tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8770493715525261232..comments2024-03-29T00:28:02.797+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: ConsideringYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-249850392302587232021-08-13T16:11:46.841+01:002021-08-13T16:11:46.841+01:00That is very interesting data, Ed -- thanks for th...That is very interesting data, Ed -- thanks for the link!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-48134794822486423742021-08-13T11:44:41.887+01:002021-08-13T11:44:41.887+01:00I, too, prefer to recycle whenever I can, but it&#...I, too, prefer to recycle whenever I can, but it's still something of a novelty in much of Spain. Apart from household/kitchen waste which is collected daily, nothing else is collected very often, and I've ended up driving round neighbourhoods (wasting petrol) to deposit my waste paper or plastic in the required recycling bins, which are the size of a medium sized family car! We don't have "personal" dustbins - everything has to be taken to a collection point. Normally I do this when I walk the dog.<br />I'm investigating installing solar panels - something that was not well received by the local electricity provider when we first enquired, about 15 years ago. We would have had to pay the electricity company quite a hefty amount, to compensate for the money they would be losing when we went off grid. Recently I read that Spanish electricity is the most expensive in Europe.Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45379942328076022062021-08-12T22:22:56.858+01:002021-08-12T22:22:56.858+01:00America blossomed after WWII. This was not the cas...America blossomed after WWII. This was not the case in western Europe. In my village hardly any households had a car and if they did it was generally small and economical.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14326331168818097522021-08-12T22:20:21.967+01:002021-08-12T22:20:21.967+01:00We seem to be on the very same wavelength Thelma.We seem to be on the very same wavelength Thelma.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-72231599473702867262021-08-12T22:19:25.096+01:002021-08-12T22:19:25.096+01:00Turning the tide back with regard to population is...Turning the tide back with regard to population is an issue that leaders seem to shy away from.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56991937057439088452021-08-12T22:17:46.790+01:002021-08-12T22:17:46.790+01:00I was just illustrating that in everyday life, or...I was just illustrating that in everyday life, ordinary people were less demanding of the planet and I still maintain that that is true. I am not advocating that we live as we used to do. Just reflecting on how it was.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-21629837734920590002021-08-12T22:14:49.976+01:002021-08-12T22:14:49.976+01:00I am an ardent recycler. I never used to be. We ea...I am an ardent recycler. I never used to be. We eat less meat. We don't have a gas guzzling car. We live in a small house. We bought a new boiler for improved efficiency. We have LED lights. I know these are small things but we are trying.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-65509878473420880952021-08-12T22:11:37.098+01:002021-08-12T22:11:37.098+01:00Thanks for calling by Share my Garden and for leav...Thanks for calling by Share my Garden and for leaving your tuppenceworth. Appreciated.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-71263179985810094982021-08-12T19:17:07.018+01:002021-08-12T19:17:07.018+01:00By 'eck, it wor tough up north! I'm a war ...By 'eck, it wor tough up north! I'm a war baby, a decade older than you but I did manage to have a bath most nights, perhaps because I 'played out' with my friends and elder brother after school and always ended up rather grubby. I think people then were ignorant rather than uncaring. I don't know whether it's my Yorkshire/Scottish parentage or a childhood in war-torn and postwar Britain but I still operate on waste not want not and digging for Britain principles! We are doing what we can with solar panels and an air source heat pump to power our home. My main grouse is against the power of large companies and stupid, short-sighted governments and hopeless architects who continue to design inefficient buildings.Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14425193272199830102021-08-12T17:14:02.676+01:002021-08-12T17:14:02.676+01:00I think this is spot-on. It all comes back to popu...I think this is spot-on. It all comes back to population and the fact that there are just too many people using the available resources. How we police that, I'm not sure -- but if we don't do it, nature is going to do it for us.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-17201545487826445712021-08-12T17:11:06.060+01:002021-08-12T17:11:06.060+01:00There's no question that the way people lived ...There's no question that the way people lived decades ago was gentler to the planet. I certainly agree that seasonal eating, re-using clothing and that kind of thing would be healthier for the environment. (I'll pass on "night soil" fertilizer and bathing once a week.)<br /><br />But those were not halcyon days either. Back in the '50s people were pouring DDT into the environment and detonating nuclear weapons over the Pacific Ocean. And of course the post-war years in Britain were a notoriously difficult and sparse time. I don't think that's the model for ideal living conditions.<br /><br />Many of the sources of today's climate change actually go all the way back to the Victorians and before -- industrialization and burning fossil fuels, for example. I'm sure all those home fireplaces didn't do the atmosphere any good!<br /><br />I think it all comes down to population. We have got to reduce the birthrate to lower than replacement levels, and then someday we'd have wiggle room to use resources without inflicting so much damage. (Coupled, of course, with continued efforts to develop more efficient and cleaner methods of energy use.