Your use of the word nukes shows you are already biased against nuclear power I used it as my dyslexia was kicking in and forgot if it was nucleur or nuclear so went with an abbreviation ( but yes I have concerns of what to do with the waste. Which I see as a legitimate question and you as bias. Fr...

Indeed NW and the same attitude leads to the Amazon being chopped down ( to grow soya (protein) for animal feed! ( protein)) so locals can benefit. ( allegedly but not as much as multinationals) Humanity cannot just keep putting our ( short term ) needs first at some point we have to see the bigger ...

When you have your storage solution for the waste material we can discuss nukes ( not to mention the colossal concrete costs.) it's at least 10000 years of safe storage we require with no solution so far.. Burying it is likely to be required but who is volunteering. for that in their area. Nukes are...

Like I said earlier ... how long before there's nothing worth saving?

Depends how long it is before we start trying to save things ( all of us having something worth saving even if it's just yourself)

We won't reach a point where humanity collectively throws in the towel and we all go to dignitas.

[quote the real key is reducing demand, t. [/quote]
In the future cars and heating are going to be electric so that reduction is going to happen. Green renewable energy is the only solution and it's going to be built where it's generally windy.

Yes it will be awful and yes some flowers and animals will become extinct but if the alternative is for my children and grand children to become extinct then I'm afraid the plants and animals will have to go. Its not quite that binary but at some point humans have to learn to live in partnership wi...

Should have asked nicely then Phil Well my attempt lasted 4 miles ( and a walk home) Rear mech jammed chain locking wheel - chain slipped between cage and a jockey wheel I think - and removing mech from hanger and bent beyond repair the mech Thankfully it was a slow uphill and not flat out so no dam...

Got two of theirs and like them both and think the ethics are genuine and better those that try than Amazon or Planet X who don't even try / care.

I suspect this is just to reach a bigger audience and clear some atixknrather than anything to worry about ( hope so as not many ethical brands about)

Some of the newer mechs ( 12 speed xtr) the non clutch mode is very floppy and really exists for wheel removal. ( tend to have sram* so no on off option)

* not loyalty it just seems to be on the bikes I buy.

Certainly don't drop chains now but had one bike, forget which one, that needed a chain guide with narrow wide

They do work well though

do sometimes wonder how long it'll be until there's nothing left worth saving.

Mid Wales was never worth saving

Realistically we all need to reduce usage( plane flights, car drives, new shiny bike bits etc) and hardly anyone is prepared to do it at the level required to save things.

Got out last night. Sneaked out late ish ( after 10j to the only hide I know near here.. Was up early to avoid the dog walkers and won't repeat as the birds were noisy ( it's barely a lake.) Fell asleep listening to pod casts to drown out noise and flattened the phone so no pics. Would have been les...

not all proposed locations are ideal true but they have to go somewhere and every area will have objectors. They tried to frack locally to me* I get both sides of the argument but reneqbles are a bit more essential than more fossil fuels ( but I was an objector) * they did till they had earthquakes...

[SARCASM] WELL YOU ARE WRONG AREN'T YOU [/SARCASM] Problem is we can preserve(save) a planet or that view Energy reduction is also part of the issue but the townies won't do that as no one wants the changes we need to do to save the planet not you not the dishwasher using twomy with an 8 ft TV. Two ...

there's generally absolutely no benefit to the local community. And this is the greatest issue with capitalism, selfishness and me first( Thatcher really changed peoples mindset from collective to self) . People think how do I benefit not does the country / planet/ society benefit. We base our deci...

massive wind turbine farms are about making money for shareholders and sending electric to big cities Welcome to capitalism but it is also about producing less CO2 than the alternatives. Its more energy efficient to not use gas for electricity and to use renewable despite some local objections to p...

Didn't we talk about this quite recently, I've just had a feeling of deja vu???

We did I raised pumping water from turbines ( as "batteries" and you explained how impractical it was. Forget which thread it was though

exceptionally peaceful dark and wild area. Well it won't stop it being peaceful or dark or wild and if it's windy it won't be that peaceful with or without them. They have to go somewhere and the M25 is not that windy. If only CO2 and pollution ( or micron plastics etc) were as visible as some turb...

Good effort going back to do it. mMne is sat/ Sunday need to be a oner as the neares grid to me is about 25 miles away.

I usually get a less questioning statement: "You are mad"

Even the people here think you are mad so normals are bound to think it

Indeed the two most common questions are surely
1. Are you mad?
2. Why?

Weds night for me in my always do it last minute ( but next month's is Saturday so 2 in a week for me and finally an early, in the month, one)

Hammer use a rubber one or wood to protect the soft alloy

IME they often take a fair amount of whacking to get out ( and take the bearing with them)

Very kind of you to cut out the part where he is holding his prison number

Happy birthday and welcome to the half century club

SHAF injury is OK for riding ( not broken after all just hurt) but I was not free this weekend( glorious sunshine no wind) so next weekend for me( wet) I know what you mean about boggy round here the non hardpacked trails are barely rideable on 3 " tyres ( walking and leaving the bike at home w...

I then dismounted my bike in the usual style of flinging my leg over the back, forgetting I had kit back there and ended up landing on the ground.

We have all done it. ... Haven't we?