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#281731 - Sun Aug 17 2008 02:08 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: thursday]
IIIII Offline
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No fake skiing in Hong Kong then?

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#281852 - Mon Aug 18 2008 03:02 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: thursday]
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Saw a documentary on the 'making of' the Dubai one a few months back. Very interesting that was. Didn't know about this other new one. Dubai looks like a wild place.

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#281858 - Mon Aug 18 2008 03:38 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: gifugill]
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It's going to have Polar Bears lol

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#281879 - Mon Aug 18 2008 07:53 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: me jane]
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real ones, or animatronic ones ?

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#281900 - Tue Aug 19 2008 12:39 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: kokodoko]
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animatronic ones would be well cool. wink

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#281908 - Tue Aug 19 2008 01:41 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: Mantas]
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There's no way I would set foot inside a fake skiing joint unless they gave me an independently verified guarantee that 100% of their power comes from renewable sources. Same goes for wave pools, fake kayaking rapids, and (if the global warming predictions continue getting grimmer and grimmer) maybe even nighta.

It's gonna be tough enough breaking our fossil fuel habit as it is.

Apparently the dudes in Perth, West Australia are gonna use renewable.
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#281910 - Tue Aug 19 2008 04:40 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: Greenroome]
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Originally Posted By: Greenroome
There's no way I would set foot inside a fake skiing joint unless they gave me an independently verified guarantee that 100% of their power comes from renewable sources. Same goes for wave pools, fake kayaking rapids, and (if the global warming predictions continue getting grimmer and grimmer) maybe even nighta.

It's gonna be tough enough breaking our fossil fuel habit as it is.

Apparently the dudes in Perth, West Australia are gonna use renewable.

You are going to spend a long time looking for a ski resort that runs its lifts on renewables.If you do I think you will find yourself limited. oops

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#282389 - Sun Aug 24 2008 01:59 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: Weegeoff]
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Would say so.
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#282407 - Sun Aug 24 2008 11:05 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: @tokyo]
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According to the promotional material they are indeed looking at filling the roof with solar panels on the new one set for Perth.

Whether that would meet 100% of the energy requirements or not is debatable.

As far as Ski Resorts using renewable energy - all the lifts at Falls Creek proudly display signs saying that they are run on 100% renewable energy. I believe (and am happy to be corrected if wrong) that the NSW and VIC resorts are all powered by hydroelectrics, and the power they produce meets the needs of not only the ski fields but the local communities as well.

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#282433 - Mon Aug 25 2008 12:55 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: Mamabear]
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Like I said you would be limited wakaranai

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#282446 - Mon Aug 25 2008 05:28 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: Weegeoff]
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Can't believe that was only a few weeks ago.
Seems like last year.
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#282588 - Wed Aug 27 2008 04:47 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: pie-eater]
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Must be all that pie and beer, pie-eater.
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#282592 - Wed Aug 27 2008 05:24 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: BagOfCrisps]
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beer compresses time..

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#282599 - Wed Aug 27 2008 08:54 PM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: kokodoko]
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The hours between 11:00 and 4:00 are practically non-existent.
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#282783 - Fri Aug 29 2008 10:50 AM Re: Skiing in Manchester [Re: ger]
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Extremely limited in Japan I would think. Maybe even... retired.

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