I know it’s been over a month since my last post; I’m still here, alive and kicking. I am though awaiting some response from a Solar installer in the Toronto area as to the potential for my house location and rough costs before writing my next post (which will be on that topic).
It’s a valid question and one that begs looking at. What I mean by the question is “are there reasons to be concerned and take greater heed of what’s going on in the North American and Global markets (food, economic, energy)” than we have been told?
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Sofar at CtC, most of the focus has been on reducing one’s impact upon the environment by using energy more efficiently, turning off things when you don’t need them and/or evaluating if that new gadget is really something needed. Also, it’s been about looking at what we as a society are willing to accept being done in our name by government.
So, now it’s on to an area that will help anyone improve your quality of life; it’s gardening, whether in a condo, apartment or house. In my case, my wife and I have a small raised garden setup in the backyard that in late summer supplies a nice bounty of tomatoes, carrots, herbs, peas and eggplants for some fresh, home grown food in the Autumn and Winter months. It doesn’t supply as much food as I would like; but given a few years and work, I hope it have it provide about 1/3 to 1/2 of the fresh vegetables used over the year.
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I know this one has been coming for a number of weeks; but it still annoys me. The Ontario Provincial government has decided the new site for the forthcoming nuclear reactors for the province will be built at the current Darlington nuclear facility, east of Toronto (for more details, see The Star article
New reactors for Darlington).
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In the June 3rd, 2008 Toronto Star, there was an interesting article on conservation; it commented on how Ontario’s electricity usage drop by 2.6% overall and 4.6% on a personal basis between the years of 2005 through 2007. The article We’ve cut electricity use 4.6%, suggests that though it maybe slow, overall Ontarians are getting the message about energy conversation (whether it’s the message itself or due to other causes, isn’t really that clear; but it’s a good sign nonetheless).
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