Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of discussion in the mainstream media about the volume of waste humans produce. Part of the discussion centres around the fact that both India and China are now stopping imports of other countries waste products. To make it worse, humans are still consuming lots of products wrapped in plastic and have no desire to slow down that … [Read more...]
Jatropha Plants
I am one of those old fashioned people who believes that the internal combustion engine still has life in it, not necessarily with carbon-based fuels like petrol or diesel, but with bio-diesels from plants or waste products. In several news items over the past few years I have spoken about the possible use of Jatropha as a source of bio-diesel and is actually the name of a … [Read more...]
Governments Have Spasms in Their Knees
It seems that Governments need to visit their doctors - they have spasms in their joints that are causing knee jerk reactions! One of them is the politically correct “decision" to ban all cars using petrol or diesel and to only allow cars fitted with electric motors to be sold or operated in their regions. Remember, it was the same Governments that heavily promoted diesel as … [Read more...]