Author Archives: chairman

Yup: you read that right: bottled water is more expensive than petrol!! So – not only due you drink water that in most cases is not even more pure than tap water, but you are also paying stupidly insane prices … Continue reading →

Any item that is considered to be “disposable” has the costs of disposing of it transferred from the manufacturer to society as a whole. Think about it: we all pay for the costs of disposing of such items through our … Continue reading →

It also emerges that putting electrical appliances into standby mode eats up the power from threee or four entire power stations per annum in the UK in 2006. Let’s just run that past again: three to four power stations need … Continue reading →

How much of a no-brainer is this?! – Lightbulbs are a very energy inefficient method of lighting: they cost 3 to 4 times as much as a flourescent tube and wear out much quicker. The only reason we still use … Continue reading →

In my day job I am the webmaster for a large global company. We have a site that I inherited that needs to be updated, and some web design agencies have found out about this and are starting to send … Continue reading →

I don’t know if you are aware, but I once undertook a massive labour of love: over 18 months of evenings and weekend I created the Heart of Empire CD-Rom with my personal hero, Bryan Talbot. Bryan created the art … Continue reading →

Wow – I still cannot believe it! The fanpage that I run for the legendary English comic artist and author Bryan Talbot at http://www.bryan-talbot.com/ is now ten years old! I honestly do not know of any other fanpages out there … Continue reading →

The environment is the only thing on the problem horizon that has the capacity to affect every single person on the planet. Think about it: as bad as AIDS is we can implement strategies to deal with it. (and especially … Continue reading →

In the republic we are unashamedly humanist; we value human life FAR more than any animal…. What this means is that if there is some research that needs to be done to save human lives that requires some animal testing … Continue reading →

Consider these facts: The Earth is the only planet in the solar system where from the surface a satellite appears to be exactly the same size as the Sun. The planets that are closer to the Sun than us – … Continue reading →