I watched the Guy Martin episode where he was training to fly an old vampire jet. As always with the Guy Martin, its always very interesting to watch, I have watched more or less everything he has done and read…
Politics
Climate Change
What is Climate Change?
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Climate change is a change in weather patterns due to increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which has a small warming effect. This small effect, although only 1 or 2 degrees, has a big effect on the weather because of…
Climate Change
AI could save the planet – Really?
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I read recently that Bill Gates said that AI could save the planet. I don’t have any time for this, I’ll let you google that one and fill your boots. All I would like to say is that with the…
Climate Change
Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carriers – Bad for the Climate
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I was very disappointed to learn recently that the new aircraft carriers here in the UK are designed to last for 50 years and are DIESEL powered. That kind of makes a mockery of the politicians telling us diesel cars…
Climate Change, Electric Cars
Electric Cars: Where will the Electricity Come From?
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Reading elsewhere in this blog, its obvious I’m not a fan of electric cars. If we did have more electric cars, which most people can’t afford in any case, where would the electricity come from? We can’t keep shipping wood…
Politics
Have the Conservatives run out of Ideas?
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I don’t think they have, because they didn’t have any to begin with. Their candidate is PM but hasn’t won a general election so we never really know what he stood for and crucially, he still has no idea what…
Aviation, Europe, Politics
UK Might Need a Volunteer Army … Really?
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Its a coincidence that I was writing about the folly of the F35, with too few aircraft and not enough pilot training due to the astronomic costs, and we have articles by the government that we might need a volunteer…
Aviation, Politics
F35/Terrifying World War 3 Scenario
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I’m not military, just interested in all things aviation all my life. I read recently the excellent story of Top Gun by the first commander who helped create it, Top Gun by Dan Pederson. In the last chapter there are…
Climate Change, Electric Cars, Politics
My wishes for 2024
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Climate We need to stop worldwide deforestation. Now. We need to replace all the rain forest that has been destroyed in the past 30 or 40 years, by planting the equivalent new trees. Then we need to plant some more.…
Politics
Its the Unelected Government!
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David Cameron returns as foreign secretary, despite being unelected, because they have made him a life peer. Does he deserve this? After serving and then resigning as an MP? No doubt offered big money as well. So the UK now…