Global Warmists: New Frontiers
In one of those departures from reality so common among Global Warmists, we learn that television advertising has a huge "carbon footprint". Out of Australia, where wombats and moonbats frolic together, we here at DBKP were horrified to learn:
AUSTRALIAN television advertising is producing as much as 57 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hour, and thirty second ad breaks are among the worst offenders, according to audit figures from pitch consultants TrinityP3.
TrinityP3 managing director Darren Woolley said emissions are calculated by measuring a broadcasters’ power consumption and that of a consumer watching an ad on television in their home, B&T Magazine reports.
“We look at the number of households and the number of TVs, and then the proportion of TVs that are plasma, LCD or traditional, and calculate energy consumption based on those factors,” Woolley said."
Now, the curious might ask: why anyone would care about this?
TrinityP3 (Isn't the excess use of the 3 carbon wasteful?) helpfully explains.
"TrinityP3 is formalising a standard carbon footprint measurement of advertising, which it claims will be the first of its kind. "
Yeah.
And my soon-to-be-assembled dog bowl collection will be the first of its kind. So what?
Obviously this useless blather is about an attempt to sell consulting services to idiot advertisers--intent on trying to appease their moronic audiences--by somehow implying that they have balanced their carbon footprint. Most commercials are between 15 and 30 seconds. The programs run 40 minutes to the hour. So if you really wanted to save on energy, keep the advertisements and get rid of the programming.
That should work just fine.
by pat
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* Conservation finance
* gawker
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http://www.news.com.au/story/
Aussie streaker Robert Ogilvie, age 26, picked the wrong time and the wrong place to run last night at the second day final cricket match between India and Australia in Brisbane.
Ogilvie admitted he'd had a bit to drink before he took off his clothes and ran out onto the field where 30,000 fans were in attendance and got more than they and Ogilvie bargained for.
Batsman Andrew Symonds won't be charged while Ogilvie was fined $1500.00 by a local magistrate.
Asked by reporters if he felt embarrassed by his antics, Ogilvie replied: "No. Not really."
He added that he would not do it again saying: "Nah, Nah. Done it once."
Admitting it had been the first time he had streaked, he said: "You only live once."
By LBG
Image - Sydney Morning Herald
Source - Youtube
Source - Sydney Morning Herald
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Robbers wearing ski masks and waving machetes burst into a western Sydney club in Australia Wednesday evening only to end up hog-tied and beaten by bikers.
The robbers had burst into the club and yelled at the patrons to "lie down" while they attempted to rob the cash register. What they didn't realize was that 50 members of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club were meeting in another room.
‘We caught him at the fence and crash-tackled him and hog-tied him to the ground and waited for the police to get there,’’ Jester said.
There's an estimated 35 outlaw biker gangs in Australia with 3,500 members. Aussies call them "bikies."
In 2007 the Aussie police vowed a "crackdown" on bikies during the funeral of a member of the Bandidos. The police were going to "get tough" by issuing tickets for not wearing a helmet and that all bikies were licensed and their bikes registered.
This action by the Aussie police stems from violence between different gangs, shootings and arson over "drug distribution."
As for the two robbers, in trying to escape the bikers one leapt off a balcony while the other tried to flee through a service entrance only to end up slightly beaten but humiliatingly hog-tied.
By LGB
Image - Aussie Biker Gang
Source - Sun Times
Source - Foreign Policy
Source - Times Online
Image - Biker sign
Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.
Pixelaneous #30
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It's called the art of Pooktre, growing and shaping trees into art and furniture. It's the invention of Australian, Peter Cook.In 1987, he had been at one of his favorite places were three large fig trees nestled under the cliff face. As he was walking home from the cliffs behind the cabin the idea came to him, “I wonder if I can grow a chair”. Telling his partner at the time about his idea, she hated the concept.
The more he thought about it the more logical it seemed. Not deterred he started the very next day. He took 7 cuttings from a willow and planted them in a U shape in the area where he directed the waste water from the cabin. Source - Pooktre
Nine years later Peter joined up with Becky Northey. Located near Brisbane, Peter and Becky tend their garden, Pooktre Tree Shapers.
Future Bed
Pixelaneous #29: Top 10 Fantastic Art Pictures
By LGB
Source - Newsday
Source - Pooktre
Death by 1000 Papercuts Front Page.
