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Power Plant Fueled By Nut Shells
sbszine writes "The Sydney Morning Herald is running an article about a green power plant that runs on the discarded shells of macadamia nuts. The power plant, located in Gympie, Queensland, is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by around 9500 tonnes in its first year of operation."
I beg of you, all amiga people out there, please start posting to this forum. It's over ridden with trolls! Help restore what was once a thriving amiga community, help please!
-Koft
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A man walks into a bar - he sits down and orders a drink. The barman gives him his drink, accompanied by a bowl of nuts. To his surprise, a voice comes from the nut bowl. "You look great tonight!" it said, "You really look fantastic... and that aftershave is just wonderful!"
The man is obviously a little confused, but tries to ignore it. Realising he has no cigarettes he wanders over to the cigarette machine. After inserting his money, another voice emits from the machine. "You're a TOTAL LOOSER... My God you STINK... Do you know, you're almost AS UGLY AS YOUR MOTHER!"
By now, the man is extremely perplexed. He turns to the barman for an explanation. "Ah yes sir," the barman responds, "The nuts are complimentary, but the cigarette machine is out of order."
"You lied to me! There is a Swansea!"
hey this is silly! they are burning FOOD to make electricity/power?
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i don't get it. i'm having more blackouts then i'm hungry, eh, NO, vice versa: i'm more hungry then i get blackouts. nevermind.
anyway what are they using the extra electricity/power for anyway? for watching TV? cooking food? downloading more Pr0n from the internet? smellting more beer cans?
"just get a decend size nuke plant", says may grumbling tummy.
ai-ya!
just kidding
US President George Bush has said there is no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved in the 11 September attacks.
The comments - among his most explicit so far on the issue - come after a recent opinion poll found that nearly 70% of Americans believed the Iraqi leader was personally involved in the attacks.
Mr Bush did however repeat his belief that the former Iraqi president had ties to al-Qaeda - the group widely regarded as responsible for the attacks on New York and Washington.
Critics of the war on Iraq have accused the US administration of deliberately encouraging public confusion to generate support for military action.
At a time when the credibility of government intelligence and information is under the spotlight, President Bush probably had little choice but to scotch the confusion, says the BBC's Ian Pannell in Washington.
But if the public believes that they were given the wrong impression by the administration, then there may be a political cost involved with the presidential campaign under way, our correspondent says.
Lack of clarity
"We have no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the 11 September attacks," Mr Bush told reporters as he met members of Congress on energy legislation.
Many Americans believe that some of the hijackers were Iraqi - when none were - and that the attacks had been orchestrated by Baghdad, despite any concrete evidence to support that.
This confusion has been partly attributed to, at best a lack of clarity by the administration and at worst, deliberate obfuscation, correspondents say.
As recently as last Sunday, Vice-President Dick Cheney, refused to rule out a link between Iraq and 11 September, saying "'we don't know".
"We will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who've had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11."
Jordanian link
On Wednesday, Mr Bush said Mr Cheney was right about suspicions of a link between Iraq and al-Qaeda, citing the case of Jordanian Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a leader of an Islamic group in northern Iraq called Ansar al-Islam believed to have links to al-Qaeda.
The US believes Mr Zarqawi received medical treatment in Baghdad and helped to orchestrate the assassination of a US diplomat in Jordan.
And Mr Bush denied there had been any attempt by his administration to try to confuse people about links between Saddam Hussein and 11 September.
"What the vice-president said was is that he [Saddam] has been involved with al-Qaeda.
"And Zarqawi, an al-Qaeda operative, was in Baghdad. He's the guy that ordered the killing of a US diplomat... There's no question that Saddam Hussein had al-Qaeda ties."
Actually there is a reall cool revolving door down the street at the Ikea. It speeds up or slows down depending on how many people are about.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.