Pablo Escobar was an extraordinarily successful drug Kingpin in Colombia, because of the standards law enforcement in Colombia he was able to demonstrate his well through extravagant spending without worrying if he would be challenged.
Fox Hunt on the edge of Wales crosses through a nature reserve
Fox hunting was banned in the UK a substantial time ago. In theory people do not hunt foxes anymore, the traditional hunting organisations now follow a trail set down.
This is, I am sure, great fun, however there are significant numbers of people who dislike it, as it is not uncommon for a fox to accidentally be killed on these trips.
Continue reading “Fox Hunt on the edge of Wales crosses through a nature reserve”people say adapting to climate changes too expensive- would you say that it was too expensive to defend yourself in a war?
One of the biggest arguments that keeps being made by many people is that even if climate change is true it’s going to cost far too much to do anything about it.
Ant farming of aphids appears more complex than once thought
 Recent analysis has shown that there is another species of farmed animals in the UK. The giant aphid is farmed by brown ants actively on oak trees. Not only do they milk the aphids by removing the sugary watery substance from them but they also herd them between high and low feeding areas. They even create shelters for them (barns in humans terms) from moss lichen and the exoskeletons of Beetles.
Continue reading “Ant farming of aphids appears more complex than once thought”P&O have ordered two new ferries which reduce carbon emissions by 40% being partially battery-powered
While some short distance Ferries have have already gone battery-powered these were across short strips of water. The British channel is a slightly different magnitude of issue. Although the crossing is only 20-30 miles wide (at its shortest) this is still an order of magnitude larger than on pure battery powered craft that have been used in the past.
The individual footprint people in Britain reach the annual carbon footprint of the people from Rwanda and Burundi in as little as two weeks
There are 7 countries in Africa whose citizens emit less CO2 in a year hear them Britons will have done by the 14th of January. By the end of January this has risen significantly, and the average uk citizen will have emitted more CO2 than people living in the majority of the countries in africa
Trump accuses Obama of “violating the carbon footprint”
After Obama flew to Hawaii and amongst other things play Duran of golf trump accused him of having violated the carbon footprint. In actual fact the Obama’s were having a holiday in Hawaii, unlike Trump, Obama doesn’t seem to go places merely to play golf.
Trump’s EPA chief hints that the fuel efficiency requirements are going to rise
Generally any changes in rules to do with cars subsidies electric hand fuel efficiencies have only been to reduce requirements.
It is therefore interesting to see the current EPA chief Andrew Wheeler hinting that the trump administration is going to tighten the standards required to meet. Given this is only undoing a relaxation of these standards made by Trump, we can’t give him much credit- furthermore the confusion that he will have caused can the very best have confused the market and therefore will likely slow the improvement in standards.
Trump is undermining the American national park system
There has been a great number of people involved in the mining and fossil fuel Industries who have greatly resented the land set aside in national parks around America. Under all the ministrations in the past these lands were sacred, set aside for the youths of all citizens of America and all visitors.
Jeremy Clarkson now admits that global warming is real
Over the last few years, after being fired by the BBC Jeremy Clarkson and the original hosts of Top Gear have been making their new show, the Grand Tour.
While the format is different, the Grand Tour is essentially the same show show with a far bigger budget and and in line increases in the dramatic scenes that it can create.