Monthly Archives: August 2024

My household doesn’t include an electric car because our Toyota still does the job and the capital cost is beyond us. I sympathise with the Mercury correspondent who took exception last week to “condescending remarks” about not going electric. It … Continue reading →

Philosophers – people paid (or often not) just to think deeply and tell us what they’re thinking – aren’t exactly on the front line of the public debate. Maybe they should be. The Philosopher’s Zone (ABC Listen and RN) recently … Continue reading →

Perhaps it should be seen as progress when political leaders who used to treat global warming as green propaganda now talk about solutions as if they knew all along something needed to be done about it. In a recent Talking … Continue reading →