Telegraph - UK Greenhouse Emissions Hit New All-Time Peak

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Tool Monkeys! Fuck Yeah!!!

The latest official figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change showed a rise in the six major greenhouse gases last year of 2.8 per cent to 582 million tonnes.

The increase was blamed on the economic recovery as businesses, factories and households were able to pay for more power.

However green groups pointed out that the rise in carbon dioxide was much sharper than the growth in the economy. Carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, increased by nearly 4 per cent to 492 million tonnes, the second largest rise since 1990.

Most of the rise was blamed on residential gas use as people turned on the heating because of the coldest start to the year for decades. Also, due to technical problems at some nuclear power stations, more electricity was generated from coal and gas-fired power stations.

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/8418822/Greenhouse-gas-emissions-hit-new-peak-as-economy-grows.html

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1. Your posts almost always give me a big shot of tool-monkey pride

:patriot:

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3. "Proud to be a Tool Monkey, though sometimes I feel dumb

Things aren't the best, when I shit in my nest,
But I got an opposable thumb!"

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4. OK, so I'll ROFLMAO here then!

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5. If they ever do another name-change amnesty, I'm going for "simius instrumentums"

Although I admit I'm also thinking of "horrorcow" after reading those how-to-train-your-dragon books.

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2. "Also, due to technical problems at some nuclear power stations,"

"more electricity was generated from coal and gas-fired power stations."

Yee-haw! Bring on them nucular closures! We can't win for losing...

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