make every drop count

Oh dear another extended strike looms, but to the average citizen its normally just A-okay. Surprisingly store cashiers, security guards, metalworkers et al don't really seem to affect us, but give one an extra conversation titbit. But take away the chance of available petrol and all of a sudden we are up in arms, and the country has now gone to Zim South. It's gonna be an interesting one, especially when people require gas to get to work - my bike's ready for the commute, even if only to save enough petrol for the drive to beaverlac at the long week-end.

In the interest of seeing how badly I live, I took the short quiz at my footprint, and 3.8 planets are required to support my habits.




Another bored man has done his sums, and worked out how much energy google's blank background consumes yearly - 750MWh is apparently the saving if we all used blackle instead. It's functionally identical to our trusty search engine, just don't tell them that the ever prevalent LCD screens won't make a difference.