed it.

You got it!

As many others I understand the willingness of the EU court to enable people a shot at loosing a certified stupid remark that's lingering on the net.
On the other hand we understand this is neigh impossible by 'just' editing the search results.
I think the comments in the EU ruling give enough leeway to the search engines to not delete (the link to) a whole article just because there's one commenter with regrets.

I saw you coming :)

You mean like the common American 'Rent a Cop' who wears his government supplied uniform and weapons while off shift?

Next time there's a similar emergency in the States you should follow the news, there was foreign help after these incidents.

A US-made problem is that it all has to be done by US registered vessels and the US Corps of Engineers, for foreigners it's very difficult to offer equipment and personnel.

Uhh, she was in the process of undressing...

I'm not sure what rock you're living under but Malala is quite frequently in the Western European news for commenting on or attending one or other international conference on the subject of women education.

You are correct that Atyarthi is working in one country but you seem to forget (or don't know) it's the world's second most populated country and they have some horrendous problems re. women and children rights.

The award was also a sign to the people and politicians of India and Pakistan they are facing similar problems and should reconsider their hostilities.

Unless I missed she is from Africa, the Far East or the Americas, I'm pretty sure she's presently living among the same Eurasian race that brought forth her would-be killers...

What does set her attackers apart is their warped interpretation of a wide spread Semitic monotheistic religion that got polluted by ancient Middle Eastern tribalism.