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If you want to travel by rail, you could cover most of the major cities in Northern Europe in two weeks but I would consider avoiding London as it's a bit out on a limb. You could do something like Paris, Brussels, Amsterdamn, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Munich, Zurich. But you won't see hardly anythi...

If you want to travel by rail, you could cover most of the major cities in Northern Europe in two weeks but I would consider avoiding London as it's a bit out on a limb. You could do something like Paris, Brussels, Amsterdamn, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Munich, Zurich.

I've just found this House of Commons briefing paper that explains the backgound of restricting state pension increases overseas:

Frozen overseas pensions
http://researchbriefings.files.parliame ... N01457.pdf

A big advantage of reducing emissions a 100% by using renewable energy for most countries would be that you stop giving huge amounts of money to people that hate you anyway, in either Russia, the Middle East or now, even Trump's America.

Small-Scale Solar Is Bound To Expand Rapidly After New EU Renewable Energy Deal https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/15/small-scale-solar-is-bound-to-expand-rapidly-after-new-eu-renewable-energy-deal/ "The agreement between the European Parliament and EU governments establishes the right of European ci...

I saw a new Tesla X the other day in Europe and that is a good looking SUV if you have that kind of money to spend on cars, as well as ridiculous acceleration:
https://www.tesla.com/en_GB/modelx

kangkung*** Why is the fried kangkung here nothing but thick inedible stems?

I'm no expert on culinary arts but my perception is that it needs to be cooked when it's very fresh and most places don't have that level of freshness.

I think it is like a lot of other things here; the HiSo's that can afford the cars have their own little clique and it is not run to show them off to the peasants,...

They don't want loads of people turning up with 1960's Datsun pickups! (Which is a pity, because I wouldn't mind one.)

I've never eaten much Japanese food Pete but when I lived in Indonesia, I ate tofu all the time without any problems. They had another dish, Tempe, also made from soya and I loved the stuff, used to have it for lunch every day.

What if Canada had spent $200bn on wind energy instead of oil? https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2018/jun/15/canada-oil-sands-pipeline-trans-mountain-what-if-invest-renewable-wind-energy In explaining Canada's decision to nationalise the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5b...

To be honest, there isn't all that much thinking to be done, the world is about to change to a new era of cheap, sustainable energy:

New US Solar Record — 2.155 Cents Per kWh!
https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/14/ne ... y-storage/

That Honda city car in the video above is similar to the Renault Twizy which has been around in Europe for a few years now. You see quite a few of them around where I am in Luxembourg city, I think mainly because you can find places to park them on the small old streets in the centre of town. I know...

Jim Bridenstine’s sudden agreement with the scientific consensus on climate change hints that the GOP isn’t as skeptical about the science when it suits them https://rantt.com/republican-climate-change-denial-is-the-real-hoax/ "Of course, this would mean that the Republican stance on climate change ...

I suppose people a hundred odd years ago tried to stop petrol taking over from horses to protect the profits of horsefeed companies!

Discoveries of lush tropical grasses and trees have been found under the melted ice in areas of Antarctica.

From fifty odd million years ago when C02 levels were more than double what they are now and sea levels were 200 feet higher!