john_essex

@john_essex (199)

Age 45

Joined myLot 17 years ago

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Discussions (10)

john_essex's Discussions

How make some extra money from your home or property

john_essex @john_essex (199) 16 Mar 10

We could all do with some extra cash and I've been looking into how to make some extra money. I have a spare room in the house and I'm thinking about renting it out, but I'm unsure if I want a stranger in the house. I found this...

making money

renting rooms

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Are we being mislead by the oil giants at MyLot?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 10 Feb 08

I'm amazed at some of the completly stupid discussions that are being started on MyLot claiming that global warming isnt taking place. It makes me wonder if the oil giants have employed a team of writers to frequent places such as...

global warming

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Global Warming - is your understanding influenced by MyLot?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 10 Feb 08

I've just been reading an article here www.realclimate.org that discussed the way in which climate change is reported by the media. With the over whelming scientific evidence now available the media are mostly agreed that global...

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Wind turbines - beatiful elegant structures or a blot on the landscape?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 30 Jun 07

I think wind turbines are a fantastic example of modern design and technology. I've seen quite a few wind farms and I think they are very elegant and pleasant to look at. When you consider the environmental and comericial...

wind turbines

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Wind Turbines - would you buy one?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 30 Jun 07

Has anyone got a windturbine? Or even better, has anyone built there own? Even if you don't have one do you plan to buy one, or they too expensive? I would love to hear everyones thoughts about them.

wind turine

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Its not easy being green - new series

john_essex @john_essex (199) 12 Mar 07

For those who live in the UK there is a new series of 'its not easy being green' starting on Thursday 22/03/2007 on BBC2. Its not easy being green is a documentary series about being 'green' and reducing our impact on the...

being green

sustainable living

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$25 Million prize is up for grabs - who will win it?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 10 Feb 07

Sir Richard Branson and Al Gore have just anounced a $25m competition to find the best way to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Sir Richard said humankind must realise the scale of the crisis it faced. The fact...

al gore

global warming

richard branson

IPCC report on GLOBAL WARMING - we must act now!

john_essex @john_essex (199) 10 Feb 07

The IPCC report on global warming confirms what many people have known for years. We have raped the planet of it's resources and pumped so much CO2 into the atmosphere that we have affected the gloabl temperature. The matter...

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Climate Change - what are you doing to help?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 27 Jan 07

As everyone knows, cliamte change is having an impact on the entire planet. In America they suffer from increased cyclones and hurricanes, India has drought and floods, Africa has droughts and the UK has floods. So what are...

climate change

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Amazing that so many people choose to buy grey cars - why?

john_essex @john_essex (199) 23 Jan 07

In the UK the most popular car colour is grey, some people jazz it up a bit by buying a metallic grey (sometimes called silver). What seems so strange to me is that with so many colours to choose from why does everyone go for...

cars

colours

grey

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