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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind
Posted by: Jonathan Callaway
Date/Time: 18/04/10 11:09:00

Maybe all those people stranded far from home (not just Brits abroad but foreign tourists and business people trapped over here) might have time to reflect that our ability to hop on a plane and fly the world cannot be taken for granted.  And that maybe we cannot sustain the massive use of non-renewable resources involved.  The silent skies are a reminder of how life used to be (when I was a lad, etc).

Just like the freedom we get from being able to get in our cars and drive wherever we want whenever we want, maybe we will come to realise these things can't go on for ever and that a quieter less energy intensive lifestyle also has its attractions.

And maybe when the shops start to run out of the things we used to import by air we might reflect that maybe we didn't need them after all.

I quite like this:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8626000/8626927.stm

I'm off for a walk having spent a chunk of time at the Barnes Wetlands Centre yesterday.  Bliss.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
It's an ill wind15/04/10 12:27:00 Peter Savage
   Re:It's an ill wind15/04/10 13:17:00 Maczysz Dzieduszycki
      Re:Re:It's an ill wind15/04/10 18:58:00 Simon Knight
         Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind16/04/10 21:17:00 Sue Riggs
   Re:It's an ill wind16/04/10 06:06:00 Elizabeth Balsom
      Re:Re:It's an ill wind16/04/10 11:01:00 Bunny Payne
         Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind17/04/10 06:07:00 Roland Gilmore
            Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind17/04/10 20:57:00 Bunny Payne
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind18/04/10 11:09:00 Jonathan Callaway
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind18/04/10 11:24:00 Guy Sunda
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind18/04/10 21:27:00 Alan Thomson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind19/04/10 07:06:00 Elizabeth Balsom
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind19/04/10 12:28:00 Suzanne Taylor
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind19/04/10 14:09:00 Roland Gilmore
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind20/04/10 07:26:00 Elizabeth Balsom
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind20/04/10 08:27:00 Richard Carter
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:It's an ill wind20/04/10 09:55:00 Adam Tripp

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