Off-grid, Beer (mmmmm beer) and the Olympic Flame

Q: What do the 3 things in the title of this update have to do with each other?

A: They all appear in this update.

Firstly and most importantly let's talk Beer. If any of your pub buddies are still sceptical about climate change and need convincing point them to this article Global warming will affect beer production.

Also on the subject of fall down juice be sure to check out Grist's review of organic beers for hippies.

Spent all your utility bill budget on Beer? Never fear. Live off grid.

And finally, the link that isn't beer related. Let's all congratulate China on being so downright lacking in human rights that they have managed to taint an Olympic tradition that has managed to stand proud for decades despite the fact that it was invented by Hitler. Free Tibet, or "how parading something invented by Nazi's is backfiring on commies".

ED out.

Running is bad for your health - in China at least...

With the 2008 Olympics in Beijing mere months away world marathon record holder Haile Gebreselassie has ruled himself out of competing in the event as he fears that pollution in the city makes it too dangerous for him to run.

In fact pollution in the city is so high that spectators have been warned to only take limited exercise while visiting the city.

One wonders what the IOC were doing in the first place awarding the games and shipping the cream of the worlds athletic talent to a city that is so hazardous to health. Hardly in the olympic spirit now is it?