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Summertime Blues!

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Image via Wikipedia Here in the South-east of England we are experiencing some unusually hot weather with temperatures today (Friday 9th July) reaching 32 Degrees Centigrade! Now, I personally find this level of heat too much, though my wife loves it. She did grow up in Africa , lived in Singapore and Israel for many years so I guess she is used to it! So, when it get this hot I find myself having to do something I try not to... use more energy , in an effort to keep cool. So, out comes the fan in my office, on goes the fan in the kitchen to keep the dog and me cool and I tend to drive with the car windows fully open. We do have Air Conditioning in the car but I think I am correct in saying that using that is even less green than driving with the windows open. We do, I have to confess, use the Air-Con on long journeys (such as holidays) because driving at motorway speeds with the windows open is less fuel-efficient. So, as the temperature climbs I find myself getting the s