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-68832835106617790272021-08-12T14:44:54.962+01:002021-08-12T14:44:54.962+01:00Actually our per capita carbon footprints are smal...Actually our per capita carbon footprints are smaller today than they were back in 1980 according to wikipedia.<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions_per_capita<br /><br />It is simply like you said, our population is increasing the overall amounts. But I think a lot of the things you mentioned are cherry picked examples. How about all the giant redwood trees our country had that were gone by the early 1900's? How about all the coal that was burnt over the last 200 years that is now replaced by renewable resources like solar and wind? How about rivers that were damned in the early 1900's that killed off entire fishing industries?<br /><br />I suppose if I thought, I could come up with countless examples of things that we do better now than we did back then just because we now no better. But as you pointed out, we still make mistakes and have a lot to learn yet. Sure it would be nice to live like people did a hundred years ago but I don't think I would want to give up my 20+ years of life expectancy we have gained with the knowledge learned since then.<br /><br />My 2 cents worth.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-56720408849342976742021-08-12T12:20:18.341+01:002021-08-12T12:20:18.341+01:00Interesting though your reminiscences are YP, the ...Interesting though your reminiscences are YP, the majority of younger folk today will just find it a quaint story and laugh...or roll their eyes and demand to know why they should be expected to live so frugally!<br />When are we all going to make a start on doing something, no matter how small, to help? We are all happy to discuss our horror of the future, but what are we actively doing to try to slow the process? Perhaps we should all set ourselves a personal goal? <br /><br />Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-61350289516283509142021-08-12T11:55:21.958+01:002021-08-12T11:55:21.958+01:00I don't think that back then our small Europea...I don't think that back then our small European cars were the gas hogs that those huge American cars were, Ms Moon. Coppa's girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459503600694841117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-79295314597274543592021-08-12T10:02:02.840+01:002021-08-12T10:02:02.840+01:00I was going to write as well but despair overcomes...I was going to write as well but despair overcomes one in thinking of what will disappear. Greenpeace email this morning 'I told you so' but it was the last thing they wanted to say.<br />It is not just the human population but everything else as well, life will be extinguished on the planet. That beautiful blue planet, the astronauts turned round to see on their way to the Moon. We have learnt nothing along the way...<br /> https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article5762-the-overview-effect.htmlthelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24758080718377736522021-08-12T09:42:56.864+01:002021-08-12T09:42:56.864+01:00One jug = 3 or 4 pints. You took your empty jug to...One jug = 3 or 4 pints. You took your empty jug to the Buchanan and brought it home full. No glass bottles. Self-limiting. Once you were incapable of walking there for more you couldn't have any. Unless you sent your grandson. Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64089580680046101382021-08-12T09:37:17.786+01:002021-08-12T09:37:17.786+01:00Here in Sheffield we have pint glasses - not jugs....Here in Sheffield we have pint glasses - not jugs.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32158632174230416352021-08-12T09:36:19.721+01:002021-08-12T09:36:19.721+01:00At the moment, I just cannot push this to the back...At the moment, I just cannot push this to the back of my mind.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-45537600709642327562021-08-12T09:35:12.965+01:002021-08-12T09:35:12.965+01:00Hurtling down the highway of destruction with nowh...Hurtling down the highway of destruction with nowhere to pull over and now we are going downhill and the brakes don't work. Let's wave goodbye. Sorry Levon. Sorrry Magnolia. Sorry Phoebe.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59077875035360511402021-08-12T09:31:58.347+01:002021-08-12T09:31:58.347+01:00No. I did not know that Andrew. What is it code fo...No. I did not know that Andrew. What is it code for?Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-254000968918827102021-08-12T09:31:10.381+01:002021-08-12T09:31:10.381+01:00It is hard to be optimistic about the plight of Ea...It is hard to be optimistic about the plight of Earth. There is too much disparity. Too much self-interest.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13398845739087112712021-08-12T09:28:54.892+01:002021-08-12T09:28:54.892+01:00Do that piece WWW. The more people that raise thes...Do that piece WWW. The more people that raise these issues, the more the concerns and the arguments spread - perhaps forcing change.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47888878013542482582021-08-12T09:27:00.072+01:002021-08-12T09:27:00.072+01:00In the end it is all so fragile and could break ve...In the end it is all so fragile and could break very easily.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55050922262379574132021-08-12T09:26:18.939+01:002021-08-12T09:26:18.939+01:00Maybe we should join Extinction Rebellion.Maybe we should join Extinction Rebellion.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-1182975872922100212021-08-12T09:25:34.631+01:002021-08-12T09:25:34.631+01:00You have hit upon one of the key drivers for globa...You have hit upon one of the key drivers for global warming.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com