What's wrong wi that Steve?
All recycled and nurtured rather than the latest flippity gibbit with digital excrement as long as your arm.
It may use less fuel, but how far did the new one get dragged round the world for our whim and how much new raw material did it use up?
Keep tinkering with the old stuff, your grey or rain water bog flush with a wood burning stove and you'll be doing fine. Just look at what we've just been through and we'll send 80% of Xmas and New Year frippery to land fill in 44 tonners!

It's all very well ranting at China but their footprint is ~3 tonne per person per annum. GB is ~10 tonne per person per annum. Pot calling the kettle black again. We'll do our wee bit and all be up for Dictator!

Did any body watch BBC2 at 21:00 hrs tonight 4/1/2008? If you can try and see it, your head may be a lot better for it!
My regards and thank you for the space for a rant, Bill.