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Yup, my thoughts too.

Look, AGW is NOT caused by humans, bottom line, therefore, the reason for this thread. However, no one is going to argue with you when you say that we should be less destructive (rainforests etc.) and no one is will argue that we should be less wasteful. However, joining up the two with AGW is where you will meet disagreement. Green Taxing is nothing more than a means of ripping us off and that is why people are getting a bit irrate to say the least.

Ian Plimer in his book, Heaven and Earth, goes to great lengths to show that humans actually prosper in periods of global warming. The latest thing being touted by Radio 5 Live: short haul flights are to become a thing of the past because of CO2 Emissions. In future trips to the south of France etc. will be managed by fast speed rail links (dream on). Fast link or otherwise, a trip on the train is a journey back to the Dark Ages.

Precisely. You'd think that he'd come up with is own assessment of the dissesnters instead of recycling the tacky insults from the AGW camp. Doesn't he realise, that among the voices of the dissenters, are people who are as highly, if not, more highly qualified that those who profess AGW? What an absolute tw@t tw@at and double tw@t. Strange thing: Bearing in mind, we have fools speaking through the (even more foolish) media, telling us that we should be using only one sheet of lavvy roll etc., YET, no one, not a single one, has spoken out against the increasingly popular use of Christmas lights. With every passing year, we get more and more like the States, where people completely cover their homes in lights. Take that, agasint the backdrop of the banning of standard light bulbs becasue they use too much energy, and you wouldn't be surprised if the death penatly were re-introduced for such a henious crime! Do you think, that such goes unmentioned becasue the backlash from the public would be so great as to threaten the AGW religion?

Also heard on Radio 5 Live some commentaror (woman) stating that reproduction (having kids) is enviromentally irresponsible. On the same station (going back a bit) was another stupid cow going on about how we should use only ONE sheet of lavvy role per visit. No wonder Neil is getting frustrated and worried. Why are these people even allowed to breathe let alone be allowed onto a reputable mainstream news station in order to promote this tripe! As per usual, the thick-as-s**** British public support all this PC crap by turning up to mass demonstrations demanding that world-powers do something about it at Copenhagen. If they actually put together their individual brain cell the might actually see that they are the ones who will have to pay the price and are thus, metaphorically, being screwed over a barrell. Makes me very angry indeed!

Dunc at Hypertech will sort you out with fitting and alignment. Couple of hours max

Well, much of the I'm reading in his book at the moment, is brain damage. Chapter 1, Introduction, was pretty good and would have been sufficient for my purpose. Much of the material that he mentions, I have heard from other sources, so it cements some of the things I have already read. The next chapter on History is murder. He gives a very detailed and complex account of historical climate-change from millions of years ago to present times. However, how can anyone, who wasn't there all those millions of years ago (I'm not convinced we have been here that long anyway) possibly recount these changes with such accuracy? Reading it, is like wading through porridge, but the gist of the chapter is worthwhile. Anyway, I'll pursue it for another bit longer...

My book Heaven and Earth by Professor Ian Plimer arrived today! Only read about 6 pages. So far it's very readable and some very interesting information. The IPCC have a LOT to answer for! Great front page newspaper report posted above... The consensus among commentators is that AGW is on its way out, I really hope so!

That white motor's a belter man!

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Yes, but deforestation, overfishing, plastics poisoning the sea and any of the other (real) issues previously mentioned (nice write-up Z), don't get the same air-play because they cannot be used to hammer us and businesses with a Green Tax and the certainly don't attract huge research budgets which keep the white-coated lab rats in a job. As for energy saving light bulbs... where is the ingenuity in those???? They don't give off any freaking light, so no wonder they save energy! But do they tell us of the high mercury-content used in making them, and how hazardous it is to breathe the air in a room where one has been dropped and smashed? No. How do we dispose of these potentially harmful items - landfill! I should say, this is something I heard but as yet haven’t checked out, so feel free to correct me on this while I pursue a reliable source I know the BBC have an agenda (they all do), but I'm really surprised that they are so stubborn. It's beyond belief, despicable actually. Thanks for the links Neil, I will have a squiz at them later

