This week on Sunday Live With Adam Boulton, Adam talks to Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson about his company's launch of biofuel jumbo jets and the nationalisation of Northern Rock.
Other guests include Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ronald Harwood, Shadow Sports Minister Hugh Robertson, actor and Spiritaid founder David Hayman and jazz singer Clare Teal.
That's Sunday Live, 1000 - 1200, only on Sky News channel 501.
To view a full list of who is on the show, click on this link.
Written by Cheryl Smith, 22 February 2008
As usual Branson is at it again. The use of bio fuels is a real con and usual self publicity stunt. The amount of bio fuel required just cannot be grown in quantities required to replace oil. Unless of course we all starve as corn and maize are replaced.
With a world shortage of corn and maize already there is no way to feed the world as it is, unless you are a rich country. While the west fly around on bio fuel the poor starve. Great solution Richard.
Perhaps a look at the youtube videos on actual working water based hydrogen engines may be a good starting point.
Posted by: mike,spain 25 Feb 2008 08:53:53
So is this biofuel the stuff they are destroying the rain forests (plus generating far more CO2 than all the world's airplanes) to produce?
How environmentally friendly to run an empty 4 engined plane from London to Amsterdam, about as hypocritical as the numpties who drove the chocolate powered truck down to Asia .
And I bet you were all fawning over him as well.
Posted by: Travis Bickle 24 Feb 2008 21:10:10
Please ask Sir Richard why he considered Northern Rock to be worth only 105 million pounds when Gordon Brown paid 55 BILLION for it?
Posted by: The Morning Post 24 Feb 2008 16:09:45
why NO coverage of the M.P. expenses scam ? a part from asking one of the biggest scammers the ( ex zar of sheffield)a supplementary question. we are been ripped off, and you seem to be oblivious to the fact or are you worried about your "commons connctions"?No wonder the M.P.s fought like hell to get protection from the freedom of information act. to look after the constituants interests? NO way
to protect their own backsides more like . come on you guys We joe public depend on you to kick backsides on our behalf. please think of
Posted by: JAMES MARSKE BY THE SEA 24 Feb 2008 10:42:58
Adam.
Could you ask Branson if it is true that he actually made money via the government by biding for Northern Rock and if so how much of tax payers money has he pocketed?
Posted by: Bruce Hulmes / England 23 Feb 2008 11:11:59
I would like to ask about these Biofuel Jumbo's that Richard Branson's airline will be using. Are these a new kind of Environmentaly Friendly (Hug a Tree) aircraft?
If so, will the Goverment be charging less of their scandlous Travel Tax, Airport Tax, Tax on Tax, for traveling on one of these plane's, instead of a regular aircraft?
Posted by: Jon, cephalonia, greece 22 Feb 2008 17:21:41
Sir
As the group now reverts back to [Earth Wind & Fire] notwithstanding many a moment of nationalised interest,how do you [Keep your head to The Sky]?
Posted by: Khalid 22 Feb 2008 17:02:16