Since beginning with Maple Valley, I have had the idea of writing a blog — for maple syrup is interesting; and organic agriculture is, to my mind, a vital topic of the day.
I have hesitated ... for I did come across confirmation of a worrisome thought that I had been nursing, about the cost of our use of this electronic realm of the Internet.
The energy use involved in supporting the Internet seems to be steadily increasing ... and seems to be on a par with the energy use of such major transportation systems as air travel.
To blog about an issue that is, at its heart, environmental in nature, has something about it of hypocrisy.
By presenting material that will be saved in electronic memory, to be drawn up onto screens and then saved in countless temporary memories, I am helping create demand for the burning of yet more coal.
If it is a hypocrisy, it is one I share with others. I wish to acknowledge it from the outset, however.
Cheers ...
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