In The Flintshire Evening Leader tonight Castle Cement

Helping to save the planet. A visit by The Institute of Mechanical Engineers Mersey and North Wales Branch. If I had been allowed to study an extra year (5th) at college and passed the exam I would have been eligible to join the above institute. Then I could have had IMechE after my name. :( Hawker Siddeley declined to let me go.

Castle Cement's new kiln will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 17.5 % the equivalent of taking 17,000 cars off the road. Not to belittle Castle Cement but consider the following.

China is opening a new power station every 6 weeks. Its going to build 45 new airports in the next 5 years. The Chinese will all want cars, to be able to fly around the world.
Also India will want to do similar. As will other Far East countries.
Chinese Population 1.3 Billion
Indian Population Over 1 Billion
Airbus Broughton have shown them how to build Airbus parts . How long before all Airbus aircraft are built in the far east?

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India

Meanwhile on the letters page Jess has "the hots" for the talented Leader reporter Sarah Park.