On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:40:50 +0100, Andy Hall
wrote:


It's a pity Einstein isn't still around. - "Energy cannot be created or
destroyed" etc. My 100w bulb may only supply 7 watts of light but it
provides 100 watts of heat. If I reduce the power consumed by light bulbs
in my lounge, the central heating switches on, heating my whole house, using
more energy. In the UK we heat our houses for a large part of the year,
especially when it's dark, why not allow the light bulbs to do it?

That is simple enough logic isn't it.

Why not drop an email to Hilary Benn about it. Don't exceed two
syllables in any word. The person who reads it to him should be able
to explain it in a way that most people should be able to understand.

It's doubtful that he will though.

I trained as an engineer, and for me what I find most disheartening
about this country is that a useless tosser of a bloke like that is
making technical decisions.

I don't know whether or not it's a fundamental tenet of democracy that
people who are completely unqualified make the decisions or it's just
the way we do it. I don't even imagine the way he got the job had
anything to do with democracy, who voted to give him it?

DG