Not sure what that bush is specifically, but we have an invasive species here called Buckthorn, that I get my chain saw out for too.
Buckthorn - Ontario Invasive Plant Council (ontarioinvasiveplants.ca)
Not a pleasant plant...
My saw is electric, but still needs chain oil, and the decision to get electric was more because I don't want the hassle of mixing oil and gas, for something I only use maybe once or twice a year.
Tbh I’m sure I could get by with electric but I bought that 18” pulon after a tornado ripped amongst our neighbor hood a couple years back. I had a 30” wide tree across my driveway and on my wife’s car. I was quite fortunate as houses within view of me lost roofs and decks, I just lost trees. We also got a group together and went around the neighborhood helping people with felled trees. An 18” blade is definitely overkill for my needs but that day and weeks after it helped out a lot of people, my town really got nailed fortunately it’s a rare happening. God man makes you feel for people who live in tornado alley as those things do incredible damage in minutes then the sun is suddenly shining again.
My employer provides me with a cell phone. Every 3 years we can get a free new one. I kept my last old one and it is connected to a nice Bose wireless speaker and serves as the home stereo. I’ve passed the 3yr mark with my iPhone now, and don’t plan to upgrade until I need to (when it starts starts to slow down, the battery life degrades too much or it stops being updated by Apple). It was actually hard to not get out a new toy, but honestly I didn’t need one. Consumerism is such a habit and addiction.
Not sure what that bush is specifically, but we have an invasive species here called Buckthorn, that I get my chain saw out for too.
Buckthorn - Ontario Invasive Plant Council (ontarioinvasiveplants.ca)
Not a pleasant plant...
My saw is electric, but still needs chain oil, and the decision to get electric was more because I don't want the hassle of mixing oil and gas, for something I only use maybe once or twice a year.
I do think Nuclear (hopefully fusion one day) is a necessary evil for the energy needs.
Don’t mean to drag this out but we have some kind of Japanese vine here and I have never witnessed such an invasive vine. It is literally knocking over trees as it completely engulfs them and makes them top heavy. It’s the weirdest thing and it is an amazing specimen too bad it does so much damage. I need to do what you did and look it up as I just found out about its Japanese origins through an arborist I was talking to (I’m just guessing he knows what he is talking about). Between that and some Asian beetle that is eating trees in our area it’s pretty sad. I mean you can’t get mad at the bugs and vines they didn’t know they were supposed to stop at immigration, they just do what they do.
I mean you can’t get mad at the bugs and vines they didn’t know they were supposed to stop at immigration, they just do what they do.
Sounds like Kudsu - saw this all over South Carolina when I was there regularly for work often in my prior life as an engineer...
Kudzu - Wikipedia
Yes, of course. This is not the fault of the species - they are doing what they do. It's policies and acts of individuals that are the problem.
In the example of the ash borer, there were signs not to transport firewood across the zone that had been cut, but I'm sure plenty of people did without understanding what the implications were. This is why education is key.
Not sure what that bush is specifically, but we have an invasive species here called Buckthorn, that I get my chain saw out for too.
Buckthorn - Ontario Invasive Plant Council (ontarioinvasiveplants.ca)
Not a pleasant plant...
My saw is electric, but still needs chain oil, and the decision to get electric was more because I don't want the hassle of mixing oil and gas, for something I only use maybe once or twice a year.
How has the electric chainsaw worked out for you? I have had no issues with electric hedge trimmers, but I have been hesitant to go electric chainsaw because I borrowed one to try it out ~3 years ago, and a dead battery with a tree not quite ready to fell was terribly inconvenient. I know technology has improved though (to some degree)
Saw a friend and we ended up talking watches. I was wearing my 18k ug compax. He laughed and pointed to an Apple smartwatch with a snarky comment about what my watch could do that the smartwatch couldn't.
I was polite but i was thinking, well, my watch will still be running in 50 years, your smartwatch probably won't last 2 years.
I mention this because of your comment about the phone and trying to cut back on cosumerism. At least our mechanical watches are made to last and don't consume energy. And if you buy vintage, we are recycling and keeping them out of the landfill! 😉
You Sir are a good guy and your wife a good lady.
It’s the little things that matter and your doing it. Continued luck and happiness with the fostering.
So this just went past where my wife and I are hanging out this evening having a picnic dinner and watching some bald eagles
Weird shape for a ship right? It’s a car/truck carrier that holds 7000 cars and trucks. 7000! Here’s the good news according to the googles: The Sakura Leader is the first large LNG fueled ship to be built at a domestic shipyard in Japan with a length of 653 feet and the first vessel to receive a ship-to-ship LNG fueling in Japan. By using LNG fuel and improving the hull form, NYK says that the vessel will be about 40% more energy efficient (reducing CO2 emissions per unit of transport). These new LNG-fueled vessels are also expected to reduce sulfur oxide (SOx) emissions by approximately 99% and nitrogen oxides (NOx) by approximately 86% compared to ships using conventional heavy oil–fired engines. The vessel was also recognized by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment exceeding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) EEDI phase 3 requirements that will become effective in 2025 and supported by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as a model project for reducing CO2 emissions from vessels by utilizing alternative fuels.
Recently read an article about this International Maritime Organization…. And what a joke!!
This organization is run by the industry representatives, and they have been doing their very best to NOT make any progress when it comes to more stringent emissions standards that would be environmentally-friendly: Tasked to Fight Climate Change, a Secretive U.N. Agency Does the Opposite
Stop buying so much shit.
Pay the extra money and buy things that last.
The throw away mentality is our largest liability.
