Archive for October, 2021
What’s your carbon footprint?
COP26 is on in the UK and we are all looking at these leaders for what we need to do. Living in the UK, the average person has a carbon footprint of 13 tonnes a year. Given a population of 67 million, that’s a huge national footprint. So, where do you fit on that scale? […]
Posted: October 28th, 2021 under Driving off the grid.
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Breathing easy
As you’re aware, we’ve swapped our old manual thermostatic radiator values with Tado’s “smart” ones. Once the first one was done – even though we’d read the instructions and watched the video, this was still a 15 minute task for the first one. We felt like fools but having sussed out the procedure, it took […]
Posted: October 10th, 2021 under 42.
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Economies of time
It’s a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon in early October and I’m sitting in the kitchen with my feet up. It’s the first time today I’ve had a chance to rest and I’d like to explain why. Doesn’t sound in the least interesting! Harsh, but true 🙁 Here’s why I’m writing this. We’re still in the […]
Posted: October 3rd, 2021 under 42, Driving off the grid.
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