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Amateur philosopher, contrarian, affirms population and resource limits. Tikkun Olam. People should live where they like, how they like ... but within planetary boundaries. Natural economy has no free lunches, but needs no money.
Dunmanway sunrise ....
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Dunmanway sunrise ....
In SW Ireland drizzle is coming from the Atlantic and the wheelbarrow has a puncture.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In SW Ireland drizzle is coming from the Atlantic and the wheelbarrow has a puncture.
Depends on ones perspective - 1928-29 seems to be lively ...
May 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Depends on ones perspective - 1928-29 seems to be lively ...
Example - in the following case, the demand for toys in the US will be satisfied by home grown products, eg the Twain dolls pictured. So much for video games I guess.
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April 27, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Example - in the following case, the demand for toys in the US will be satisfied by home grown products, eg the Twain dolls pictured. So much for video games I guess.
bsky.app/profile/tren...
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No, solar prices are still falling ... probably economies of scale and industry experience: You're 100% right to focus on storage.
March 10, 2025 at 10:17 AM
No, solar prices are still falling ... probably economies of scale and industry experience: You're 100% right to focus on storage.
Not personally bothered by either of those two aspects - but this kind of clever eye candy will eventually devalue the natural world as people will start to feel the illusion is as good as the real thing. (Apologies to artists and art fans everywhere.)
October 28, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Not personally bothered by either of those two aspects - but this kind of clever eye candy will eventually devalue the natural world as people will start to feel the illusion is as good as the real thing. (Apologies to artists and art fans everywhere.)
Stainless steel being another iteration I guess. Mild steel is presumably relatively cheap and easy to work.
As a woodworker I get great delight in seeing traditional jointing principles being applied in cast iron (photo from Ironbridge, Telford)
As a woodworker I get great delight in seeing traditional jointing principles being applied in cast iron (photo from Ironbridge, Telford)
October 18, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Stainless steel being another iteration I guess. Mild steel is presumably relatively cheap and easy to work.
As a woodworker I get great delight in seeing traditional jointing principles being applied in cast iron (photo from Ironbridge, Telford)
As a woodworker I get great delight in seeing traditional jointing principles being applied in cast iron (photo from Ironbridge, Telford)
B. Lots of holidays, business and study trips, military and medical opportunities.
A wicked problem.
A wicked problem.
October 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
B. Lots of holidays, business and study trips, military and medical opportunities.
A wicked problem.
A wicked problem.
Sky over south east England 7.40 am last Sunday. That's a lot of trips and water vapour.
October 15, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Sky over south east England 7.40 am last Sunday. That's a lot of trips and water vapour.
Oh but it does ... you drill a hole through the concrete, pop your nut in and the roots do the rest! (Terms & conditions apply - shallow or old concrete required).
Alternatively plant at distance a Russian vine and hook it onto said fence ...
Alternatively plant at distance a Russian vine and hook it onto said fence ...
October 15, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Oh but it does ... you drill a hole through the concrete, pop your nut in and the roots do the rest! (Terms & conditions apply - shallow or old concrete required).
Alternatively plant at distance a Russian vine and hook it onto said fence ...
Alternatively plant at distance a Russian vine and hook it onto said fence ...
Th problem at my age (70s) is that much of the the sci-fi I read as a teenager is now old hat.
In the 1950s an older brother pointedly told me Dan Dare's wristwatch communicator would be a thing inthe real world one day ... I was like .. "Oh well, yeah ... doubt it ..." now I feel a bit stupid!
In the 1950s an older brother pointedly told me Dan Dare's wristwatch communicator would be a thing inthe real world one day ... I was like .. "Oh well, yeah ... doubt it ..." now I feel a bit stupid!
October 4, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Th problem at my age (70s) is that much of the the sci-fi I read as a teenager is now old hat.
In the 1950s an older brother pointedly told me Dan Dare's wristwatch communicator would be a thing inthe real world one day ... I was like .. "Oh well, yeah ... doubt it ..." now I feel a bit stupid!
In the 1950s an older brother pointedly told me Dan Dare's wristwatch communicator would be a thing inthe real world one day ... I was like .. "Oh well, yeah ... doubt it ..." now I feel a bit stupid!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,165,198!
September 17, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,165,198!
Hello.
Its a fine clear sunny morning and our tree is just getting a hint of orange. Which is only a teeny tiny part of a teeny tiny world in a teeny tiny universe.
Its a fine clear sunny morning and our tree is just getting a hint of orange. Which is only a teeny tiny part of a teeny tiny world in a teeny tiny universe.
August 25, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Hello.
Its a fine clear sunny morning and our tree is just getting a hint of orange. Which is only a teeny tiny part of a teeny tiny world in a teeny tiny universe.
Its a fine clear sunny morning and our tree is just getting a hint of orange. Which is only a teeny tiny part of a teeny tiny world in a teeny tiny universe.
