Category: environmentalism

  • Walking With an Umbrella

    Walking With an Umbrella

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday i looked at the rain forecast and it looked as though I could go for a walk, without taking a proper rain coat. I wore the btwin cycling rain jacket instead. I decided to carry a mini umbrella with me in case the rain got harder. I have carried this mini…

  • The Dystopia of Child Influencers

    The Dystopia of Child Influencers

    Reading Time: 5 minutesToday I saw the headline “Content creator camps help kids become online influencers” and to me, this represents a nightmare, rather than a dream. It represents a nightmare rather than a dream because the notion of creating content to sell, to influence, and to market, rather than to amuse, inform, educate and…

  • The Unfamiliar Sensation of a Vibrating Car

    The Unfamiliar Sensation of a Vibrating Car

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I drove the petrol car for the first time in a while. I did it for two reasons. The first is that I didn’t feel like waiting five hours for the car to charge. Especially since it was cold, and rain was predicted. I also drove the petrol car because I…

  • One Limitation of Electric Cars

    One Limitation of Electric Cars

    Reading Time: 2 minutesAt the moment I am doing a favour that requires me to drive the electric car over a route that takes 25 percent of the car’s battery. This means that for every time I do the favour I have to charge the car for five hours. About the Drive The drive from…

  • Autumn Is Here

    Autumn Is Here

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYesterday I went for a walk wearing what I have been wearing since April or May. To be fair I had an extra layer. I felt cold. I chose to walk a shorter circuit than usual. I walked just five kilometres rather than my normal eight, or more. I felt okay when…

  • The Electric Vehicle Routine

    The Electric Vehicle Routine

    Reading Time: 3 minutesI know that driving to the house where I charge the electric vehicle will take about 20 percent. I also know that driving to the shops will take less than one percent per drive. This means that if I had an electric car, and I had a plug at home, rather than…

  • Ten Degrees above the Seasonal Norm

    Ten Degrees above the Seasonal Norm

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteTwenty Five Degrees Forecast I am wearing a t-shirt today. I am wearing a t-shirt almost every day. I feel no need for fleeces or sweaters. The reason for this is simple. The temperature, today, for example. is ten degrees hotter than it should be. It’s twenty five degrees and the…

  • Rural Solar Panels

    Rural Solar Panels

    Reading Time: 2 minutesSunak and Solar Detached from reality’: anger as Rishi Sunak plans to restrict solar panels. Rishi Sunak plans to restrict the installation of solar panels on swathes of English farmland, which climate campaigners say will raise bills and put the UK’s energy security at risk. Solar Powered Shade Solar panels, if placed…

  • Electric Car Charging

    Electric Car Charging

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a few weeks I have access to an electric car. This is an opportunity to experience what it’s like to have a car that you recharge, rather than refuel. I ran the car from one hundred percent down to fourty percent before charging it. It gave me a charge time of…

  • A Walk During Cow Rush Hour

    A Walk During Cow Rush Hour

    Reading Time: 4 minutesYesterday I decided that I would start my walk by going along a dangerous bit of road, at the start of the road. The idea behind this is to avoid being endangered by selfish car drivers when I’m fatigued. It’s better to put up with their dangerous behaviour ahead of a walk,…