She pointed out that the BBC are not telling anyone about this... which is pretty obvious, but why??? Why would a reputable news service NOT report such a huge issue. I can't fathom that at all. Do they have an agenda? Or should I ask, what is their agenda? Listening and reading about this stuff is making the AGW issue seem more and more ridiculous by the day; how can anyone in their right mind be duped by this? What does this say about our media, our governments our scientists our enviromentalists and others in a postion of authority and power? If this is a huge farce and we really are being "taken in" by all of these poeple... then, why stop at AGW? What else are they not telling us? What else are they lying about? I have always been skeptical of governments and wouldnt trust them as far as I could throw them; but this is in another league. So much for freedom and democracy... what a crock that is.

I can't imagine replacing a knock-sensor would be a great deal of money, but I think it might be a pain to get to, so there might be a couple of hours in labour to replace it. If your KS isn't working correctly then yes, I would imagine that you would experience those symptoms. The senor being faulty, will retard the timing and store the values. The next time knock is detected, it retards the timing from the stored values, therefore, the symptoms get progressivley worse. I had a simialir issue, where the timing was retarded on account of the KS picking up "something". There was no CEL as there was no issues with any component; my issue was a cracked ringland which the KS picked up on. Your case seems to be much more straight forward in that your KS is faulty. Try swapping it out for a known working version.

I have no argument with geologists, just what some of them say some of the time! Even geologists don't agree with each other from time to time. And I can't yet say I belive the Prof Plimer until I have read his book; which I am really looking forward too!

I recently read an article by an Australian geologist (Prof. Ian Plimer) who thinks that GW is a farce, which can be read here. It was so good, I decided to order his book from here! Edit: I just realised that Professor Ian Plimer and his book is actually mentioned in Neil's links!

I know. All I'm saying is that they are blaming it on fossil fuels. So, why the big emergency when the fossil fuels are almost gone? Just let us burn them like crazy, get them out the way for the "clean fuels" and everyone can be happy!

There in lies the whole point! Why are we getting in such a state about Global Warming when main reason for it, is running out? Oh I know, there is no GW its just a way of making money from the ignorant masses who daren't challenge a man in white coat with some letters after his name! As for the world being a more peaceful place; I doubt it. Mankind will always find a way to wage war. When a viable alternative to oil is discovered or designed, then inevitably there will be some countries that will be resource-rich and others who wont... then the tension begins!

Hmmm, kinda what I was thinking too. The former editor of the science magazine "Nature" appeared on radio and TV and among many other things. stated that the amount of human-produced CO2 was an infinitesimal amount when compared to the naturally occurring CO2. He said that if our planet is warming, there is just no way we puny humans are causing it. Wildly paraphrased of course.

BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8377465.stm

Noooooo noooo nonono!

I know nothing about the car mate, but welcome along anyway. I'd comment on your car but for the stupid restrictions on my works network preventing the pictures from loading

Great stuff, keep it coming!

Good find. There is a wealth of information available in magazine articles, the Internet and books that expose this garbage for what it is. Foisting this nonsense onto the public is nothing less than criminal. No point in blaming the Labour governement for it, as it is not entirely limited to them. Fear not, Cameron will drop a huge green hammer on all of us as well, just as soon as he gets in (Please God NO!). This country leads the world in fighting climate change; in otherwords, we are so steeped in polictial correctness that we are unable to see sense, even in this. Why would the government not embrace it? Through hammering business, motorists and households with Green taxes, they are making a killing. Owning up to the truth would cost them a fortune. And we can't have truth, not at that cost!

OHHHHH Yes!!!!! Love the green Hoops, compliments the white body work. I'm pretty sure it attracts a lot of attention and passers-by huddle around all the time to look at it.

The V1 looks fantastic Gus