Old Crank
Old Crank's JournalThe extremely wealthy just don't care
They are burning carbon like there is no tomorrow while having a large say in how we will cut emissions into the atmosphere/
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
The data, produced by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute ahead of the Cop30 climate summit, highlights the chasm between the carbon-guzzling rich, who are most responsible for the climate crisis, and the heat-vulnerable poor, who suffer the worst consequences.
At one end, the wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.
At the other, a citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice.
In between, the average for everyone on the planet is 12kg a day, about as heavy as a standard car tyre.
Any cooking superstitions out there?
I have two.
The first is I can't close and put away the flour container before I have mixed the liquid into pancakes. I just know I will put in too much liquid and have to pull the flour out again.
The second is my French toast batter has to be made in an old Marie Calendar's pie tin. Mine is at least 20 years old and been used on 2 continents. Perfect for putting slice bread in the batter before the pan.
Piled carved stones on a rocky hill in Athens.
A few from the Parthenon in Athens. Glad we were there in the off season. Even so there were a good number of people. Ten years ago it was mobbed in September and teh temp was 95F plus. Still worth seeing. The scale is enormous. Currently doing renovations hence white areas where they have replaced or stabilized sections.
One that Lord Elgin missed.
A capital idea.
Athens mixed bag
Some shots I thought wouldn't fit elsewhere that I liked from Athens.
I will be posting some more from our trip.
Inside of an Orthodox church
Athens, Greece
Mrs. Crank and I spent 2 weeks in Greece a week ago. Boat and bike tour of some of the islands with a few days in Athens prior to the cruise and 4 days after driving around the Peloponnesian peninsula. It was good to relax and get my wife back after the cancer treatments. So here are some from the start of the trip.
Good morning Athens, actually Piraeus.
Theater detail, base of the Acropolis of Athens
Goodnight Athens
Spending this Sunday.
Working on the research part of my doctorate in IKEA kitchen assembly.
Wish me luck. Still missing one third of the counter top.
We go back to their help desk tomorrow to sort out the order. We got 2 deliveries, on we refused. Now we have some extra stuff and some missing stuff. We are combining older IKEA with new IKEA and a cabinet from another source. Plus a hood, induction range and oven from 2 other sources because I wanted a stove that will hold a goose or turkey.
Life is good.
Edit for a couple of typos.
Found in my grocery store parking lot
The MG F, 1999-2002
This was made by the Rover group. It is a mid engine rear drive convertible.
Probably 1.6 liter engine. Twin exhaust. It was quite popular, but Rover went belly up.
I just have no idea how you get to the engine for any service. The rear deck opens to the trunk.
Greek sunrises
Athens to Athens.
First morning in Athens
Looking west from Kalamata
From Kos.
Last morning in Athens,
Another trip, another car rental.
We went on a trip around the Greek Islands and at the end had four days to explore. So we rented a car to get around.
This time I the rental company set me up with a Yaris Cross hybrid. Toyota has buffed up the look a bit and raise it 1.25 inches. It has around 110 hp from a 1.5 liter 4 cylinder engine with an electric motor. What was nice is that we could squeeze in four large suitcases into the car. We took our tandem bike with us and it goes into 2 large cases. The ride was fine and handling okay. I wouldn't want a bigger car to get around in Athens or other Greek villages. Driving there is not for the faint of heart.
The biggest issue for me was the touch screen controls and all teh auto safety bells and alerts. If I owned it i would want to try and silence a good number of them.
Edit to add. I got 57 mpg combined milage for the trip.
The French.
Foud on another site.
The fact that the Louvre heist didn't take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 AM shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work life balance than us.
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