DO you need your mug of ground coffee every morning?
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Perhaps you also think about your food and drink miles - trying to source food and drink within 100 kilometres from Bathurst?
Only food and drink?
Can't say I know of a coffee plantation near Bathurst. But I really need that coffee each morning! And I don't think I'm alone.
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And I can't live without my Carlton beer. I can justify throwing that ideal into the bin - no, not in the bin; I meant the recycling bin.
No, of course I'm not addicted to coffee.
Come to think of it, most of our major items of expenditure like cars, refrigerators, dishwashers, washing machines, etc are mostly imported.
Perhaps one should only purchase electric cars that have been manufactured within 100km of Bathurst?
IN NEWS AROUND BATHURST:
You are making me uncomfortable - stop it! I'll put that on my new year's resolution list for next year but not this year.
Do you know that Australians import most of our steel from overseas, the ore originally mined in Australia, and the steel making process energised by coking coal from Australia.
That's a lot of toing and froing and steel and carbon miles.
Are we planning to shut down coking coal mining?
Where one sources one's vegies is beginning to pale into insignificance.
What about those who are less well-off who cannot afford "organic" food and $10 for a sourdough loaf every day? How are they going to feed the family?
Well, there is always McDonald's and Hungry Jack's - they sell affordable food and, what's more, it's now packaged with cardboard.
One has to admit these ethical decisions are sometimes very perplexing.
Did you know that Michael McCormack called inner city greens "woke" and elitist?
Woke? Oh, that word - oh, you don't know that word?
It came into the English dictionaries around 2017 and has been used to describe one who is fervent about racial and social justice and, increasingly, care for the environment. Maybe I am "woke" after all.
But, of course, I'm not elitist. I can't wait to fly to Europe again when COVID is over, but it will be cattle class - no, I'm not elitist!
That's a lot of carbon emissions - yes, but there are exceptions to every principle, as well you know.
Did you know that coffee grounds in landfill releases methane gas, 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas.
Stop it - you are starting to make me feel uncomfortable again!
