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From: Steve Firth on 7 Dec 2009 17:51 DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: > "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote > > DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: > > > >> > > >> > What's "real" about sticking your head in the sand as you have been? > >> > >> So you're tellling me that Fiestas are regularly to be seen carrying 5 > >> people that have managed to stop all bodily functions? > > > > Am I? Perhaps you can point to the message ID of the post in which I > > made such a claim? > > As a reminder, the statement you made is that there are certain cars that, > if carrying 5 people, the car's emission is less per person than 5 cyclists. Are there any words that you don't understand, other than the word "if"? > That leaves out two inconvenient omissions that I have included for you. I've already commented on your attempts to put words into my mouth. [snip] > >> Did you have some particularly good bottles last night? > > > > And more ad hominem, it just comes naturally to you, doesn't it? > > Still drunk. Libel is, I suppose, a step on from ad hominem. Just not a very good direction to choose. No doubt you will later try to argue that my behaviour falls far short of the perfection shown by the URC clique, and then you'll wonder why people are laughing at you.
From: Tony Dragon on 7 Dec 2009 18:05 Adrian wrote: > "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like > they were saying: > >>> Right. We're no "cleaner" than we were in the '50s, when we used to get >>> thick polluted fogs in London regularly, largely caused by the >>> widespread burning of fossil fuels for power, heating, public >>> transport... > >> Don't get confused (as the media does) by the distinction between toxic >> pollutants and CO2. > > I'm well aware of the difference, thanks. > > I just seem to recall that we used to burn somewhere around one metric > shitload of coal. We don't any more. > > Coal is made from... just remind me... Oh, yes. Dead dinosaurs. Carbon. > And when you burn it... Ummm... In fact, just remind me - oh, yes. Coal > power stations are considered to emit much more CO2 than oil or gas power > stations, aren't they? Would you like to remember again where coal comes from? This time get it right. -- Tony Dragon
From: DavidR on 7 Dec 2009 18:15 "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jadm0g.10a602910imhzeN%%steve%@malloc.co.uk... > DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: > >> "Steve Firth" <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote >> > DavidR <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >> > What's "real" about sticking your head in the sand as you have been? >> >> >> >> So you're tellling me that Fiestas are regularly to be seen carrying 5 >> >> people that have managed to stop all bodily functions? >> > >> > Am I? Perhaps you can point to the message ID of the post in which I >> > made such a claim? >> >> As a reminder, the statement you made is that there are certain cars >> that, >> if carrying 5 people, the car's emission is less per person than 5 >> cyclists. > > Are there any words that you don't understand, other than the word "if"? > >> That leaves out two inconvenient omissions that I have included for you. > > I've already commented on your attempts to put words into my mouth. I have not attributed anything to you that you have not said. What you have said does not show a grip of reality. > [snip] > >> >> Did you have some particularly good bottles last night? >> > >> > And more ad hominem, it just comes naturally to you, doesn't it? >> >> Still drunk. > > Libel is, I suppose, a step on from ad hominem. Just not a very good > direction to choose. No doubt you will later try to argue that my > behaviour falls far short of the perfection shown by the URC clique, and > then you'll wonder why people are laughing at you. Well, if it bothers you, use English words.
From: Peter Grange on 7 Dec 2009 18:17 On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:05:58 +0000, Tony Dragon <tony.dragon(a)btinternet.com> wrote: >Adrian wrote: >> "DavidR" <curedham(a)4bidden.org.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much like >> they were saying: >> >>>> Right. We're no "cleaner" than we were in the '50s, when we used to get >>>> thick polluted fogs in London regularly, largely caused by the >>>> widespread burning of fossil fuels for power, heating, public >>>> transport... >> >>> Don't get confused (as the media does) by the distinction between toxic >>> pollutants and CO2. >> >> I'm well aware of the difference, thanks. >> >> I just seem to recall that we used to burn somewhere around one metric >> shitload of coal. We don't any more. >> >> Coal is made from... just remind me... Oh, yes. Dead dinosaurs. Carbon. >> And when you burn it... Ummm... In fact, just remind me - oh, yes. Coal >> power stations are considered to emit much more CO2 than oil or gas power >> stations, aren't they? > >Would you like to remember again where coal comes from? >This time get it right. Big holes in the ground ;-) Don't be too surprised if we start digging more big holes to get more of it too. We've used most of the other stuff we had, and are importing lots. Coal might be dirty and pollutant, but the politicians are more averse to letting their constituents freeze to death than they are saving a future government problems. -- Pete
From: Peter Grange on 7 Dec 2009 18:22
On Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:52:25 +0000, Happi Monday <happi(a)munday.com> wrote: >Halmyre wrote: > >> URCM - what's that? uk.rec.cycling.mutual masturbation? > >That ain't bright enough to do that, although i think they're into >sucking each other off. Try that in lycra shorts :-) Well, no, don't, actually. -- Pete |