Apparently yesterday (Friday, 21st April 2017) was the first whole day Britain used electricity not generated by coal.  And that on a 'working' day.

According to Gridwatch.co.uk, around half of British energy generated on Friday came from natural gas, with about a quarter coming from nuclear plants.  Wind, biomass and imported energy were also ( Read more... )

Chelsea won the Women's FA Cup.  Hope you had a good weekend, Dear Reader.  I've been knitting socks.  Finished the Roses pair, got a move on with the Eclipse pair and am now round the heel and more or less completely up the leg.  Just have to decide on how to finish it.  Now I'm looking for another project.  I'd love to knit a silky, lacy shawl, ( Read more... )

The astronomical features for tonight are the Southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower, best viewed between midnight and dawn, look towards the contellation of Aquarius, rate of ten to twenty meterors per hour.  The other will be a Blue Moon, as in "once in a blue moon."  This is a semi-technical term meaning that it is the second full moon in a month. ( Read more... )

Look on the Bright Side*

Week before last was the Autumn Equinox.  As of then the nights are longer than the days.  For that matter  it's been decidedly overcast some days, not to mention rainy.  Time to start dusting off the lightbox.  Time to start dusting off the dehumidifier too, if I can't hang the washing out to dry.

So President Bush ( Read more... )

Going Green, II

It would seem that, in Britain, the NHS (that's the National Health Service, for non-Brit readers) is responsible for 1% domestic waste in the UK which goes for landfill.  In case Readers are thinking "1% isn't much",  looked at as a number (which I don't have at present) it's an awful lot.  So the NHS is being tasked ( Read more... )