Friday 18 September 2009

Ofsquawk

Lots of blundering ‘ofs’ with rheumy eyes, triple-calcified joints, and a short-sightedness that brings a whole new term to dystopic-malfunctioning.

Ofgem, that toothless parrot of quangos squawks again, and in response energy companies do their usual two fingered dance. 

Good to see markets are working. 

Friday 11 September 2009

Carbonfree

And a whole new range is born with the strap-line, "made, produced, delivered and consumed, free* of carbon - guaranteed!"

* ± 100% carbon removal efficiency

Wednesday 2 September 2009

Rich poor divide? No way!

Research conducted by martin evans and lewis williams in the department of social policy and social work at the university of oxford that compares the effects of taxes & benefits over time from 1979, 1997 and 2008, has concluded that the rich are indeed richer, the middle class about the same, and the poor even with relatively (although not special) taken into consideration, poorer in 2008.

A summary can be viewed here.