yes. I appreciate that, but it would need to be one hell of an inefficient 100hp motor to use more than the 1000hp.that's getting in the combustion engine range!!
But if when you get to the petrol station they swap you for a better less poluting model then the sooner you get there the sooner your pollution output will drop and your standard of living may increase.
I said pollution not CO2. That book and another Peterson discussed, "Ten global trends that every smart person needs to know" by Bailey, at least paint some aspects of todays world in a positive light. Depressed emotional teenagers may not win over the majority, the msm have not shown themselves in the best light recently to many, a more positive opinion wouldn't hurt perhaps?
Nonsense again. Third world economies are always very low carbon. The big issue is the wealthy part of the world and massive per capita energy use from coal and oil generated electricity and oil base fuel.
Pollution not CO2.
Pollution isn't the issue except in dense populated areas or immediate vicinity of industrial scale fuel use.
No - because of the CO2. More likely that the sooner we get back to 3rd world levels of energy consumption, the better. Not necessarily 3rd world standards of living we have all sorts of other advantages.
My point was that speeding up to get to the petrol station makes it more likely you'll run out of fuel and not get there.
Good idea!
Or watching a WVM (white van man) crazily cutting in and out, forcig into tiny gaps, watching all the cars behind having to brake, a danger to all and sundry.....only to see the silly person pull into a garage for petrol 3 miles down the road.
"I'm very cynical about new technology as a way of saving the planet." Sandyn, do you ride a horse or have a car these days? Could you imagine all the horse poo on the roads if everybody had a horse instead of a carBut, if you have a room upstairs, the ceiling lights act as underfloor heating
I always considered heat from lighting units to go into the fabric of the house, so not a bad thing, but generally, it's better if you don't have energy pollution, where one system interferes with another such as light and heat, then each can be controlled better.
I do believe that a lot of companies made an absolute fortune from the forced introduction of LED. I suppose that worldwide they do save power??? I'm very cynical about new technology as a way of saving the planet. There is too much money involved for the truth to be revealed. Electric cars are an example. I am not convinced it is a solution. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a champion of clean air and renewable energy, was interviewed on the BBC . Quote the site...." Mr Schwarzenegger also believes technology is delivering solutions and cites his Hummer - a massive military style off-road vehicle - that he switched from diesel to battery power as evidence, given the electric version goes faster with more horsepower. " I think he moved from about 400Hp to 1000hp. That may be fine in CA where they have 95% renewable energy, but he has increased pollution by going electric! World wide, only about 28% of energy is renewable, so this kind of thinking is not going to solve problems.
New technology is relative for each generation.
Opening the window was indeed a tongue in cheek comment on reducing condensation if leaving the bath water in until it dropped to room temperature. But that is the reality because it makes the bathroom too moist IMHO. But I was just thinking if I cut something like a bin bag to the water surface outline then the heat could escape but condensation wouldn't while the plastic floated on the surface? I'll try that next month.
We currently have a cheap, lightweight plastic kettle so combined with the £30 flask is not expensive compared to an insulated kettle. The biggest benefit that still makes me smile to realise it is I'm not waiting for the kettle every time I make a brew. A full kettle is two brews in the flask for later and one mug full now.
But it seems I've been making tea wrong all this time from Chris152 so I need to buy a temperature varying kettle immediately! How long will another £50 on a kettle that does that take to pay for itself if I only heat water to 80 dgrees C instead of boiling?
Another thing I do is always have a super strong filter coffee in the morning plus a tea. I make them both at the same time, the coffee using an MSR mugmate or the equivalent cheaper knock off filter in the mug. That goes in an insulated mug so that by the time I've finished the tea the coffee has cooled to just right
