Category: environmentalism

  • The Unfamiliar Sensation of a Vibrating Car

    The Unfamiliar Sensation of a Vibrating Car

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday 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…

  • One Limitation of Electric Cars

    One Limitation of Electric Cars

    Reading Time: 2 minutes At 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…

  • Autumn Is Here

    Autumn Is Here

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Yesterday 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…

  • The Electric Vehicle Routine

    The Electric Vehicle Routine

    Reading Time: 3 minutes I 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…

  • Ten Degrees above the Seasonal Norm

    Ten Degrees above the Seasonal Norm

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Twenty 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…

  • Rural Solar Panels

    Rural Solar Panels

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunak 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…

  • Electric Car Charging

    Electric Car Charging

    Reading Time: 3 minutes For 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…

  • A Walk During Cow Rush Hour

    A Walk During Cow Rush Hour

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Yesterday 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…

  • On Silent Walking and Having My Own Mastodon Instance

    On Silent Walking and Having My Own Mastodon Instance

    Reading Time: 3 minutes In an ideal world Silent Walking would make sense. In an ideal world the environment where you walk would be quiet and free from distractions. How many of us live somewhere that is far from cars, road works, construction, farming and other noises? During my walks I hear the sound of…

  • iOS and Environmentalism

    iOS and Environmentalism

    Reading Time: 2 minutes If you use the weather app on iOS 17 the weather app provides you with information about average temperature and average precipitation. It tells you how different the temperature and rainfall are, compared to average. Today, for example, I see that the temperature is 4°c warmer than the average. It tells…