Off Topic The Environment

As I was saying to cologne, I have never found a ‘final’ position to live my life - I am always finding out new things and tweaking my choices.

My latest mini-change is ‘No more teabags’. I didn’t realise this till the other day, but the majority of tea-bags have micro-plastics in the paper to help seal the bags. It isn’t all bags, but it is in the ones we used. I prefer loose-leaf tea for taste, and it was only convenience that made me use bags. No more!

I wonder sometimes how the times we currently live in might be referred to in years to come.
We might be remembered for journeys into space - ‘The Space Age’ is not a new term, after all.

But perhaps, ‘The Plastic Age’, ‘The Age of Climate Destruction’, ‘The End of Bio-Diversity’, or maybe ‘The Age of Self’ are more likely?
Whatever it is, I don’t think future generations will look kindly on us.
 
andytoprankin said:
As I was saying to cologne, I have never found a ‘final’ position to live my life - I am always finding out new things and tweaking my choices.

My latest mini-change is ‘No more teabags’. I didn’t realise this till the other day, but the majority of tea-bags have micro-plastics in the paper to help seal the bags. It isn’t all bags, but it is in the ones we used. I prefer loose-leaf tea for taste, and it was only convenience that made me use bags. No more!

I wonder sometimes how the times we currently live in might be referred to in years to come.
We might be remembered for journeys into space - ‘The Space Age’ is not a new term, after all.

But perhaps, ‘The Plastic Age’, ‘The Age of Climate Destruction’, ‘The End of Bio-Diversity’, or maybe ‘The Age of Self’ are more likely?
Whatever it is, I don’t think future generations will look kindly on us.
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Sadly, I suspect it will become the Age of the New World Order.

Followed by the Age of Rebirth, when the NWOs all bugger off to Mars with Elon Musk. ;)
 
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yorkshirehornet said:
looks brilliant!
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It’s really super, yorkie. We wash them in those little netted bags. They dry easily, and they are incredibly absorbent - 3-4x as much as paper ones I reckon. We use them, chuck them in the washing. Job done. In fact, we’ve had them for about 6 months and we’ve only used about 10 off the roll of 20. We have a little glass bowl we put the washed ones in, folded in quarters, ready to be used. I thinkthey were £8 when we bought them, so at £6 you can’t go wrong.
 
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Bolton's Boots said:
Sadly, I suspect it will become the Age of the New World Order.

Followed by the Age of Rebirth, when the NWOs all bugger off to Mars with Elon Musk. ;)
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Personally I think things will turn out a bit more like the film Elysium with Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. If you haven't seen it, it's well worth the watch.
 
New to this thread although I have always been concerned over man's treatment of the planet and try to adapt our way of life even though it seems futile.

We watched the documentary Seaspiracy on Netflix the other day and I heartily recommend it - we found it truly shocking and it has made us rethink our consumption of fish.

Having said that it was my wife's birthday yesterday and we did a 200 mile round trip to Argyll where we used to live and each had a fish platter in the Pier House in Port Appin. After we watched the film we considered whether we should go but the restaurant sources all it's fish from local fishermen so we felt it would not be on our consciences. The 200 mile round trip perhaps less justifiable but there were other reasons for going.

Getting the right balance is difficult, but if consumers can be encouraged to make good decisions then business must follow.

I noticed another documentary on Netflix called Cowspiracy but have not watched that yet but I recall a friend recommended it.
 
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Scullion said:
New to this thread although I have always been concerned over man's treatment of the planet and try to adapt our way of life even though it seems futile.

We watched the documentary Seaspiracy on Netflix the other day and I heartily recommend it - we found it truly shocking and it has made us rethink our consumption of fish.

Having said that it was my wife's birthday yesterday and we did a 200 mile round trip to Argyll where we used to live and each had a fish platter in the Pier House in Port Appin. After we watched the film we considered whether we should go but the restaurant sources all it's fish from local fishermen so we felt it would not be on our consciences. The 200 mile round trip perhaps less justifiable but there were other reasons for going.

Getting the right balance is difficult, but if consumers can be encouraged to make good decisions then business must follow.

I noticed another documentary on Netflix called Cowspiracy but have not watched that yet but I recall a friend recommended it.
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Do you recommend the Pier House? My wife and I used to drive to out-of-the-way places just for lunch, but haven't done that for a while now for obvious reasons. I'm still on the lookout for places to go, although that would be a 300 mile + round trip for us - may be better to do an overnighter.
 
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Do you recommend the Pier House? My wife and I used to drive to out-of-the-way places just for lunch, but haven't done that for a while now for obvious reasons. I'm still on the lookout for places to go, although that would be a 300 mile + round trip for us - may be better to do an overnighter.
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Yes, definitely, check out the menu on their website. You can stay there and plenty of accommodation roundabout. We lived in Port Appin for several years and we wonder why we left - oh no jobs.
 
yorkshirehornet said:
Had an interesting talk with a guy who came to survey us re a gas fire this morning .......

Leeds is a trial city for the grandplan to convert all heaters boilers gas appliances to hydrogen....
Envisaged that all will be up and running in 7-10 years
All applicances will be converted without charge....
Very promising



https://h21.green/projects/h21-leeds-city-gate/
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That is fascinating, yorkie. I hadn’t heard of hydrogen being used in homes. Quite a big effect too - 1.5m tonnes of CO2 per annum. :) If successful in a city the size of Leeds, imagine the effect if rolled out. <yikes>
 
andytoprankin said:
That is fascinating, yorkie. I hadn’t heard of hydrogen being used in homes. Quite a big effect too - 1.5m tonnes of CO2 per annum. :) If successful in a city the size of Leeds, imagine the effect if rolled out. <yikes>
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Apparently it is Govt policy.... but they are keeping very quiet about it.... .the logistics must be so complicated.....
 
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Hornet-Fez said:
That'll be our part of Leafy (but not for much longer) Bucks and we're pretty sure that one of the problem sites is by Amersham Crematorium (where we were today, alas). If I ever win big on the Euromillions I will bankroll some sort of legal challenge against hs2 and the government. The whole thing is an outrage.
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If you cover their honeymoon expenses you could probably get the HS2 project cancelled <whistle>
 
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