Well Done Denmark

[darmstadt]

I generally open the windows and chase flies out rather than kill them.

I am also the chief "putter of spiders outside" in our house.

Do you know, OR, that I'm staying in a woodland loggia in the New Forest Mon-Fri. I seem to share it with a lot of ladybirds - I think they are hibernating in the waney edge and when I come home in the evening and put the heating on, they come inside to get nice and toasty!

Ah, a Jainist...

[darmstadt]

Ah, a Jainist...

Quite an interesting religion actually:

Jainism, traditionally known as Jaina dharma, is an Indian religion that prescribes a path of non-violence towards all living beings and emphasizes spiritual independence and equality between all forms of life. Practitioners believe that non-violence and self-control are the means by which they can obtain liberation. Currently, Jainism is divided into two major sects —Digambara and Svetambara.
The word Jainism is derived from a Sanskrit verb Jin which means to conquer. It refers to a battle with the passions and bodily pleasures that the jaina ascetics undertake. Those who win this battle are termed as Jina (conqueror). The term Jaina is therefore used to refer to laymen and ascetics of this tradition alike.
Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world. Jains traditionally trace their history through a succession of twenty-four propagators of their faith known as tirthankara with Adinatha as the first tirthankara and Mahavira as the last of the current era. For long periods of time Jainism was the state religion of Indian kingdoms and widely adopted in the Indian subcontinent. The religion has been in decline since the 8th century CE due to the growth of, and oppression by the followers of Hinduism and Islam.
Jainism is a religious minority in India, with 4.2 million adherents, and there are small but notable immigrant communities in Belgium, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. Jains have the highest degree of literacy of any religious community in India (94.1 percent), and their manuscript libraries are the oldest in the country.

These are the symbols of Jainism:

[Scruff]

I'm all for predatory pest control.

No nasty chemicals that harm the birds & other wildlife.

Trickiest ones to deal with are slugs and snails.

I've used barrier gel on pot plants with some measure of success but with the amount of rain we get I'm out there every 5 minutes reapplying it.

Best thing is to hope for a nice dry summer as they'll all stay put under their stones

Try wrapping some copper wire around the pots. Slugs and snails can't tolerate the electrolytic reaction of the copper with their slime. 🐚

[mudskipper]

There are less savoury elements of farming. There are also less savoury religious practices. I can't get overly upset about religious slaughter in the scheme of things.

[pjclarke]

No it doesn't. Power stations aren't decommissioned because of windfarms. At best there's some temporary turndown, at worse there's the inefficient STOR backup

Oh dear, another myth. Nobody argued that plant is decommissioned, though renewables may reduce the amount of new FF power stations built as old stations go out of service. The point is that wind power does reduce GHG emissions, permanently.

From analysing National Grid data of more than 4,000 half-hour periods over the last three months, a strong correlation between windiness and a reduction in gas-fired generation becomes clear. The exchange rate is about one for one: a megawatt hour of wind typically meant the UK grid used one less megawatt hour of gas-derived electricity. This means that actual CO2 savings can be calculated from the data with a high degree of accuracy – these are not guesstimates from models, but observations of real-world data.

It's a myth that wind turbines don't reduce carbon emissions | Chris Goodall and Mark Lynas | Environment | theguardian.com

As for funding, I thought my point was clear, but apprently not. The deal with SSE is a flea bite, 100K / year for an organisation that turns over £88 million. A single contractor on £500/day working 200 days a year makes as much, to put it into perspective. Delingpole is being disingenous, as ever. You know, it's not an ad hom to call the man unreliable, it's just the plain, simple truth.

The RSPB: About us

[GlenW]

So, as long as I don't say any prayers when I'm shooting I should be okay in Denmark?

[d000hg]

Do children count?

As something to be controlled by predators, or as predators?

[Gittins Gal]

There are less savoury elements of farming. There are also less savoury religious practices. I can't get overly upset about religious slaughter in the scheme of things.

Well, I'm guessing that meat that ends up as halal/kosher is farmed the same way as meat that isn't.

And, yes, there are serious welfare issues across the board.

I'm actually a member of an organisation called Compassion in World Farming who campaign extensively on farm animal welfare issues. Among their successes has been an eu wide ban on the use of barren battery cages.

Personally, I think the way we treat animals reflects on us as a society. I believe Ghandi said a few words about that.

Back to the original point though, the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning is illegal and rightly so. Anyone doing it will be liable for prosecution. Unless you happen to belong to a certain minority for whom certain provisions have been made. And that is the other aspect of this, aside from cruelty issues, that is so wrong.

[darmstadt]

Back to the original point though, the slaughter of animals without pre-stunning is illegal and rightly so. Anyone doing it will be liable for prosecution. Unless you happen to belong to a certain minority for whom certain provisions have been made. And that is the other aspect of this, aside from cruelty issues, that is so wrong.

I bet they don't stun those poor little Grouse on the 'Glorious Twelfth?'

[doodab]

As something to be controlled by predators, or as predators?

As predators, to keep the bugs down in the garden. Far more effective than cats.