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It occured to me today that if you really thought about it, saving the planet is impossible.

It’s too big of a problem. I want something more manageable. Something I can handle. Something I don’t have to always pay attention to either, because, let’s face it, I have other things I want to do.

A year, or more ago, I signed up for Natural Power. It’s a scheme where I have told my power company that, “I will pay more for electricity from (”green”) renewable sources”. It’s about 6 cents extra per unit.

I can handle that. I can say to people, 100% of my business and home electricity use is from renewable energy sources.

The scheme was so sucessful that the power company (Synergy) had to increase the rate because they couldn’t get enough Natural Power from their current suppliers so they had to buy it from other (more expensive) providers. Over East, I presume.

I like it because a) I get to feel good b) it doesn’t cost much and c) I helped send a message to the power company; that they should develop more “green” power producers.

Maybe the world will change after all.

I feel good when we are together.

Sometimes Things are difficult and sometimes they are fluid. I like the fluid time more than the difficult ones, but when we work through the difficult times I feel a sense of understanding and serenity that I do not have after the fluid times. It is not always like this.

The energy I use up dealing with difficulties is recharged by the period of post-difficulty serenity, although

• Sometimes I do not get all the energy I expended back,
• Sometimes I get more than I can constructively use.

It is interesting to me that the battery indicator on my energy levels is not actually connected to my energy levels. The more I watch it, the more I realise that I have exactly as much energy as I want to spend on whatever it is that I am doing.

I want to keep doing my girlfriend.

I wonder if she feels the same?