Sleep, think, act

I slept well for over eight hours, and had some good ideas for an essay I plan to write. It will be published on this site when it's completed.

My problems with sleep seem to be increasing as I get older. I am trying to walk more so that my body becomes exhausted. Otherwise my mind and body seem to get out of sync.

Today I am going to attend a debate on Nuclear Energy. My friend Patience will take me in her car. I see that use of a car as justifiable.

Two of us are travelling in one car. It is a journey that would take us several hours if we did it by bus and on foot. The number of kilometres is not great. Using the ideas I encounter, I will publish something for others to read. I will pass on the knowledge I gain to my friends. I will become a better informed commentator on the Global Warming Debate.

My current view is that this justifies the pollution we will be adding to the atmosphere. But it gives me an obligation to make the journey beneficial to as many people as I can reach.

I will try to estimate the number of kilometres later (if I remember!).

My ideas and practice are being continually refined. The more I think about things the more I find I am able to make changes in my lifestyle.

Many of the costs and benefits are immeasurable, which is why I keep coming back to my basic position: only an intervention in the financial system and the taxation system will push us to solving the crisis in atmospheric pollution. The cost of our activities and purchases will then begin to reflect the environmental damage we do in the course of everyday life.

I am becoming more open to the nuclear option for Australia. The dangers from radioactive waste have to be balanced against the dangers from greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. I will share my thoughts on this in more detail later.

I am back on my old dial-up access to the internet after using up half my monthly broadband download limit downloading music. Dial-up at 50kb is entirely adequate for what I am doing now - mostly writing and thinking. No need today for speed to get new images for my newsletter or my blog.

Hmmm... The Slow Movement! Is that another theme I could use in the blog?

As usual your comments are invited.