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Problem with swapping sims over has been resolved,would like too thank 'Hilary' who was a tremendous help and could not have done it other wise pmsl finally have my iCan up and running.

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IMHO, battery cars and financial stimulus for them is just 'going in the wrong direction'.

eg. If a high proportion of our workforce has one and they all arrive home home from work at 6pm, there simply isn't enough infrastructure or power generation to charge the batteries up.

If we were getting closer to generating electricity using fusion power as a heat source, then things might be different. However, we are not.

Much better to burn fossil fuels and create pollution, eh Doc?

That's right, Hilary.

By the way, the battery wall clock close to my PC has reverted to only being correct twice per day. Any ideas?

I'd suggest you recharge the battery, Doc, but as it's probably not rechargeable, you may need to get into your fossil fuel powered car and go buy a new battery.

And while you're out, you'll no doubt visit your local recycling centre to dispose of the old battery in an environmentally friendly manner. Or alternatively, you could just throw it into landfill.

Thanks, Hilary.

Yes. You are correct with all of your advice and which I already follow.

I was able to swap the battery because I find it always best to keep a stock of spares. But that didn't work in that the 30 yr old clock mechanism has also given up the ghost.

Amazingly, I bought 2 new clock mechanism on Ebay for £1.98 delivered. These things are literally, 'ten a penny'. The prices are ridiculous!

But let's talk about 'landfill'. I don't have too much of a problem with this, providing the waste is controlled so as not to create dioxin and other detrimental emissions down the line. I see 'landfill' as a hole, made in a poor quality site, filled in with waste, then covered over with other material (eg. ballast) and eventually covered over with earth. Then, finished off with tree planting so that the end result is a higher 'aesthetically near natural creation' compared with what was there before. Indeed, many 'slag heaps' of the past are now quite lovely, rolling wooded hills.

I am aware, that, for example, 'food stained pizza delivery boxes' are absolutely no use and cannot be treated as 'waste paper'. Maybe they would make good landfill or maybe they would make good fuel? I am not an expert on this subject.

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