I was very excited to see the title of today's post pop up as a headline on my news feed a couple of weeks ago.  I clicked on it straight away to see how it compared with my emerging personal position on this question.  I didn't even bother to look at the source of the article; all I noticed was that it was European (it turns out it was from a conservative leaning UK newspaper not...
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Recently, I found myself remembering a conversation from a few months ago that I had with an acquaintance.  The conversation went something like this. Me: How are your new solar panels going? Other: Yeah - they seem OK. Me: How's your electricity use? Other: Oh, probably better. Me: You mean you're using less. Other: Dunno - looks like the daily cost is down. Me: That's good. Other: It's not like they are really cheap so I expect to get...
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For those of you who have been following my posts, this post will mainly be an update on small domestic matters that I have been exploring recently. First, spring has well and truly arrived here.  Two weeks ago it was really cold with our heating system running most of the day.  For the last week it has been wonderfully warm, with the blossom on the fruit trees looking great, the flowering shrubs in the garden coming into...
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