Comments TubbyC has made

  • Sorry, but...

    I have to agree with Ethicurean on this one.  Roz, I normally enjoy reading your column and looking at the recipes, even if as a vegan I can rarely give them a try myself (although I have made a couple of things in the past, your italian bean dip was fab!).

    But my anticipation of a vegan snack that I could try dissolved into disappointment.  I am not a good cook, but even I can figure out how to boil pasta and tip a jar of sauce on it for myself.  This is not cooking it is 'warming up' and lazy to boot.

    Please, a vegan recipe that uses ingredients and involves a bit of cooking would be very much appreciated.On A noncarnivorous path to Super Bowl-snack nirvana posted 1 year, 9 months ago 9 Responses

  • Karen

    Do you really think that we can build enough nuclear power stations, quickly enough to make the sort of impact needed?  Speed is of the essence, no one has ever built a nuclear power station quickly.  If we have a decade (or less) to turn thigs around, the nuclear power stations we start building now will be coming online just after it's too late.On Level of GHG emissions may be much higher than predicted posted 2 years, 1 month ago 10 Responses

  • thank you

    Rather than criticise you for using meat in your restaurant - As a vegan, I would thank you for taking care over how you source your meat and providing a recipe that I can try.  
    I am looking forward to tasting the Bisque.On The savory challenges of being a sustainable chef in Big Ag country posted 2 years, 1 month ago 34 Responses

  • God is Green

    A show aired on UK tv Monday night called 'God is Green'.  It asked the question - why are religions silent on climate change?  A well-made and interesting programme.
    On Tell us when green bursts from the screen posted 2 years, 9 months ago 7 Responses

  • wine in a box

    really convenient granted, but think about the packaging...

    cork farms are havens of biodiversity and are disappearing fast owing to boxed wine, screw tops and plastic corks.  Where possible we should try to buy wine in glass bottles with cork closure.On How to pick wines that don't taste computer-programmed posted 3 years ago 5 Responses

  • canned sweet potatoe ????

    Weird

    What about my favourite, a good old fashioned nut roast?  Can't beat it.On Two non-turkey recipes for the Thanksgiving feast posted 3 years ago 19 Responses

  • out on a ledge

    I think Mike's article is the most important one Grist has published in ages.

    Consider me inspired...On If global warming is an emergency, then let's act like it posted 3 years ago 7 Responses

  • out on a ledge

    I think Mike's article is the most important one Grist has published in ages.

    Consider me inspired...On Direct-action protesters in the U.K. are focusing on climate change posted 3 years ago 7 Responses

  • Relieved ex-driver

    I gave up my car early this year - now I have to find things other than transportation to give me my required level of stress and frustration :)

    Interestingly, most of my friends and colleagues treat me as some sort of oddball charity case, looking at me fondly as you would a perplexing child and constantly offering me lifts in their cars.  Even here in the UK where we have less sprawl and better transit, it seems most people see a car as a necessity rather than a luxury.On It's driving me mad! posted 3 years, 1 month ago 2 Responses

  • practicalities

    You mentioned pay-as-you-drive before but never talked about how it would actually be implemented.  How do you see the practical side of things?  How would those collecting the payment know how far you've driven?  As I've mentioned before, there has been talk of similar things here in the UK, using GPS systems to track mileage.  But serious privacy implications leave it a controversial issue.On Oregon tests out an alternative to the gas tax -- pay-by-the-mile taxes posted 3 years, 7 months ago 5 Responses

  • pay as you drive insurance

    How do you propose this is operated on a practical basis?  The talk in the UK is for GPS noting the journeys and mileage.  This has led to major concerns about the invasion of people's privacy. The company would know, where you went, when you went there and how long you stayed.  I for one, am very uncomfortable with this potential intrusion.  I am not against pay as you drive insurance per se, but I just don't see how it can work without serious implications for personal privacy.On Gas taxes are OK, but they aren't a silver bullet posted 3 years, 9 months ago 1 Response

  • no reverse gear

    Dave,
    You said,

    "Also, I think it's important to emphasize that the resulting life will not be some grand new lefty socialist experiment, but rather a return in many ways to an older, more traditional way of living"

    I think it's vital to realise that this is one of the difficulties people have with enviros.  People don't want to 'return' to anything, they want to move forward and progress.  Couching anything in terms of a backward step is doomed to failure.On Jon Stewart interviews an oil analyst, who basically blows it posted 3 years, 9 months ago 41 Responses

  • principle problem

    Another situation caused by (or at least exacerbated by) the fact that the precautionary principle has made a real difference to European's approach to potentially damaging activities and is now enshrined in EU law, but it is not accepted by the WTO (or the US).  On WTO rules that Europe must accept gene-modified food posted 3 years, 9 months ago 2 Responses

  • famous Danish Bottles case

    Way back in 1988, Danish laws requiring beer and soft drink bottles to be returnable were challenged by the European Commission.  They argued that the laws discriminated against foreign manufacturers and therefore acted as a barrier to trade.  The European Court of Justice held that environmental protection was a good enough reason to justify such discrimination and declared the laws acceptable. Although licensing which limited the number of shapes permissible was deemed disproportionate and illegal.
    [Case 302/86 Commission v Denmark [1988]ECR 4607]On More on glass recycling and reuse posted 3 years, 10 months ago 5 Responses

  • crikey

    it might be naive or even presumptious, but certainly not baseless worshiping of the human race!  As far as I'm concerned the human race deserves many things, but my worship is definitely not one of them.
    Any intent that could possibily be ascribed to 'any other entity larger than individuals' must surely be unconscious and restricted to survival and continuation?On Philosophical musings. posted 3 years, 10 months ago 10 Responses

  • absolutely!

    'Any intentions, any values, are not handed to us from on high, not from God, not from Nature -- they are ours, created by us, enacted by us. We can choose to value the ecosystems we inhabit or not; nature -- i.e., everything, the universe -- has no preference one way or another.'

    Dave

    couldn't agree more, and couldn't have put it better myselfOn Philosophical musings. posted 3 years, 10 months ago 10 Responses

  • my cat's choice - whether I like it or not !

    I'm suprised everyone who's commented has the opportunity to try different litter types.  I have no choice, my cat decides what type of toilet she uses, clay litter or pot plants...either or, she's not fussy!!!!!!!On Umbra on kitty litter posted 4 years, 2 months ago 25 Responses

  • attractive travel

    personally, I find the most attractive man is the one waiting at the bus stop - easier to talk to as well!On Whatever that is posted 4 years, 2 months ago 6 Responses

  • Genius

    I absolutely love this idea - but probably for all the wrong reasons...On Check a real person out from a Swedish library posted 4 years, 3 months ago 1 Response

  • interesting proposal

    a brilliant suggestion for individuals carbon trading - quoting from the article -

    "The next meeting between the US government and the European Commission will look at the idea of carbon emissions cards for individual citizens, and could avert environmental catastrophe, according to Scottish MEP Struan Stevenson."

    read more here http://www.holyrood.com/nav/news/stories/story.asp?story=env13

    if that address doesn't work, go to www.holyrood.com, news, environment, 27th May     
    'Conservative MEP flies green flag '
     On Will individual actions stop climate change? posted 4 years, 5 months ago 2 Responses