From my perspective, there is now so much being written about climate change that I have very little sense of what people, who are not as interested in the topic as I am, hear, read, know or understand about it.  I find that my understanding is not as good as I would like it to be; I find myself asking questions about what I read, with insufficient time to look for answers that satisfy me.  This results in me holding...
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Here I am over a day late writing this post.  Part of the reason for my tardiness is that I had a funeral to attend of a colleague and neighbor, and so I will dedicate this post to JCK. Back in the early nineties, when I first met this man, he was vegetarian and I assume he remained so until his death.  Back then, we accepted his vegetarianism as one of the quirks of an...
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While we were away on our recent holiday, I decided to take the opportunity to see how much electricity the house uses, even if it is not lived in.  I was shocked by the result.  Actually, shocked is not the best word to describe how I felt, I think frustrated, bordering on angry, better describes my feelings.  I like to think we are low users of electricity, especially given how much effort I have put...
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