GIP

The first on my block lol

Children of Earth for Children in Need

Folx - pop over here and donate a few quid to Children in Need as a thanks to the Torchwood showmakers, especially poor James Moran, who's borne the brunt of fannish spleen. I thank you!

http://www.justgiving.com/Thankyou-James-Moran/

More Top Gear debunking yey

What I should be doing: cleaning up for the annual real estate inspection tomorrow.

What I am doing: pondering Jeremy Clarkson's repeated remark that human activities only contribute 3% of atmospheric CO2.

Now, I don't know if Jezza's figure is correct in the first instance, but according to Wikipedia, 95% of the stuff comes from natural processes, so it's probably pretty close. However, as Wikipedia explains:

"Although natural sources represent most CO2 emissions, they do not contribute to the recent observed increase in concentrations because natural sources are balanced by natural sinks that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The increase in carbon dioxide concentration arises because the increase from human activity is not completely balanced by a corresponding sink."

This would explain the huge increase in CO2 levels since the beginning of the industrial age; we may only be producing a little each year, but it's got nowhere to go. Whack the figures into a compound interest calculator and you'll get some idea of the problem. (Plus, at the same time, we're stripping the forests that have been soaking up the naturally produced CO2 for millions of years.) So, even if Jeremy's right about the figure, he's wrong about what it means.

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*Googling noises* Oh, so that's who Menudo are! Always wondered.

FAIL

International Blog Against Racism Week 2009 runs from 27 July - 2 August. And I ain't ready. I had mad plans to write up a big essay on slavery in Australia (oh yes) but I just haven't managed to do it in time. Next year. I will post the links I collected while writing my Time Unincorporated essay, though.

Misheard lyric

"The smell of that chick's just put my spine out of place!"