Quote from: SA Chris on August 01, 2018, 03:31:02 pmI think CS has done more than a few trips to Scotland too, although they tend to be longer term, rather than for a weekend.It's nothing compared to air travel though is it:Colorado,Sydney,Turku,Meteora,for my massive hoof print this year alone. Last year was an even larger crater. How many weeks of driving at 2-300 miles a week do you need to do to catch up?
I think CS has done more than a few trips to Scotland too, although they tend to be longer term, rather than for a weekend.
#humblebrag
Yes I saw that, what a joke.
In the broader context of this topic, UKC are running a comp at the moment to win a little portable boombox which is marketed as something to be used at the crag or otherwise in the hills. How do some people not understand that going into a public, shared, space and dominating it with your own preference is unacceptably rude? Particularly a space which some people value for its own characteristics and ambience, which is entirely dub free.
How do some people not understand that going into a public, shared, space and dominating it with your own preference is unacceptably rude?
Ok. In carbon - from what I’ve just looked up/calced. 400km a week in an economical diesel (100g/km) = 2000kg a year (roughly)One return transatlantic flight is about 1000kg per person.
Quote from: Will Hunt on August 02, 2018, 09:19:20 amHow do some people not understand that going into a public, shared, space and dominating it with your own preference is unacceptably rude? Have to say a find all the opprobrium over this incredibly overweening. Have you really never listened to music away from a plug socket? I have - on a big wall, when camping, on a beach, in a bothy etc etc. I'd never use one 'at the crag' but otherwise it's quite easy to check if you are bothering anyone, you just check if there's anyone in earshot. If there is, ask them and even if they say yes try to choose something that won't offend. Choose well, and I've found a bit of John Martyn in a remote bothy can even thaw out a curmudgeonly scotsman who'd hoped to have the place to himself...Pretending it is always unacceptable and that such a competition is totally unacceptable is just virtue signalling isn't it? Pretending everyone is so stupid that we must pretend we all adhere to such blanket rules is counter-productive, imho. No rules, promote responsible behaviour, guide those who stray in the right direction.While we're on the subject, I'm in the market for a new one if anyone has any recommendations? Not bothered about bluetooth but compact, decent battery and usb charge is a must.
I read somewhere that if you really care about the environment, CO2 emissions etc then the one thing you should absolutely not do is have a child, let alone more than one.
At least Paul you're not in the same camp as many of us here, as [citation needed] I read somewhere that if you really care about the environment, CO2 emissions etc then the one thing you should absolutely not do is have a child, let alone more than one.
One thing about the environmental impact of having kids vs having a dog or running a car is that there is an outside chance that your kid might have the idea or work on the team that contributes something significant to the future of humanity, which with all due respect, your dog is never going to do..
While we're on the subject, I'm in the market for a new one if anyone has any recommendations? Not bothered about bluetooth but compact, decent battery and usb charge is a must.
Quote from: Johnny Brown on August 02, 2018, 11:56:09 amWhile we're on the subject, I'm in the market for a new one if anyone has any recommendations? Not bothered about bluetooth but compact, decent battery and usb charge is a must.I was impressed with Gus' choice although I'm not sure it plays anything other than techno.
It’s good when you make an arguement (who will look after us?) then refute it in the next sentence (ongoing population growth currently 1%/83million extra people per year).
I think what happens currently is that if there’s shortages of employees in a particular field (doctors for example) this requirement is met by overseas labour coming to the country. So in your delightfully phrased example, the person from Senegal will be suitably financially encouraged to come to the UK to take care of my rear end. As such the location of population growth is not critical, and as you noted in your following paragraph, net increase in the UK last year was 0.8% so not much to worried about just yet.
